Cheap Things To Do in Escalante, Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created in 1996, covers 1.9 million acres of land on the Color... More on LLBean.com

The dirt road to the canyon... More on Epinions.com

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park features colorful deposits of mineralized wood. Visitors will enjoy hiking ... More on ReserveAmerica.com

The park is a showcase of petrified wood with two established trails and offers many shade trees. Wide Hollow Reservoir offers great fishing with largemouth bass, ... More on GreatCampingSpots.com

The sandy trail begins by following the Escalante upriver. The canyon bottom has a fair amount of growth, but the growth offers very little shade. Expect to cross the river numerous times before re... More on Trails

The Box Death Hollow Wilderness is part of the Escalante Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. The Box ... More on PlanetWare

This tour will take you through high meadows and forest as it climbs to 10,500 feet. Vistas take in the Escalante River Basin, Capitol Reef National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. You may also see antelope, deer, elk ... More on Trails

This trail runs through the Dixie National Forest and provides a more northern, backcountry alternative to the highway between Escalante and Bryce Canyon National Park. It leaves Utah 12, 4 miles west of Escalante, at the sign for ... More on Trails

A day hike or overnighter into a seldom-visited lower Escalante canyon, located within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Fiftymile Creek is a remote slickrock canyon of exceptional beauty. Seldom visited, the canyon offers solitude ... More on Trails

A half-day hike to a large natural arch in the lower Escalante canyons, located within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Willow Gulch offers one of the best short day hikes, also suitable as an... More on Trails

A very remote, beautiful hike with few other people on the trail. Broken B More on Trails

The Canyons of the Escalante--Wonders in Water and Stone. The Escalante River, the last major river system to be mapped in the continental United States, cascades off the southern flank of the Aquarius Plateau, winding ... More on Epinions.com

A short, interesting, and rigorous route into lower Coyote Gulch, suitable as a day hike but most often used as a round-trip backpack, located within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This scenic, sometimes exciting route is second ... More on Trails

One of the finest, and most popular, backpacks in the Escalante canyons, leading through a memorable Navajo Sandstone canyon in Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Coyote Gulch is ... More on Trails