Canyon Country

Canyon Country is a region in the state of Utah in the United States. It is a wild, sparsely populated area along the southern boundary of the state, with an extraordinary concentration of United States National Parks|national parks and United States National Monuments|monuments offering scenic opportunities galore and an inexhaustible array of hiking trails and canyoneering routes. It includes the counties of Kane, Garfield, San Juan, Wayne and Grand.

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Cities

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Grand Staircase mesas - Remote, vast, lonely and beautiful landscapes dominate Utah's southeast.

• GPS 37.080,-111.658 Big Water — a middle of nowhere hamlet with a Libertarian and polygamist history, by the southwest end of Glen Canyon
• GPS 37.901,-111.425 Boulder (Utah) | Boulder — a pretty cowboy town west of Capitol Reef National Park that is right by some of the most spectacularly beautiful stretches of highway in the world
• GPS 37.624,-109.478 Blanding — a small gateway town to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• GPS 37.036,-112.531 Kanab Kanab3 - — the only real desert town for miles in the Vermilion cliffs and the only piece of civilization south of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; on the way south to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, east to wild canyoneering opportunities, or northwest to Zion National Park
• GPS 37.770,-111.602 Escalante (Utah) | Escalante — a small town on the northern border of in Grand Staircase with some good eatin', located near beautiful canyons
• GPS 38.371,-110.713 Hanksville — you know you're nowhere when you arrive to Hanksville, far to the east of Capitol Reef, where you can refuel, eat, sleep and get on your desert way
• GPS 37.165,-109.865 Mexican Hat
• GPS 38.573,-109.550 Moab Moab, Utah looking south.JPG — a desert tourist hub for visitors to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park and a good place to buy gear or rent an ATV, also a mountain bike "cult spot"
• GPS 37.869,-109.342 Monticello (Utah) | Monticello — a very small town north of Blanding which boasts the region's sole Mormon Temple
• GPS 37.224,-112.681 Mount Carmel Junction — an often overlooked junction town east of Zion, near some very beautiful wilderness lands
• GPS 37.823,-112.436 Panguitch Panguitch Häuser verkl - — a small town that is the largest in Garfield County and is surrounded by spectacular, mountainous National Forests
• GPS 38.983,-109.706 Thompson Springs — a small town that is home to the Sego Canyon Pictographs and Petroglyphs
• GPS 38.299,-111.418 Torrey — a small tourist town at the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park

Hildale — Also known as Colorado City, Hildale is the largest and best known polygamist community in the United States. This urban center straddles the Utah/Arizona border.

More Destinations

Spooky Canyon - There's a reason why they call it Canyon Country.

• GPS 38.683,-109.567|zoom=11 Arches National Park - Delicate Arch - Symbol of Utah State.jpg
• GPS 37.628,-112.168 Bryce Canyon National Park - Black Birch (2249506458).jpg
• GPS 38.167,-109.760 Canyonlands National Park
• GPS 38.200,-111.167 Capitol Reef National Park - Capitol Reef H24 Orchards.JPG
• GPS 37.034,-112.718 Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.jpg
• GPS 36.994,-111.487 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Lake Powell 2.jpg
• GPS 38.5742,-110.7067 Goblin Valley State Park
• GPS 37.1747,-109.9269 Goosenecks State Park
• GPS 37.400,-111.683 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Neon Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante.jpg
• GPS 37.601,-110.014 Natural Bridges National Monument Sipapu Bridge 2.jpg
• GPS 37.260,-109.292 Navajo Nation Tuba ExploreNavajo.JPG lies primarily within neighboring Arizona but extends into this region.
• GPS 37.077,-110.964 Rainbow Bridge National Monument accessible through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• GPS 37.228,-112.878 Zion National Park - Zion National Park (2332579061) - lies along the boundary of this region with the Dixie (Utah) | Dixie (southwest) region of the state.

How to travel to Canyon Country

The closest airports are in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Interstate highways 15 (connecting Salt Lake and St. George (Utah) | St. George and 70 (intersecting with I-15 on the west and leading into Colorado on the east) flank the region on the west and north, respectively. Few highways actually lead into this region because of its rugged topography and most of the ones that do (e.g. US 191 and state roads 24, 95, 72 and 12) are reached from I-70 or from similarly minor highways on the east side.Access from the south is very limited owing to the impassable Grand Canyon just across the Arizona state line.

How to get around in Canyon Country

Drive.If there was ever an area that justifies having a 4-wheel-drive, high-clearance vehicle, thit is it, but don't make the mistake of believing that an "urban" 4WD will suffice to get you everywhere you want to go. Many of the "roads" in this area, particularly in Canyonlands and Grand Staircase-Escalante, are almost unimaginably rough. Know your limits as a driver and those of your vehicle, before venturing into the boonies here.

More Muslim friendly Destinations from Canyon Country

• Four Corners, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. Visitors can twist their bodies so that they are in four states at once.
• If you're looking for still more canyoneering, just cross the state line into Arizona, Colorado or New Mexico, as the canyon-and-mesa terrain continues into all three.
• Navajo Nation is primarily in Arizona and a number of interesting sites there are fairly near the state line.

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