Highway 12: Utah's Scenic Byway
🚗12 mapped stops
An All-American Road through Utah's red rock country — 124 miles connecting Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef through petrified forests, slot canyons, and the Hogback Ridge where the road narrows to the width of a knife edge.
本导览的站点(12)
- 1 Bryce Canyon National Park — Red Canyon Red sandstone arches frame the highway at the entrance to Red Canyon. The crimson hoodoos set the stage for the geological drama that unfolds eastward.
- 2 Bryce Canyon Viewpoint Thousands of hoodoos — pillars of weathered rock — fill an amphitheater carved by frost and rain over millions of years. The Paiute called them "red rocks standing like men."
- 3 Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Mineralized tree trunks from 150 million years ago lie scattered on the hillside. Wide Hollow Reservoir sits in the valley below — a desert oasis.
- 4 Escalante Town The last town settled in the contiguous United States — not founded until 1875. Named for the Spanish friar Silvestre Vélez de Escalante who explored Utah in 1776.
- 5 Head of the Rocks Overlook The road climbs to a viewpoint overlooking the Escalante River canyon system. Layers of geological time are visible in the stratified cliff faces.
- 6 Hogback Ridge The most dramatic stretch — the road traverses a narrow spine of rock with sheer drops on both sides. No guardrails, just sky and canyon in every direction.
- 7 Calf Creek Recreation Area A 5.5-mile round trip trail leads to Lower Calf Creek Falls — a 126-foot cascade falling into an emerald pool surrounded by hanging gardens of maidenhair fern.
- 8 Boulder Town One of the most isolated communities in the Lower 48 — mail was delivered by mule pack train until 1940. The Anasazi State Park preserves a Pueblo village from 1050 AD.
- 9 Boulder Mountain Summit — 9,600 feet The road climbs through aspen groves to the summit of Boulder Mountain. Views stretch across the Waterpocket Fold, the Henry Mountains, and the distant Canyonlands.
- 10 Homestead Overlook The descent reveals the colorful Waterpocket Fold — a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth's crust that forms the backbone of Capitol Reef National Park.
- 11 Capitol Reef National Park — Scenic Drive The Fremont River cuts through the Waterpocket Fold. Historic orchards planted by Mormon pioneers still bear fruit — visitors can pick cherries, apricots, and apples in season.
- 12 Torrey — Journey's End A small town at the junction of Highway 12 and Highway 24. Capitol Reef's towering sandstone walls glow in the sunset — a fitting conclusion to Utah's most dramatic drive.
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