Grand Staircase Utah National Parks

The allure of the grand staircase region the bulk of which is contained in the grand staircaseescalante national monument is phenomenal.

Grand staircase utah national parks. Sun drenched utah backcountry spreads out well beyond the visible horizon from the road whether youre traveling along the the all american road. It descends into the escalante canyons region and then climbs over boulder mountain. Wahweap hoodoos at grand staircase escalante national monument devils garden is a natural desert area featuring hoodoos natural arches and other sandstone formations. Grand staircase is the westernmost section of the monument and is most easily accessed from tropic cannonville or henrieville near kodachrome basin state park on highway 12also known as scenic byway 12 and kanab or big water on us.

It was the last to be mapped in the contiguous united states. The grand staircaseescalante national monument gsenm is a united states national monument originally designated in 1996 as 1880461 acres 7610 km 2 of protected land in southern utahin 2017 the monuments size was reduced by a succeeding presidential proclamationthe land is among the most remote in the country. This drive cuts through a corner of bryce canyon national park and then follows a breathtaking scenic route through grand staircase escalante national monument. The trump administration slashed the size of bears ears national monument by 85 and grand staircase escalante national monument by nearly half in december 2017 in what represented the largest.

In the 1870s geologist clarence dutton first conceptualized this region as a huge stairway ascending out of the bottom of the grand canyon northward with the cliff edge of each layer forming giant steps. Scenic byway 12 or on highway 89. Attractions near grand staircase escalante national monument. View all attractions near grand staircase escalante national monument on tripadvisor.

View from utah highway 12 of grand staircase escalante national monument the cockscomb at right runs along cottonwood canyon road the grand staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretch south from bryce canyon national park and grand staircase escalante national monument through zion national park and into the grand canyon national park. 001 mi escalante interagency visitor center 049 mi utah canyon outdoors 040 mi hole in the rock escalante heritage center 095 mi excursions of escalante 076 mi high adventure. Grand staircase escalante national monument a delaware sized museum of sedimentary erosion that walks you down through a 200 million year old staircase of animals thats us minerals and vegetables aka the longest slowest front porch ever.