ETAV8R said:If you go to Island In the Sky and drive the White Rim Road counterclockwise on the map there is a great campsite called Taylor. It is a single site and not on the main road. It does have a small trailhead parking area for maybe 3 vehicles but only one campsite. There is a pit toilet too. From there there you can hike quite a bit if you like. I hiked to Zeus and Moses. The two prominent stone monoliths nearby.
Lighthawk said:Moses is such a cool formation. I biked from Island in the Sky in the 80's to overlook Moses from the rim. Friends of mine had done ascents of the tower, but we just looked.
If the ferry is running you could always turn off at Boulder and drop down the Burr Trail and the Notom-Bullfrog Rd then take the boat across to Hall's and up to 95. Won't be any faster, but you'll see some new country.mrfritz44 said:So much to see, so little time! Any suggestions for rout es getting to Neon Canyon from Cathedral Valley, and then up to Canyonlands? Rt 12 looks to be it and I'm not sure how our where to cross the Escalante without some serious backtracking back up Rt12, along Rt24, and then down Rt95. We're hoping there's a more practical route even if it's not paved.
I have the Delorme Utah and Idaho Atlases. Are the Benchmark products much different or better than Delorme?longhorn1 said:mrfritz44, See if Benchmark makes a Utah Atlas. They are awesome for finding back country roads, forest land, BLM land, places to camp. We purchased Wyoming & Montana Benchmarks and they helped get us to some very remote places. I will be ordering Colorado for this fall.
I second the White Rim but you will need a permit if you want to camp/drive down there now unless you do it in one day (at least last year or the year before you did). Regulations change so I'd check first.ETAV8R said:If you go to Island In the Sky and drive the White Rim Road counterclockwise on the map there is a great campsite called Taylor. It is a single site and not on the main road. It does have a small trailhead parking area for maybe 3 vehicles but only one campsite. There is a pit toilet too. From there there you can hike quite a bit if you like. I hiked to Zeus and Moses. The two prominent stone monoliths nearby.