I have only been to the south-western Utah on a week-long trip. I did several relatively short hikes there. As a general rule there are no blazes, very rarely and sometimes deceivingly cairns and few trailhead signs. Navigating skills are a necessity.
Topo! Utah by National Geographic is the best - all 7.5 min. maps.
Canyons of Escalante, Grand Staircase NM, Trails Illustrated Map # 710, by National Geographic - a must have.
Grand Staircase Escalante NM, Visitor Information - free map - a must have, as it provides trail #s. A lot of trailhead posts don't have trail names, but only #s. Order it form the Escalante NM visitor's center in Escalante, UT. Also order free maps and descriptions of hikes in that area.
Escalante State Park - free map - it's actually petrified forest.
Codachrome Basin State Park - free map - order free hike descriptions for the Cottonwood Road as well.
Guide Map to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, North Star Mapping, $3.95 - very good map.
Free State Highway Map of Utah.
Hiking the Escalante, Rudi Lambrechtse, 1985.
Hiking Grand Staircase - Escalante & the Glen Canyon Region, A Falcon Guide, Ron Adkison, 1998.
Canyoneering 3, Steve Allen, 1997.
Trail Guide to Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, David Urmann, 1999 (pocket book).
Wildflowers of the Southwestern Utah, Dr. Hayle Buchenan, 1992.
Hike 1. Phipps And Bowington Arches.
Club: Guided tour with Sean Miller (Scapegoats of Escalante).
Date: 05/16/05
Parking: The parking is between 1 mi and 1 1/4 mi from the bridge over the Escalante River on Rt. 12 towards the town of Escalante. It's several miles north-east of the town of Escalante.
Trace file: PhippsAndBowingtonArches_GPS050516.tpo
GPS TrackMaker file: PhippsAndBowingtonArches_GPS050516.gtm
General and waypoint description file: PhippsAndBowingtonArches_GPS050516.doc
Printable map: PhippsAndBowingtonArches_GPS050516Map.GIF
Photos taken on this hike: General. Plants and animals
Hike 2. Escalante Petrified Forest (Escalante State Park).
Club: me solo.
Date: 05/16/05
Parking: From the town of Escalante, go w. for 1mi. to 1.5 mi. and there will be a sign on the r. saying smth. like "Escalante State Park". Turn and follow this road all the way to the end.
Trace file: EscalantePetrifiedForest_GPS050516.tpo
GPS TrackMaker file: EscalantePetrifiedForest_GPS050516.gtm
General and waypoint description file: EscalantePetrifiedForest_GPS050516.doc
Printable map: EscalantePetrifiedForest_GPS050516Map.GIF
Photos taken on this hike: General. Plants
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