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Barro, Utah, a former settlement in Utah's expansive west desert. (Mud) Boca, California, a former settlement in Nevada County, California (named by the railroad Boca (Spanish for "mouth" and "river mouth") because it was near the mouth of the Little Truckee River) Cisco, Utah a former settlement in Grand County, Utah
Escalante (locally / ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ l æ n t (i)/ ⓘ) is a city in central Garfield County, Utah, United States, located along Utah Scenic Byway 12 (SR-12) in the south-central part of the state. As of the 2020 census , 786 people were living in the city.
This is a list of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Utah, United States. Locations. Site name Pueblo peoples Nearest town (modern name) Location Type Description
The Escalante region also lies primarily between State Route 56 and Route 21, as well as north and west of Interstate 15. From the Escalante Desert region's peripheral ridges, the elevation slowly declines to Lund Flats ( 38°01′19″N 113°26′20″W / 38.02194°N 113.43889°W / 38.02194; -113.43889 ), [ 1 ] which has railroad ...
The Canyons of the Escalante is a collective name for the erosional landforms created by the Escalante River and its tributaries—the Escalante River Basin. Located in southern Utah in the western United States, these sandstone features include high vertical canyon walls, numerous slot canyons , waterpockets (sandstone depressions containing ...
David Urmann, Trail Guide to Grand Staircase–Escalante (Gibbs Smith, 1999) ISBN 0-87905-885-4; Robert B. Keiter, Sarah B. George and Joro Walker (editors), Visions of the Grand Staircase–Escalante: Examining Utah's Newest National Monument (Utah Museum of Natural History and Wallace Stegner Center, 1998) ISBN 0-940378-12-4
The trail follows a 180-mile (290 km) route starting near Escalante, Utah, and ending in Bluff, Utah, and is named for the place where the San Juan Mission of Mormon pioneers constructed a descent to the Colorado River. The natural crevice on the 1,000-foot (300 m) cliff above the Colorado was enlarged by the party to lower the wagons down to ...
The unpaved [12] road heads southeast into the national monument beginning at its intersection with Utah Scenic Byway 12 about 5 mi (8.0 km) east of Escalante. After traveling about 12 mi (19 km) along the Hole-in-the-Rock Road there is a road to the right leading to the Devils Garden area. [ 10 ]