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A log stuck in the narrow walls of Buckskin Gulch, about 40 feet (12 m) above ground level. Buckskin Gulch (also known as Buckskin Creek, Buckskin Wash, and Kaibab Gulch) is a gulch and canyon located in southern Kane County, Utah, near the Arizona border in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. [1]
The northeast, east, and south of Buckskin Mountain can be accessed from U.S. Route 89A (US 89A) from House Rock, Arizona, via the House Rock Road (BLM Road 1065).The road is almost due-north trending, and in Utah, the road becomes the House Rock Valley Road, connecting to U.S. Route 89 (US‑89), 17 miles (27 km) west of Big Water.
Sign at the Wire Pass Trailhead. From this trailhead, some of the hike options are the North Coyote Buttes to the Wave, to Wire Pass Narrows and onward to Buckskin Gulch. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) limits access to the North and South Coyote Buttes Wilderness Areas. The day hike to Wire Pass Narrows begins opposite the trailhead in the ...
The climate of the Kaibab Plateau consists of rain and thunderstorms in late summer during the summer monsoon season, snow, heavy at times, in winter, and drier weather in early summer. There was an average annual precipitation of 26.57 inches (67.5 cm) for the period 1925 to 1936.
The Buckskin Gulch and Wire Pass trailheads offer more experienced hikers access to Buckskin Gulch, the main tributary of Paria Canyon. The Lee's Ferry trailhead, located at the lower end of Paria Canyon is the normal exit point for hikers traveling the entire length of the canyon.
Buckskin Mountain State Park is a state park located near Parker, Arizona, United States. A second developed area of the park is known as the River Island Unit or River Island State Park. Both park areas have shoreline on the Colorado River and views of the Buckskin Mountains. The park provides camping and water recreation opportunities.
The southeast section of the Buckskin Mountains are part of a three-mountain range thrust-faulted system, with the Harcuvar and Harquahala Mountains. The highest peak in the section is Battleship Peak, 2,569 feet (783 m), [ 2 ] at the southwest end, and directly northeast of Bouse in the Ranegras Plain , and the Bouse Wash Drainage.
Topo map: USGS Water Pockets: Bush Head is a summit in the ... (16 km) southeast of Buckskin Gulch and located on the Paria Plateau west of the Paria River in the ...