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Coyote Gulch is a tributary of the Escalante River, located in Garfield and Kane Counties in southern Utah, in the western United States.Over 25 mi (40 km) long, [1] Coyote Gulch exhibits many of the geologic features found in the Canyons of the Escalante, including high vertical canyon walls, narrow slot canyons, domes, arches, and natural bridges.
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; Julian Smith, "Moon Handbooks Four Corners" (Avalon Travel Publishing, 2003) ISBN 1-56691-581-3
The lower section of the river, southeast of Coyote Gulch, is now beneath the surface of Lake Powell. Numerous side canyons also feed the main river, accounting for the large size of the basin. From the west, the major tributaries are Harris Wash , Twentyfive Mile Creek, Coyote Gulch, Fortymile Gulch , and Fiftymile Creek, along with the ...
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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 ]
Utah was in a consistent drought from late 1998 through 2004, although experts [who?] warn that the drought-breaking conditions experienced in 2004 and 2005 could actually just be a break in a more extended drought pattern. July 2003 set the record for the warmest month ever in Salt Lake City. 2003 overall was the second warmest year on record ...
The north portion of the ridge in Utah was located in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, but was in one of the sections that was later removed from the monument. The northeast ridge terminus is Buckskin Gulch. To the ridge's east, across the narrow Coyote Valley, [5] of the north-flowing Coyote Wash, [6] lies the Coyote Buttes ...
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 ...