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Introducing Southern Utah Getting Around
The best way to explore Southern Utah is by car: every SOUTHERN UTAH
Southern Utah contains an abundance of stunning road is a scenic route, and public transportation is
natural landscapes, and boasts the highest limited. One train passes through the region, an Amtrak
concentration of national parks in the US. The region, Superliner, which stops at Green River, 50 miles (80 km)
which lies to the north of Grand Canyon and centers northwest of Moab. Greyhound buses travel to some of
on the blue waters of Lake Powell, owes much of its the region’s larger towns. Two Interstate Highways, I-15
dramatic beauty to the geolo gical wonder of the and I-70, pass close to Zion and Arches National Parks,
respectively. Smaller paved highways include Highway
Grand Staircase, a series of steep terraces of colored 191 via Moab, and the scenic Highway 12, which skirts
rock. Weather and river erosion have sculpted this Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. A high-
feature into the fine scenery found at Bryce, Arches, clearance 4WD vehicle is advisable for many of the
Capitol Reef, Zion, and Canyonlands national parks. unpaved roads.
Hiking, boating, and mountain-biking are popular
here, with equipment rentals available in such towns The peaks of Zion National Park in spring Key
as Moab and St. George. Highway
Major road
Minor road
Main railroad
State border
Summit
Green
Green
River
River
Arches
AuroraAurora Arches
SevierSevier National
National
LakeLake Glenwood San Rafael KnobSan Rafael Knob
Glenwood
Colorado River
Park
2414m2414m Park
Richfield
Elsinore
Elsinore Richfield Colorado River
Mount Marvine Muddy Creek
Mount Marvine
Monroe
Monroe 3539m
3539m
Goblin Valley
Muddy Creek
Moab
Frisco Peak
Frisco Peak Goblin Valley Green River Dead Horse Moab MountMount
Dead Horse
State Park
State Park
2944m State Park PealePeale
2944m
State Park
Marysvale
Marysvale 3877m3877m
Green River
Milford Delano Peak Hanksville CanyonlandsCanyonlands
Hanksville
Milford
Delano Peak
Loa
3710m Loa Bicknell NationalNational
3710m
Bicknell
Fremont River
ParkPark
La Sal
Torrey
Indian Peak Torrey Fremont River La Sal
Indian Peak
Wah Wah
Wah Wah
Junction
Beaver
2984m Beaver Junction Otter CreekOtter Creek CapitolCapitol
2984m
Mountains
Minersville
Mountains
Minersville ReservoirReservoir ReefReef Mount EllenMount Ellen Dirty Devil River
Circleville
Circleville Blue BellBlue Bell NationalNational 3512m3512m
AntimonyAntimony KnollKnoll ParkPark
Visitors on horseback following the winding trails of 3453m3453m
Dirty Devil River
Mount Dutton
the high country at Bryce Canyon National Park Little SaltLittle Salt Mount Dutton
3365m
3365m
LakeLake
Monticello
Paragonah
Paragonah Mount HillersMount Hillers Monticello
3268m3268m
Hite
Boulder
Boulder Hite Abajo PeakAbajo Peak
Panguitch
Modena
Modena Parowan Panguitch 3463m3463m
Parowan
Escalante
Escalante
Newcastle
Newcastle
Brian Head
Brian Head Escalante River GrandGrand
3446m
3446m
Cedar CityCedar City Hatch Tropic
Hatch
Tropic
Canyon
Enterprise Bryce Bryce Canyon
Enterprise
Bryce Bryce
Escalante River
Bullfrog
Kanarraville
Lost Peak Kanarraville CanyonCanyon Staircase-Staircase- Bullfrog
EscalanteEscalante
Lost Peak
2291m
2291m
ZionZion NationalNational NationalNational Glen CanyonGlen Canyon
NationalNational ParkPark MonumentMonument NationalNational
ParkPark Paria River RecreationRecreation
Orderville AreaArea
Orderville
LakeLake
Paria River
La Verkin PowellPowell
La Verkin
Glen Canyon
Hurricane
Santa Clara Hurricane Springdale Glen Canyon
Santa Clara
Springdale
Washington
St GeorgeSt George Washington
Kanab
Kanab Wahweap
Wahweap
0 kilometers 50
0 miles 50 The first step of the Grand Staircase rising out of Lake
Powell in the Glen Canyon NRA
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