Driving, Hiking and Mountain Biking Southwest Utah

Parks Toured - Home Internet site: http://www.southutahparks.com This approximate 750 page book with approximately 350 photographs visits the parks listed on the books cover. There are a total of 13 park tours and 60 individual tours. Those individual tours are effectively tour extensions and, in many cases, are complete tours unto themselves. They are the 'hidden' tours not advertised in many other tour books. For example, Butch Cassidy's outlaw 'hideout'. Book Tour Content - This book is a combination of driving, walking, biking and other tours such as rafting and horseback riding. There are suggestions of what to see and do for each tour. We also identify free dry-camp (no facilities) sites and Hostels to reduce travel expense. History - Embedded in this book is the enduring history of pioneers who settled here when it was barren except for native Indian occupation. We have captured this fascinating history and blended it into each of our tours. Also included are native Indian ruins that are hundreds of years old. We also visit historic Indian Rock art panels dating back thousands of years at the Canyonlands-Maze district. Mile-By-Mile Location - Your exact location is accomplished by using a meticulous identification of mile posts (post along the road indicating mileage) located at each mile (1.6 km) on every improved road. Where those mileposts are not available, we use actual miles from a designated reference point. Where applicable, Global Positioning Satellite data (GPS) is supplied to complement walking tours in remote areas. Using this collection of information, you will always know your exact location. Book Navigation - Book organization starts with the Table of Contents. Under each of the 6 major trips, there are individual Tours. For example, Trip 1, From St. George, Utah to Zion. Below that trip, there are 12 individual tours. E-Book Differences - This printed book has less content than its equivalent Amazon Kindle E-Book due to print page quantity restrictions. The removed content was isolated to extended tours and selected appendixes, not prime tour data. Also, all photographs were converted to black and white to increase page count. Formatting had to be adjusted to conserve space. Maps – Appendix 1 has road maps for each trip. Appendix 5 - Tour sites and location maps. Use these maps as a guide for each Trip and applicable sub-tours. Most of these road maps were created by GPS tracking; therefore, very accurate. > Abbreviated Table of Contents < Trip 1 - St. George, Utah To Zion - Kolob Canyon (north Zion) - Petrified Forest - Zion National Park Trip 2 - From Zion To Bryce Canyon - Red Canyon Park - Bryce National Park Trip 3 - Bryce to Cedar Breaks & Cedar City - Cedar City - Parowan Gap Indian Petroglyphs - Cedar Breaks National Monument - Brian Head Resort Trip 4 - From Bryce Ntl. Park to Torrey - Town of Escalante & Petrified Forest - Kodachrome Basin State Park - Cottonwood Canyon Tour - Johnson Canyon Road - Escalante Town & Tours/Hiking - Escalante Petrified Forest - Hells Backbone Road - Historic Mormon Hole-In-The-Rock Road - Ancient Indian Ruins - Anasazi Indian State Park Museum - Wolverine Petrified Forest Loop Trip 5 - Capitol Reef to Green River - Capitol Reef National Park - Cathedral Valley-Back Country - To Hite and Bullfrog Lake Powell Marinas - Poison Spring Canyon Tour 5-4 - Canyonlands - Maze District - Flint Trail to Maze - Flint Trail to Doll House - Hans Flat to Green River - Pictographs - Horseshoe & Harvest Scene Tour 5-5 - Goblin Valley Park - San Rafael Swell and Mountain Biking - Tour of Pictographs and Petroglyphs - Geyser Tour Trip 6 - Green River to Moab, Utah - Dinosaurs Tracks - Town of Moab & Tour Options - Arches National Park - Gemini Bridges - Dead Horse Park - Island in the Sky - White Rim Back Country Road