This is a 54 mile dirt and gravel road that reaches Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Southern Utah. It should be named “Hole In The Head Road” because you must have one to finish this. It begins near the town of Escalante and The Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument. The end of the road is Hole In The Rock, where Mormon settlers used a small gap in the sandstone to reach the Colorado River and beyond in order to settle into Southeastern Utah (More On The Hole in a later post).
Talk about remote! The ride must have been bone-jarring, but worth it for the solitude. The eroded stone is beautiful. My favorite photo is the sunset that looks like something Maxfield Parrish would have painted. Great series, Mike!
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