Where To Stay Near Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Sun drenched utah backcountry spreads out well beyond the visible horizon from the road whether you re traveling along the the all american road.

Where to stay near grand staircase escalante national monument. Grand staircase escalante national monument is located in a welcoming area of escalante that travelers like for its hiking. Deep within this vast and austere landscape the anasazi and fremont cultures made contact in the period ad 950 1100 leaving behind rock art panels occupation sites. Located within grand staircase escalante national monument the 1 350 acre escalante petrified forest state park offers hikes and river rafting through petrified wood and dinosaur fossils some more than 100 million years old. The allure of the grand staircase region the bulk of which is contained in the grand staircase escalante national monument is phenomenal.

Escalante is home to 21 hotels and other accommodations so you can find something that s perfect for your stay. Scenic byway 12 or on highway 89. Cancel free on most hotels. Depending on where you stand grand staircase escalante national monument has been quietly doing its thing for between 275 million and 50 million years.

It was named grand staircase escalante due to the many plateaus including the kaiparowits plateau the highest plateau at 9000 feet that descend from bryce canyon national park south to the grand canyon. A visitors center tells the story of how this area evolved with displays of plant and marine fossils. Compare 12 hotels near grand staircase escalante national monument in escalante using 892 real guest reviews. 0 01 mi escalante interagency visitor center 0 49 mi utah canyon outdoors 0 40 mi hole in the rock escalante heritage center 0 95 mi excursions of escalante 0 76 mi high adventure.

This area boasts a mixture of c olorful sandstone cliffs soaring. Calf creek is the larger and more developed option for you and your camp crew. Attractions near grand staircase escalante national monument. President bill clinton named it as a national monument in 1996 in a presidential proclamation.

View all attractions near grand staircase escalante national monument on tripadvisor. Staying near grand staircase escalante national monument. It was the last part of the lower 48 united states to get cartographed and once people started poking. Grand staircase escalante hotels lodging grand staircase escalante national monument in the middle of utah is a rugged desolate paradise that s just waiting to be explored.

But it s relatively new to us humans. Just 11 miles outside the town of boulder this national monument is totally a bucket list item. Find a hotel in escalante or the surrounding grand staircase area.