Sip organic coffee and scoff down scrumptious homemade cookies and cakes before or after browsing the art gallery and gift shop at this homey cafe welcoming hikers off the Burr Trail.
Burr Trail Outpost
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25.96 MILES
Termed 'the land of the sleeping rainbow' by Native Americans, this colorful desert landscape encompasses buttes and canyons replete with rock art, Mormon…
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
20.13 MILES
This 2656-sq-mile monument, established in 1996, is tucked between Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Glen Canyon National…
Fruita Rural Historic District
28.16 MILES
Fruita (froo-tuh) is a cool, green oasis, where shade-giving cottonwoods and fruit-bearing trees line the Fremont River's banks. The first Mormon…
Panorama Point & Gooseneck Overlook
28.22 MILES
Two miles west of the visitor center off Hwy 24, a short, unpaved road heads to Panorama Point and Gooseneck Overlook. The dizzying 800ft-high viewpoints…
0.63 MILES
This petite museum protects the Coomb's Site, excavated in the 1950s and inhabited from AD 1130 to 1175. The minimal ruins aren't as evocative as some in…
28.23 MILES
Across the road from the blacksmith shop (just a shed with period equipment) in the Fruita Rural -Historic District is the Ripple Rock Nature Center, a…
28.05 MILES
The Gifford Homestead is an old homestead museum where you can also buy ice cream, artisan breads and preserves made from the orchard fruit. Don't skip…
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0.63 MILES
This petite museum protects the Coomb's Site, excavated in the 1950s and inhabited from AD 1130 to 1175. The minimal ruins aren't as evocative as some in…
2. Box–Death Hollow Wilderness Area
5.3 MILES
This ruggedly beautiful wilderness area surrounds Hell's Backbone Rd. The 15.5-mile backpack Boulder Mail Trail follows the mule route the post used to…
6.79 MILES
Recreation area with campgrounds and trails leading to waterfalls.
4. Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
13.68 MILES
Two miles west of town, the centerpiece of this state park is a 130-acre lake. Hike uphill about a mile on an interpretive route to see pieces of colorful…
5. Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
20.13 MILES
This 2656-sq-mile monument, established in 1996, is tucked between Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Glen Canyon National…
21.14 MILES
The Upper Muley Twist Canyon trail, just north of Burr Trail Rd, leads past arches and lofty walls to a seldom-visited overlook with expansive views of…
25.95 MILES
Pioneers left carved names and dates on canyon walls while passing through Capitol Gorge.