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Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), spanning extreme south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, south of US 89 halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. It is divided into two areas: Coyote Buttes North and Coyote Buttes South.
BLM limits access to the North Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area to just 64 permits per day. [2] 48 of the permits are available in advance by an online lottery conducted four months before the month for which the permit is sought. The remaining 16 permits are made available by geofenced daily lottery two days before one's intended hike. [3]
This national monument, 293,689 acres (118,852 ha) [1] in area, protects the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. Elevations in the monument range from 3,100 feet to 6,500 feet above sea level (944 to 1,981 meters).
The Wave formation in Coyote Buttes. Hiking is the most common recreational activity in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, followed by camping, photography, and canyoneering. Hikes through Paria Canyon are popular. The White House Trailhead is the main entrance and, therefore, more popular than the other trailheads in the Wilderness.
The Coyote Butte Formation was first defined by Merriam and Berthiaume in 1943. [5] The formation crops out in isolated buttes (Coyote & Tuckers) south and north (Triangulation Hill) of the Grindstone and Twelvemile Creeks in Crook County, central Oregon.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) limits access to the North and South Coyote Buttes Wilderness Areas. The day hike to Wire Pass Narrows begins opposite the trailhead in the wash. Following the wash northward takes you to the Wire pass narrows and subsequently to Buckskin Gulch. Map at the Wire Pass Trailhead
Recently, a petition was filed to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the Sutter Buttes.
To the ridge's east, across the narrow Coyote Valley, [5] of the north-flowing Coyote Wash, [6] lies the Coyote Buttes of Arizona. The ridge trends approximately north-northeast, and descends steeply on its southeast flank to Coyote Wash. The ridge's highpoint is located just south of the state border in Arizona at 6,668 feet (2,032 m). [3]: 62