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David Urmann, Trail Guide to Grand Staircase–Escalante (Gibbs Smith, 1999) ISBN 0-87905-885-4; Robert B. Keiter, Sarah B. George and Joro Walker (editors), Visions of the Grand Staircase–Escalante: Examining Utah's Newest National Monument (Utah Museum of Natural History and Wallace Stegner Center, 1998) ISBN 0-940378-12-4
This area—extending over 1,500 square miles (3,885 km 2) and rising in elevation from 3,600 ft (1,097 m) to over 11,000 ft (3,353 m)—is one of the three main sections of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, and also a part of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, with Capitol Reef National Park being adjacent to the east.
The trail follows a 180-mile (290 km) route starting near Escalante, Utah, and ending in Bluff, Utah, and is named for the place where the San Juan Mission of Mormon pioneers constructed a descent to the Colorado River. The natural crevice on the 1,000-foot (300 m) cliff above the Colorado was enlarged by the party to lower the wagons down to ...
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument National monument in Kane and Garfield counties in Utah, United States The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase , the Kaiparowits Plateau , and the Canyons of the Escalante ( Escalante River ) in southern Utah .
Stevens Arch is a large natural arch located in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah.The bridge has a span of 220 feet (67.06 metres), making it the fourteenth longest natural arch span in the United States as measured by the Natural Arch and Bridge Society.
View from Utah Highway 12 of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. The Grand Staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretches south from Bryce Canyon National Park and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, through Zion National Park, and into Grand Canyon National Park. [1]
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument — a United States National Monument located within Garfield County and Kane County in southern Utah.; The park's three main regions are the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante.
Along with the Grand Staircase and the Canyons of the Escalante, it makes up a significant portion of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. Its extension to the southeast, Fiftymile Mountain, runs nearly to the Colorado River and Lake Powell, and is a prominent part of the northern skyline from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area