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Park map with the Devils Garden circled in red (click on map to enlarge) Major sections of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument: Grand Staircase, west; Canyons of the Escalante, east; Kaiparowits Plateau, central; Roads and features: Utah Scenic Byway 12; Hole-in-the-Rock Road; Hole-in-the-Rock formation; Notable explorers:
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
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 .
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.
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.
Fortymile Gulch and Willow Gulch are tributaries of the Escalante River, located in Kane County in southern Utah, in the western United States. With a combined length of over 20 miles (30 km), they exhibit many of the geologic features found in the Canyons of the Escalante , including high vertical canyon walls, water pools, narrow slot canyons ...