Monument Valley Utah

monkey44 wrote:

pnichols wrote:
Well ... my E450 Class C is 24 feet, so maybe we could use the Mokie Dugway if we had to and if the DW (passenger) could take it. I'm more concerned about small vehicles not being able to get around us (101 inches wide) on roads like this. Is it wide enough, or are there pullouts on it for vehicles to pass each other?

However, isn't there another easy way in and out of the VOG area? The DW was navigating three years ago when we were in the area and we almost went to the VOG, but she didn't mention anything about the map (Landmark Utah atlas) showing a steep, twisty road being involved. :h

Nope, not that I know of -- only back-tracking and longer and out of the way - if you stay on pavement - not straight thru to anywhere unless you go up the Mokie Dugway (well, or down it, depending) ... But if you fit, it is an amazing visual -- and Valley of the Gods is worth every bit of that drive, no matter how you do it.

NOTE: I'm not positive if any dirt/gravel back country roads lead out a different direction. I'm pretty sure NO tho'... We're heading that way again this year ... and that might be interesting to investigate ... so will do that in the Fall...

Much of it is narrow, but there are places where one can pass another as long as both are not wide-guys ... We passed (scared out of his mind driver) Class C coming down as we were going up, and we are eight feet wide ... The switch-back part of it is not very long, not miles of it, it's relatively short and steep.

It reminds me of parts of White Rim Trail in Canyonlands ... altho' WRT is 110 miles long ... but much of it is pretty flat and easy to drive - some parts really pop your eyes open tho' ... and test your driving skills and nerves. It's not for amateurs ...

Heck Yeah!

The east entrance is right off the main highway north out of Monument Valley, just a couple of miles north of Mexican Hat. Not well marked, but it is there. Then the West entrance to the Valley of the Gods is on the way to the bottom of the Moki Dugway. Just north of the junction of the highway that goes to Gooseneck State Park, overlooking the San Juan River. Both of these entrance points are paved and easily accessed.

But, But, once you drive off the pavement onto the Valley of the Gods Road it is entirely different, as has been described many times earlier in this thread.

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