zion to Gran Tetons what's on route
I see it's about 450 miles anything in between worth stopping at, likely go up rt 15 Any ideas, or is it just a mike run?
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Lipets wrote:You will encounter a considerable number of 6% plus grades in Utah if you choose to visit several of the great places mentioned in the previous posts. US-191 between I-70 and I-80 has steep grades between Helper and Vernal, North of Vernal and through Flaming Gorge. I suggest that you get a copy of the Mountain Direstory West or plot potential routes in Google Earth and use the "Elevation Profile" feature.
...Bad roads are lot of 6% plusgrades...
Here are links to some of the places in Utah we have visited and enjoyed along potential routes from Zion to the Tetons. Some of the Scenic Backways may not be of interest to your wife and are not suitable for an RV.
Utah 12-24 area:
Ut-12 Scenic Byway
Scenic Backways off UT-12
Burr Trail
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Kodachrome Basin State Park
Anasazi State Park
Calf Creek Falls
Hells Backbone
Capitol Reef National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Goblin Valley State Park
Moab area:
Kane Creek Road
Potash Lower Colorado Byway
Upper Colorado River UT-128 Scenic Byway
Sago Canyon
Dead Horse Point State Park
Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Needles District
Newspaper Rock
Monument Valley, Bluff, Blanding Area:
Monument Valley
UT-261 the Moki Dugway
Goosenecks State Park
Hovenweep National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument
Bluff Fort
South Fork of Mule Canyon and House on fire
The Valley of The Gods
Edge of the Cedars State Park
Dinosaur Museum
As for boondocking, there are opportunities in the Fishlake and Dixie National Forests. You will have to get copies of the current Motor Vehicle Use Maps(MVUM) to determine which areas are open to dispersed camping. There are also boondocking opportunities on BLM lands. In the Moab area there are resticted areas which can be seen on this map.
