Natural Bridges National Monument

The Mule Canyon North Fork Trail is a parallel route to the nearby and somewhat more popular South Fork Trail in Mule Canyon in the Cedar Mesa area of southeast Utah. The trail head for the North Fork is about 0.5 miles past the starting point of the South Fork Trail. There is a small parking area just before a narrow wooden bridge. Both are north off of Scenic Byway, Route 95 west of Blanding and a short distance east of the roadside Mule Canyon Indian Ruins site. The Mule Canyon trails are...Read Full Story

The Kachina & Owachomo Loop Trail is a 5.4 miles between two of the large bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument in southeast Utah. Three miles of the route is in Armstrong Canyon and the rest passes over the mesa top. I started at the Kachina Bridge Trail Head. The trail from the canyon rim down to the bridge is 0.75 miles. The route is steep but there are steps and handrails installed to make the trip easier. Kachina Bridge has many Ancestral Pueblo petroglyphs on both sides of the...Read Full Story

Natural Bridges National Monument is in the remote Cedar Mesa canyon country of southeast Utah and has three examples of giant natural rock spans. Traveling around the Bridge View Drive, there are trails leading down to each of the three Bridges. Bidges are different from arches in that bridges are partially formed by the moving water of a stream, where arches are formed by frost action on seeping water. Bridges are also often hidden deep in canyons, whereas arches are eroded fins and are...Read Full Story

The Butler Wash Ruins Trail is a 0.5 mile interpretive route across high desert and bare sandstone to an overlook of a well preserved cliff dweller Ancestral Pueblo site. It is located west of Blanding, Utah along scenic byway Utah Route 95 in southeast Utah on the way toward Natural Bridges National Monument. One of the features of the area that isn't pointed out and not visible from the overlook is the small natural bridge or arch to the north of the view point. Moving to the left about 100...Read Full Story

A wonderful place to visit is Natural Bridges National Monument located at the end of Highway 275, 35 miles west of Blanding, UT on Highway 95. The park is open year round with the visitor center open from 8-5 in winter and 8-6 in summer.  The cost to enter the park is $6 per carload and is good for 7 days.  Sites at th e campground are $10 with a 26 ft vehicle length limit. Sites are equipped with fire grill, pad and picnic table but there are no services of any type. Pets may come into the...Read Full Story