Scenic Drives near Colorado River, Utah

Scenic drives to consider in the Colorado River area are listed below. Click on any scenic byway or backway listed below for complete information.

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More Info Bull Creek Pass National Back Country Byway

3 hours to drive the byway.
68 miles (109 km)

Bull Creek Pass National Back Country Byway winds for 68 miles through Utah's Henry Mountains. The view from the route includes colorful canyons, steep cliffs, vast badlands, and rugged alpine mountains.The byway climbs nearly a mile as it loops through this colorful, vibrant mountain range set betw...

More Info Lockheart Basin Road

Rough Dirt/Gravel
8 - 10 hours
57 miles

More Info Smokey Mountain Road

Maintained Dirt/Gravel but very rough and rutted in places
5 hours
78 miles oneway

From Escalante, this route climbs switchbacks 1,200 feet up Smokey Mountain before winding through the exceptionally rugged desert landscape of the Grand Staircase. Along the route are some good views over Lake Powell and up to Bryce Canyon National Park.

More Info Colorado River Scenic Byway

Paved
1 hour
44 miles oneway

The Colorado Scenic Byway (Hwy 128) begins at Hwy 191 just north of Moab on the eastern edge of the Colorado River. It follows the river northeast for roughly 30 miles. Along the way are fantastic views of the swift moving Colorado as it carves its way through tall red rock cliffs.

More Info Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway

30 minutes minimum, but 2-3 hours recommended to enjoy the state and national parks.
35 miles (56 km)

An intriguing name for an intriguing place: Dead Horse Point is so named because in the mid-1800s, cowboys installed wild mustangs here, on the natural corral, a small plateau 2,000 feet above the Colorado River. Unwanted culls or "broomtails" were left behind on the plateau to find their way off th...

More Info Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway

10 hours to drive or 10 days to enjoy the Byway
480 miles (772 km)

The Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway delivers discovery and exploration at several sites filled with science and history. The two-state Byway combines opportunities to see dinosaur bones being excavated and prepared by paleontologists for museum display. Visit the museums along the Byway that showcase reconstructed skeletons and fleshed-out recreations of dinosaurs found in the area.

More Info Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road

Take 1 - 2 hours to drive this byway.
82 miles (132 km)

Take a trip across Northern Arizona to the great meadows and forests of the Kaibab Plateau. As you drive the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Byway, the flora and fauna changes from desert scrub to juniper, oak and aspens as the blue green waters of the Colorado River cut through Marble Canyon.Begi...

More Info Official Website Hole in the Rock

Maintained Dirt/Gravel
6 hours
115 mile roundtrip

The Hole-in-the-Rock Road runs through rugged areas of the the Grand Staircase before ending at Lake Powell.

More Info La Sal Road

Paved
2 - 3 hours
60 mile loop

The La Sal Mountain Loop Road climbs up and along the western side of the La Sals. Along the way are picnic areas and overlooks of Arches and Canyonlands national parks and other beautiful scenery of the red rock canyon country below. Unpaved forest service roads branch off to a few alpine lakes and old mining areas.

More Info Needles/Anticline Overlook Road

Maintained Dirt/Gravel
3 - 4 hours
76 mile roundtrip

The Needles and Anticline Overlooks provide fantastic views of the canyon country in and near Canyonlands National Park. A marked gravel road off Hwy 191 about 32 miles south of Moab leads to both. Though the drive itself isn't exceptional, the overlooks are.

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