Dayhiking the Colorado Plateau


(Figure courtesy of Canyons, Cultures and Environmental change:
An Introduction to the Land-Use History of the Colorado Plateau
)

This page maintained by Pete Poston

[Utah][Arizona][Colorado][New Mexico]


UTAH


Arches National Park and Vicinity

  • Broken and Sand Dune Arches
  • Corona and Bowtie Arches
  • Courtyard Wash (Lower)
  • Dalton Fins
  • Dark Angel to Eagle Park
  • Day Canyon
  • Delicate Arch
  • Delicate Arch Viewpoint
  • Double-O Loop
  • Eagle Park
  • Eye of the Whale Mesa
  • Eye of the Whale Maze to Dalton Fins
  • Fiery Furnace to Skull Arch
  • Fiery Furnace to Broken Arch
  • Funnel Arch
  • The Great Wall
  • Hell Roaring Canyon
  • Hinton Trail
  • Klondike Bluffs from Tower Arch
  • Lost Spring Canyon
  • Megatrack Site
  • Moab Rim Trail
  • The Monitor and the Merrimac
  • Mount Tukuhnikivatz from La Sal Pass
  • Negro Bill Canyon
  • North Fork Mill Creek Canyon
  • Poison Spider Mesa
  • Salt Creek From Turret Arch
  • The Secret Spire
  • Spring Canyon
  • Surprise Valley
  • Three Gossips Overlook
  • Tower Arch
  • Turnip Tunnel and the Marching Men
  • Turret Arch to Big Bend Overlook
  • Windows Section

Bryce Canyon National Park

  • Navajo-Wall Street Loop
  • Peek-a-Boo Loop
  • Queen's Garden
  • Under the Rim Trail

Bull Valley Gorge Area

Canyonlands National Park - also see my Cataract Canyon River Trip page

  • Island in the Sky
    • Alcove Spring Trail
    • Bighorn Mesa
    • Dead Horse Point
    • Gooseberry Trail
    • Grandview Point
    • Lathrop Trail
    • Mesa Arch
    • Murphy Trail
    • Upheavel Dome Loop
    • Willhite Trail

Capitol Reef

  • Burro Wash
  • Chimney Rock Loop
  • Cook's Mesa
  • Cottonwood Wash
  • Frying Pan Trail
  • Golden Throne
  • Goosenecks of Sulfur Creek
  • Goosenecks Overlook and Sunset Point
  • Grand Wash
  • Hall's Creek Narrows
  • Muley Twist Canyon
  • Navajo Knobs
  • Pleasant Creek
  • Spring Canyon

Cedar Breaks National Monument

  • Spectra Point

Cedar Mesa, Comb Ridge, Natural Bridges National Monument and White Canyon - also see my Upper San Juan River Trip page

  • The Black Hole
  • Bridges Loop
  • Bullet Canyon
  • Collins Trail to Water Canyon
  • Fish and Owl Canyons Loop
  • Government Trail to the Big Figure Panel
  • Honaker Trail
  • Kane Gulch-Todie Canyon Loop
  • McCloyd Canyon and Moon House
  • The Procession Panel
  • Road Canyon
  • Salvation Knoll
  • San Juan Hill
  • Sheik's - Bullet Canyon Loop
  • Slickhorn Canyon
  • South Fork of Mule Canyon

Dark Canyon

  • Sundance Trail

Desolation Canyon - river trip page coming someday

  • Firewater Canyon
  • Rock Creek Ranch

Dinosaur National Monument - also see my Gates of Lodore River Trip page

The Escalante (the locals pronounce it "es-ka-LANT")

Henry Mountains

Hovenweep National Monument

  • Hackberry Canyon
  • Square Tower Ruin

Robber's Roost

  • Blue John Canyon
  • Robber's Roost Canyon

San Rafael Swell

Zion National Park


ARIZONA

Canyon de Chelly

Flagstaff Area

  • Mt Humphreys
  • Sunset Crater
  • Walnut Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park - also see my Grand Canyon River Trip page (* = from the river)

  • Blacktail Canyon*
  • Bright Angel-Hermit Trail Loop
  • Buckfarm Canyon*
  • Deer Creek Narrows and Source*
  • Elves Chasm*
  • Grandview Trail-Bright Angel Trail Loop
  • Havasu Canyon
  • Hermit Trail to Lookout Point
  • Monument Creek*
  • Nankoweap Delta Granary Hike*
  • Nankoweap Trail to Marion Point
  • National Canyon*
  • North Canyon*
  • Old Kaibab Trail Loop
  • Promontory Point
  • Ribbon Falls
  • Silver Grotto*
  • South Canyon-Vasey's Paradise*
  • South Kaibab Trail to the Tipoff
  • South Kaibab-Phantom Ranch-Bright Angel Loop
  • Stone Canyon*
  • The Tabernacle*
  • Tanner Trail-Escalante Trail-Grandview Loop
  • Thunder River
  • Trinity Creek*

Lee's Ferry and Page Area

Navajo National Monument

  • Aspen Canyon Trail
  • Betatakin Ruin
  • Keet Seel
  • Sandal Trail

Paria Canyon

Sedona

  • West Fork of Oak Creek

COLORADO

Colorado National Monument

  • Monument Canyon Trail
  • No Thoroughfare Canyon
  • Ute Canyon

Mesa Verde National Park


NEW MEXICO

Bandelier National Monument

  • Tsankawi Trail
  • Falls Trail

Chaco Canyon

  • Pueblo Alto and Pueblo Bonito Overlook
  • Pueblo Penasco
  • South Mesa


Western Oregon University

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