Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a vast tract of land (1.7 million acres) that connects Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks. The nation's newest monument is largely desert wilderness. Hike the canyons, view wildlife, explore and photograph the remote areas.

Grosvenor Arch
Stop at Grosvenor Arch, located nine miles south of Kodachrome Basin State Park. The towering arch lies along Cottonwood Canyon Road Scenic Backway, a dry weather road in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

Calf Creek Recreation Area
Hike about three miles to the lower falls that cascade 126 feet from a rock cliff. Calf Creek Recreation Area lies between Escalante and Boulder on Scenic Byway 12.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Dinosaurs
The 1.7 million acres of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has history, literally, right at your feet. Fossil records of the earth and it inhabitants dating back more than 70 million years have been found within the boundaries of this national monument. These fossil records show that this arid desert has been an ocean, lake and swamp. Paleontologists have shown this through the fossils they have found. Fossil types include fish, turtles, sharks teeth, plant life and dinosaurs. Several of the dinosaurs were first discovered at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Several dinosaur tracks have also been found throughout the monument. Professional digs completed as recently as 2001 in the area have lead to some of every exciting dinosaur finds. In fact the paleontologists that have done work in the area say that the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has the highest concentrations of dinosaur fossil found anywhere in the world. So go fossil hunting and explore the history of the earth, but remember to leave what you find, so that others may have the same exciting experience.

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National Parks / Areas
Bryce Canyon N.P.	Grand Staircase Escalante
Capitol Reef N.P.	National Forest
State Parks
Kodachrome Basin	Petrified Forest
Lake Powell	Scenic Drives
Anasazi State Museum	Scenic Backways

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