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Dixie National Forest

 

The Dixie National Forest is the largest forest in Utah.  It occupies close to two million acres and stretches 170 miles across southern Utah. It is the largest National Forest in Utah and straddles the divide between the Great Basin and the Colorado River.

Elevations range from 2,800 feet near St. George, Utah to 11,322 feet at Blue Bell Knoll on Boulder Mountain. The southern rim of the Great Basin, near the Colorado River, provides spectacular scenery. Colorado River canyons are made up of many-colored cliffs and steep-walled gorges.

The forest's red sandstone formations in Red Canyon are similar to those of Bryce Canyon National Park. Boulder Mountain and the many different lakes provide opportunities for hiking, fishing, and viewing outstanding scenery.

The forest offers  camping, hunting, viewing scenery, hiking, horseback riding, fishing,  camping, picnicking, resort lodging, recreation residence, sledding, skiing, hunting, gathering forest products, viewing interpretive exhibits, hiking, viewing scenery, driving for pleasure, snowmobiling, biking, horseback riding, canoeing, sailing, swimming, water skiing, and fishing.

How To Get There:

From the Red Canyon Visitor Center: Take Highway 12 east for 4 miles. One quarter of a mile after you clear the top of the long hill, you'll see an improved dirt road on your right. Turn right onto this road, and follow it for approximately 2 miles

From the Bryce Canyon Visitor Center: Take Highway 12 west for 6 miles. Just before the long down hill descent, you'll see an improved dirt road on your left. Turn left onto this road, and follow it for approximately 2 miles

 Hiking Trails in Dixie National Forest

The following hiking trails have been summarized from information received from the National Forest ServiceUnless otherwise indicated all trails below offer fantastic scenery of brilliant red rocks and formations.

Trail

Directions/Other Distance (round trip)
Easy
Ledge Point Trail At Mile 5, turn north into Red Canyon Trailhead parking area.  Overlooks Red Canyon .6 miles
Pink Ledge Trail Visitors Center 1 mile
Arches Trail , 15 small arches   .7 miles
Tunnel Trail Hwy 12 south side west of the short highway tunnel .4 miles
Moderate
Buckhorn Trail Red Canyon Campground near site 23 1 mile
Casto Canyon Trail From Panguitch south on Hwy 89 prior to going up the hill take the first dirt road on the left.  The trailhead is past the dump.  OR Hwy 12 east toward Red Canyon, take the dirt road at the sign for Losee and Casto Canyon on the left side. 5.5 miles
Losee Canyon Trail Casto/Losee Canyon Road north of Hwy 12 at the bottom of Losee Canyon 2.9 miles
Golden Wall Trail Southside Hwy 12 at Red Canyon Visitor Center parking, Views of golden rock walls between red rocks 2.8 miles
Rich Trail At Mile 5, turn north into Red Canyon Trailhead parking area 2.1 miles
Thunder Mountain Trail Mile 3 on Hwy 12 7.8 miles
Castle Bridge Trail Southside Hwy 12 at Red Canyon Visitor Center parking .6 miles
Birds Eye Trail   .7 miles
Difficult
Cassidy Trail At Mile 5, turn north into Red Canyon Trailhead parking area 8.9 miles

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

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