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Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe canyon
From Utah 24 or 95 take 2- and 4 wheel drive routes east to the Maze district of
Canyonlands National Park.No water is available.After the Hans Flat Ranger Station the
road is 4-wheel drive.The campsites and the hiking routes are primitives (backcountry
permit required).
The Horseshoe Canyon is one of the most remote and inaccessible sections in the United States.
There is the Maze itself, a perplexing jumble of canyons that has been described as "a 30 square
mile puzzle in sandstone".Beyond are the weirdly shaped towers,walls, buttes and mesas of the
Land of Standing Rocks, Ernie Country, the Doll House and the Fins.
The 600-foot descent to the bottom of the Maze is a plunge into the heart of this country.
There are few visitors each year.Many come to see the figures painted on the walls of Horseshoe Canyon,
which were left by Indians at least 2000 years ago.The haunting lifesize forms are considered among the finest
examples of prehistoric rock art in the country.
APPROXIMATE MILEAGES:
SR24 to Hans Flat 43 miles
Hans Flat to Flint Trail 14 miles
Flint Trail to Waterhole Flat 11 miles
Waterhole Flat to Utah 95 Hite 32 miles
GENERAL ROAD CONDITIONS:
Junction to Waterhole Flat two-wheel drive/high clearance
Waterhole Flat to Teapot Rock moderate four-wheel drive
Teapot Rock to Doll House difficult four-wheel drive
Flint Trail difficult four-wheel drive
Flint Trail to Hans Flat two-wheel drive/high clearance
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