Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument spans 1.87 million acres of central Utah stretching from the boundary of Bryce Canyon National Park in the west to the boundary of Capitol Reef National ...

Scenic Byway 12 stretches nearly 125 miles from Capitol Reef National Park (at Torrey, UT) to Panguitch, UT, meandering in and out of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument along the way.

ESCALANTE, Utah — On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in shades of terra-cotta red and pale peach. To the west stand ...

As the monument’s hyphenated name suggests, the BLM-managed site has two main areas: Grand Staircase and Escalante Canyons, separated by the 1,600-square-mile Kaiparowits Plateau.

President Bill Clinton's decision in 1996 to create the sprawling Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah was so incredibly controversial that he couldn't even set foot in the state to ...

Christa Sadler, a geologist and author, said it is impossible to cherry-pick the most important areas within Grand Staircase-Escalante because the entire 1.9 million-acre monument is rich in ...

<b>Kanab • </b>Should a national monument encourage visitation to its grand attractions with paved roads and restrooms, or should federal managers seek to preserve the lands in their natural state?

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a U.S. National Monument protecting of land in southern Utah. There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the ...

On March 25, representatives of six Southwestern tribes announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.They are following the model of the Bears ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah is the undisputed champ of America’s national monuments. ... compass and a topographic map, there are numerous possibilities.

Nearly a year after the Bureau of Land Management closed visitor centers to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Grand Staircase-Escalante Visitor Centers are reopening. Beginning Friday, four of the ...