The Top 6 Natural Monuments around Escalante
Escalante’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 6
beautiful natural monuments around Escalante. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Escalante. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 22, 2025
Escalante Petrified Forest
Highlight • Natural Monument
An absolute highlight, which is worth the $ 10 entry fee (per car). Over millions of years old trees were petrified here over the years (silicates have been fed into …
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Sleeping Rainbow Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
The Sleeping Rainbow Trail is a more challenging hike option due to its steep terrain and summer heat. Despite the difficulty, the trail rewards those who persist with views of …
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Death Hollow Creek
Highlight • Canyon
Death Hollow Creek spans over 20 miles, offering scenic canyons and expansive rock slabs. It is one of the Escalante River's longest tributaries through the Navajo sandstone canyon with pools, …
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Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Highlight • Natural Monument
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park preserves a stunning collection of fossilized trees, some over 135 million years old, scattered across a high desert mesa. Here, you'll see colorful logs turned …
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Boulder Mail Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Before the existence of UT-12 (in the 1930s) this was the route to travel between Escalate and Boulder. Today, travelling between those two places is way easier, and the trail became a famous hiking route through the rocky terrain.
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