ユインタ郡周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

At the Swelter Shelter site, you can explore a large number of different petroglyphs (carvings) and pictograms (paintings) on the surrounding rock walls. The hike to the site is just a 400 feet roundtrip from Cub Creek Road. The rock art was created by the ancestral indigenous people of the region, but the Swelter Shelter has been used by older cultures dating to as early as 7000 BCE.

The Green River Campground is one of two campgrounds situated along the Green River. You will find a large number of nice campsite with picnic benches and fire pit, some of them with access to the river. The River Trail at the north side of the campground connects the Green River Campground to the Split Mountain Campground further north.

Over one mile, the River Trail connects the Green River Campground with the Split Mountain Campground further north. It leads along the shore of the majestic Green River and treats you with beautiful views of Split Mountain. If you like to go on a longer hike, you can continue along the Desert Voices Trail which itself connects to the Sound of Silence Trail.

Split Mountain Campground is one of two established campground on the Utah side of Dinosaur National Monument. It is located at the shore of the Green River and sites are equipped with picnic benches and fire pits. At the northern side of the campground, you will find the trailhead for the Desert Voices Trail that loops into the backcountry with great views of geological features and Split Mountain.

The Hog Canyon Trail is an easy 1.5-mile roundtrip starting at Josie's Cabin. You will pass her former chicken coop and enter an open area with wide meadows and a spring-fed creek. Enjoy stunning rock formations as you continue into the canyon. This is also a suitable hike in summer and great with kids.

The 0.25-mile (out and back) Box Canyon Trail leads into a shady box canyon that's great for exploring with the kids, especially on hot summer days. Here you'll find great views of the rugged Weber Sandstone of Split Mountain. Josie Morris, whose cabin is located at the trailhead, used to herd her cattle in Box Canyon. Remember to stay on the trails at all times as there is poison ivy in the canyon.

Without any plumbing, electricity, or neighbors, this cabin was Josie Morris home for over fifty years. She built the modest structure with a fire place, a chicken coop and cattle fence on her own and lived in the remoteness of the canyon between 1913 and 1964, when she died from the complications of a broken hip. Take a hike into nearby Box Canyon and Hog Canyon, where Josie planted trees and penned her livestock.

If you follow the Lizard Trail past the prominent lizard petroglyph, you can discover more rock art created by the Fremont people. These petroglyphs are about 1,000 years old.