Burr Trail Scenic Backway
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The Burr Trail Scenic Backway is a 68 miles (109.4 km) backcountry route extending from the town of Boulder
, Utah
, through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
into Capital Reef National Park and then to the community of Bullfrog
in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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The Burr Trail is named after John Atlantic Burr, a homesteader and rancher born in 1846 aboard the SS Brooklyn somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Burr and his family lived in Salt Lake City before moving south to establish the town of Burrville, Utah, in 1876. John Burr soon developed a trail to move cattle back and forth between winter and summer ranges and to market, known as the Burr Trail.
Boulder, Utah
Boulder is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, 27 miles northeast of Escalante on Utah Scenic Byway 12 at its intersection with the Burr Trail...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument contains 1.9 million acres of land in southern Utah, the United States. There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante. President Bill Clinton designated the area as a U.S. National...
into Capital Reef National Park and then to the community of Bullfrog
Bullfrog, Utah
Bullfrog Basin Marina is a small unincorporated community on the shores of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area of Kane County, Utah, United States. Bullfrog is a popular place on Lake Powell for tourists, fishermen, and outdoor enthusiasts due to its marina and local...
in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres of mostly desert...
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The Burr Trail is named after John Atlantic Burr, a homesteader and rancher born in 1846 aboard the SS Brooklyn somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Burr and his family lived in Salt Lake City before moving south to establish the town of Burrville, Utah, in 1876. John Burr soon developed a trail to move cattle back and forth between winter and summer ranges and to market, known as the Burr Trail.
External links
- USA-Reporter.com Actual road conditions of 23 backroads at GSENM including Burr Trail. Abstract in German, complete version as pdf in English