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Backpacking Dixie National Forest

Virgin River Rim Trail

This long trail is used by mountain bikers, hikers and even those on horseback. For hiking it can be broken down into three shorter hiking trails.  Combine them all for a great backpacking trip. If hiking or backpacking a car shuttle is very helpful so you don't have to backtrack. When staying in the nearby campgrounds these hikes make for a nice day excursion. The total mileage is 32 miles. This is a link to a PDF of the trail provided by the National Forest Service.

Cascade Falls Trailhead to Strawberry Ridge
Cascade Falls Trailhead to Te-ah Trailhead
Te-ah Trailhead to Webster Flat Road

Virgin River Rim Trail on Cedar Mountain in Dixie National Forest

Cedar Breaks Visitor Center

There is the Duck Creek Visitor Center by Duck Creek and Navajo Lake
and the Cedar Breaks Visitor Center. Both can help with hiking information.

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Rattlesnake Creek Route

This is a 10 mile hike. The time it take to hike depends on the water levels and how many side canyons you explore.  Plan on 6 hours to a full day of hiking. With so much to see and explore the hike is often stretched out to a 2 or 3 day backpack. The hike is one way and two cars are needed or hitchhike back to your vehicle.

Cedar Breaks Bottoms - This route takes backpackers to the bottom of the impressive Cedar Breaks hoodoos and allows wilderness camping. From Cedar Breaks National Monument, there is no way to hike to the bottom where the hoodoos are, but this route through Dixie National Forest allows access to then. If a car shuttle is used then it's a one way hike of mostly downhill hiking.

Utah's Dixie National Forest: Cedar Mountain
Cedar Breaks National Monument is surrounded by Utah's Dixie National Forest. From Mt. Carmel Junction, drive north on US-89 to the junction with U-14. SR-14 is known as Cedar Mountain which is the scenic byway to travel to Cedar Breaks. Once on Cedar Mountain, travel through the beautiful forest, and then turn at the signed highway to Cedar Breaks - U-148. It's 22 miles from Mt. Carmel Junction to boundary of Dixie National Forest and 45 miles to Cedar Breaks.

Utah's Dixie National Forest: Red Canyon
Red Canyon is a unique part of Dixie National Forest that is not only traveled through on the way to Bryce Canyon, but it has eroded hoodoos like Bryce Canyon and Cedar Breaks. It is found along U-12

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Ashdown - Rattlesnake Creek Cedar Mountain in Dixie National Forest

When the water levels are high on the Ashdown - Rattlesnake Route the hiking gets rough.

 

Lodging Zion National Park
Lodging Zion National ParkLodging and services are available on the gorgeous east side of Zion National Park, where guests are close to Zion National Park (12 miles), Bryce Canyon National Park (60 miles), Cedar Breaks National Monument (45 miles), Coral Pink Sand Dunes (12 miles), and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (85 miles). It's where city traffic is absent and the skies are bright and clean.

 

Utah's Dixie National Forest: Cedar Mountain
Cedar Breaks National Monument is surrounded by Utah's Dixie National Forest. From Mt. Carmel Junction, drive north on US-89 to the junction with SR-14. SR-14 is known as Cedar Mountain which is the scenic byway to travel to Cedar Breaks. Once on Cedar Mountain, travel through the beautiful forest, and then turn at the signed highway to Cedar Breaks - SR-148. It's 22 miles from Mt. Carmel Junction to boundary of Dixie National Forest and 45 miles to Cedar Breaks.

Utah's Dixie National Forest: Red Canyon
Red Canyon is a unique part of Dixie National Forest that is not only traveled through on the way to Bryce Canyon, but it has eroded hoodoos like Bryce Canyon and Cedar Breaks. It is found along Scenic Byway 12

 


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