Day Hiking Areas

• Ferron/Price Ranger District and Office

  The Manti-La Sal National Forest offers five Ranger Districts (RD) across the forest: Ferron/Price, Sanpete, Moab, Monticello, and the Supervisor's Office (SO).

  The Ferron/Price RD Office (Ferron, UT)

  115 West Canyon Road PO Box 310 Ferron, UT 84523

  Phone: 435-636-3580

  Fax: 435-384-3296

  Forest Service boots on-the-ground activities occur on the ranger districts, including trail construction and maintenance, operation of campgrounds, and management of vegetation and wildlife habitat. For information regarding specific recreational areas, it can be quickest to contact the ranger district office associated with the area of interest, however, any ranger district on the forest will be able to assist you with finding information.

   

  Make any reservations at www.recreation.gov.

• Big Bear CreekTrail
• Black Canyon Trail
• Black Dragon Trail
• Black Dragon Trailhead
• Bull Pasture Trail
• CCC Trail #051 - Trail Mountain
• Candland Mountain Trailhead
• Castle Valley Ridge Trail
• Coffeepot Trail
• Crandall Trail
• Dairy Trail
• Dry Wash Trail
• East Mountain Trail
• Ferron - Muddy Creek Recreation Area
• Ferron Reservoir Campground
• Fish Creek Campground
• Fish Creek Campground and Trailhead
• Fish Creek National Recreation Trail (NRT)
• Flat Canyon Campground
• Gentry Hollow Trail
• Gentry Mountain Trail
• Ives Canyon Trail
• Johnson Ridge Trail
• Jordan Canyon Trail
• Josephite Point Trail
• Josephite Point Trailhead
• Left Fork of Huntington Trail
• Little Bear Ridge Trail
• Mill Canyon Trail
• Mill Fork Canyon Trail
• Miller Flat-Joes Valley-Huntington Canyon Rec Area
• Paradise Creek Trailhead
• Pole Canyon Trail - Huntington Canyon
• Right Fork of Lake Fork Trail
• Right Fork of Mill Fork Trail
• Sawmill Canyon Trail N/S
• Second Water Trail
• Seely Canyon Trail
• Short Canyon Trail
• Spanish Fork - Scofield Recreation Area
• Sweat Creek Trail
• Wild Cattle Hollow Trail
• Winter Quarters Canyon Trail
• Moab Ranger District and Office

  The Manti-La Sal National Forest offers five Ranger Districts (RD) across the forest: Ferron/Price, Sanpete, Moab, Monticello, and the Supervisor's Office (SO). The Moab Ranger District Office is located in the heart of Moab, Utah and supports the Manti-La Sal National Forest's Moab Ranger District which is located East of Moab. This portion of the forest boasts access to the La Sal Mountains, world-class mountain biking, climbing, hiking, winter sports, and more. 

   

  Make any reservations at www.recreation.gov.

  Moab Ranger District Office

  62 East 100 North PO Box 386 Moab, UT 84532

  Phone: 435-259-7155 Fax: 435-259-7737

   

  Districts vary in size and most of the US Forest Service boots on-the-ground activities occur on the ranger districts, including trail construction and maintenance, operation of campgrounds, and management of vegetation and wildlife habitat. For information regarding specific recreational areas, it can be quickest to contact the ranger district office associated with the area of interest, however, any ranger district on the forest will be able to assist you with finding information.

• Bachelor Basin Trail
• Burlfriends Trail
• Burro Pass Trail
• Carpenter Ridge - Buckeye Recreation Area
• Clark Lake Loop Trail
• Clark Lake Trail
• Deep Creek Trail
• Doe Canyon Trail
• Fisher Mesa Trail
• Gateway Recreation Area
• Geyser Pass Trailhead
• Geyser Pass Winter Recreation Area
• Gold Knob Trail
• Hazard County Trail
• Hell Canyon Trail
• Hiking the Peaks in the La Sal Mountains
• Jimmy Keen Trail
• Kokopelli Trail
• La Sal Loop - Moab Front Recreation Area
• La Sal Pass
• Lower Two Mile Trail
• Manns Peak Trail
• Medicine Lake Trail
• Miner's Basin Trailhead
• Miner's Basin to Warner Lake Trail
• Moonlight Meadows Trail
• Mountain View Trail
• Oowah Lake
• Oowah Trailhead
• Pack Creek Trail
• Pine Ridge East Trail
• Pine Ridge West Trail
• Pole Canyon Trail - La Sals
• Roc Creek Trail
• Salt Flat Springs Trail
• Schuman/Shafer Creek Trail
• Sinbad Ridge Trail
• Slaughter Flats Connector Trail
• South Mountain Trail
• Trinity Canyon Trail
• Tuk Trail
• Two-Mile Connector Trail
• Two-Mile Recreation Area
• Upper Porcupine/Slickrock (UPS) Trail
• Upper Two Mile Trail
• Warner Lake
• Warner Lake Campground
• Warner Lake/Beaver Basin Trail
• Warner To Oowah Trail
• Whole Enchilada Trail
• Abajo - Harts Draw Recreation Area
• Allen Canyon East Slope Trail
• Arch Canyon Trail
• Aspen Flat Trail
• Aspen Flat/Shay Ridge Trailhead
• Big Notch Trailhead
• Blue Creek-Allen Canyon Trail
• Blue Creek-Tuerto Trail
• Brushy Knoll Trail
• Buckboard Campground
• Butts Canyon Trail
• Camp Jackson Trail
• Chimney Park/Horse Flat Trail
• Cooley Pass Trail
• Cream Pots Trail
• Dark Canyon East Trail
• Dark Canyon West Trail
• Dark Canyon Wilderness

  The United States Congress designated the Dark Canyon Wilderness in 1984. Great stone arches, old-growth ponderosa pine, aspen groves, meadows, hanging gardens and high country deserts are found at Dark Canyon.  The only designated Wilderness in southeastern Utah, the 47,116-acre Dark Canyon Wilderness is located in a beautiful and remote section of the Colorado Plateau. Visitors are dwarfed by steep, sculpted and terraced sandstone walls that shade the canyon in morning and late afternoon -- hence the name. Ancestral Puebloan structures and rock art are tucked among the cliffs. Please leave these treasures undisturbed for others to experience.

  General Trip Planning/ Water Sources Information:

  One of the biggest concerns with backpacking on the Colorado Plateau, including the Dark Canyon Wilderness is the lack of water.
  Always treat water by filtering, boiling or chemical treatment before using any water in the backcountry.
  Below are the general descriptions for water in the Wilderness and the lower canyon. Remember conditions change. This is wild country so always pack enough water to make it several days in case your next water source turns out to be dry.

  Woodenshoe Canyon:
  Four miles down the trail you will run into Cherry Canyon coming in from the right (looking down canyon). In the spring there is usually water coming out of Cherry Canyon and running for a mile or more downstream. In the fall it stops running down canyon, but I have never seen the spring in Cherry Canyon dry up completely, although I have seen it running pretty low and muddy. The next water source is approximately 7 miles downstream (although in the spring it is not unusual to find water in other locations as well) at an area known as Wates Pond. There is a large pothole and spring that usually holds water year round. Approximately 1 mile below Wates Pond, you will come to the Hanging Garden Spring that flows out of the canyon wall on the right and usually has a pool beneath it.

  Dark Canyon:
  If you are coming from the Notch Trailhead, you will usually run into water around the mouth of Drift Trail Canyon. There is also water coming out of the pipe near the Scorup Cabin at the mouth of Horse Pasture Canyon, although this water can have a pretty bad taste. In the spring, the water often flows from here to the junction with Dark Canyon and then all the way to Rig Canyon and beyond in good water years. In the fall, most of this water dries up or gets fouled by livestock. The next possibility for water in Dark Canyon is approximately 5.5 miles downstream near the junction with Trail Canyon. There are springs in the vicinity that usually run, however we have received reports in the fall of 2019 of the Trail Canyon Springs being completely dry. Water has been found in Trail Canyon and Warren Canyon in the past but don't count on it. Below this, the canyon is dry for about two miles until the Black Steer Canyon junction in the Dark Canyon Primitive Area (WSA) on BLM managed lands.

  Peavine Canyon:
  Peavine Canyon often runs with water in the spring but dries up pretty quick in the summer. The only water in Peavine Canyon later in the year is usually located in a cattle trough about 3.5 miles below the Peavine Canyon Trailhead.

  Lower Canyon (Dark Canyon Primitive Area):
  About two miles below Black Steer Canyon, there is a stream that usually starts flowing year round.

  If you hvae additional questions, contact Monticello Ranger District (USFS): 435-587-2041.

  For additional information on the Sundance Trailhead on BLM lands, the Monticello BLM field office can be reached at 435-587-1500. The Sundance Trailhead is normally accessible except in heavy rain or snow which may make the dirt roads impassable. No fires are allowed on the BLM portion of the canyon at any time of year.

• Horse Canyon Trail
• Devils Canyon Interpretive Trail
• Elk Ridge Recreation Area

  The Elk Ridge Recreation Area is located in San Juan County, Utah, west of Monticello and north of Blanding in southeastern Utah.  It lies west of Cottonwood Road to Elk Ridge, west to the Dark Canyon Wilderness boundary, and from the north Forest boundary to the south Forest boundary.  The easiest access is from SR-95.  It is in close proximity to Natural Bridges NM to the southwest, Canyonlands NP to the north and Blanding, Utah to the southeast.

  The Elk Ridge Road runs the length of the areas from the north to the south.  Dark Canyon and its tributaries begin high on the edge of Elk Ridge at an elevation of 8,800 feet and cut through layers of sandstone and limestone to the upper reaches of Lake Powell and the Colorado River, ending up at 3,700 feet.  The Forest Service manages the upper end of the canyon, which includes the 45,000 acre Dark Canyon Wilderness Area. Visitors should remember that weather and snow melt will affect access to the area. oads are impassable when wet. For current conditions on the Monticello Ranger District call 435-587-2041.

  Information on the Elk Ridge Scenic Backway can be found HERE.

  Dark Canyon Wilderness information can be found HERE.

• Gold Queen Trail
• Gooseberry Trail
• Hammond Canyon Trail
• Hop Creek Trail
• Horse Pasture Canyon Trail
• Indian Creek East Slope Trail
• Indian Creek Rim Loop Ext Trail
• Kigalia Canyon Trail
• Lower Indian Creek Trail
• Mule Canyon Trail
• North Cottonwood Rim Ext. Trail
• North Cottonwood Rim SE Ext. Trail
• Peavine Canyon Trail
• Peavine Corridor Route
• Posey Canyon Trail - North
• Posey Canyon Trail - South
• Red Ledges Access Trail
• Red Ledges Trail
• Reservoir Canyon Trail
• Robertson Pasture Trail
• Salvation Knoll Trail (475)
• Shay Mountain Trail
• Shay Ridge Trail
• Short Point Trail
• Skyline Trail
• South Elk Trail (formerly Squaw Water Trail)
• Spring Creek Trail - Abajos
• Texas Trail
• Trail Canyon Trail - Dark Canyon Wilderness
• Trough Canyon Trail
• Tuerto To Skyline Trail
• Tuerto Trail
• Vega Creek Trail
• Wagonwheel Trail
• West Rim Texas Canyon Trail
• West Wagon Road Loop Trail
• White Rim Trail East
• Woodenshoe Trail
• Sanpete Ranger District and Office

  The Manti-La Sal National Forest offers five Ranger Districts (RD) across the forest: Ferron/Price, Sanpete, Moab, Monticello, and the Supervisor's Office (SO).

  Sanpete Ranger District Office

  540 North Main Street Ephraim, UT 84627-1117

  Phone: 435-636-3300

  Fax: 435-283-5616

   

  Districts vary in size and most of the US Forest Service boots on-the-ground activities occur on the ranger districts, including trail construction and maintenance, operation of campgrounds, and management of vegetation and wildlife habitat. For information regarding specific recreational areas, it can be quickest to contact the ranger district office associated with the area of interest, however, any ranger district on the forest will be able to assist you with finding information.

• CCC Trail #055
• Canal Canyon Trail
• Chris Canyon Trail North
• Chris Ridge Trail
• Dan Henry Trail
• Grizzly Gulch Trail
• Holman Canyon Trail
• Left Fork Trail
• Little Horseshoe Trail
• Maple Canyon Campground
• Middle Fork Trail
• Middle Mountain Trail
• Mill Fork Driveway Trail
• North Flat Cutoff Trail
• North Flat Trail
• North Sanpitch Trail
• Oak Creek Trail
• Quaking Aspen Creek Trail
• Right Fork Trail
• Sanpete North Recreation Area
• Sanpete South Recreation Area
• Sanpitch Recreation Area
• West Sanpete/The Horseshoes Trail