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0.0
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0.0
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Start of Bicentennial Scenic Byway
Altitude: 4321 feet
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At the Junction of State Route #95 and #24 near Hanksville, Utah, a town located in Wayne County, Utah. Hanksville, Utah is thriving with visitors coming for recreation at Lake Powell, Capitol Reef National Park, the Henry Mountains, the San Rafael Swell, Goblin Valley State Park, and the solitude of the surrounding deserts and slot canyons. This is where the Byway Bicentennial Highway starts it's journey from. This Byway Bicentennial Scenic Highway is the gateway to Natural Bridges National Monument, where erosion has created the world's largest display of natural bridges, formed out of 225 million-year-old Cedar Mesa sandstone.
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4.3
(191.1) |
2.7
(118.7) |
A Desert Route
Altitude: 4573 feet
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A Desert Route running along the Byway from Hanksville, Utah.
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15.9
(179.5) |
9.9
(111.5) |
Penitentiary Point
Altitude: 4806 feet
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Energy Fuel Road, Penitentiary Point, on the Bicentennial Scenic Highway
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24.3
(171.1) |
15.1
(106.3) |
Granite Road
Altitude: 4872 feet
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Granite Road,
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27.5
(167.9) |
17.1
(104.3) |
Poison Springs Wash Road
Altitude: 4895 feet
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Poison Springs Wash Road,
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30.7
(164.7) |
19.1
(102.3) |
Trails
Altitude: 5164 feet
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A winding Trail
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32.5
(162.9) |
20.2
(101.2) |
Little Egypt
Altitude: 5102 feet
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Hoodoo, A Pig carved in stones located along the Bicentennial Scenic Highway, Little Egypt, Utah
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36.5
(158.9) |
22.7
(98.7) |
Loop Road
Altitude: 4911 feet
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Loop Road to Little Egypt along the Bicentennial Scenic Highway, Utah
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45.0
(150.4) |
28.0
(93.5) |
Leprechaun Slot Canyon
Altitude: 4478 feet
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Leprechaun Canyon, Leprechaun Slot Canyon, located just off the State Route #95 (Byway Bicentennial Scenic Highway), South of Hanksville, Utah
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53.5
(141.9) |
33.2
(88.2) |
Hog Springs
Altitude: 4104 feet
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Hog Springs, located along the Bicentennial Scenic Highway, Utah
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57.1
(138.3) |
35.5
(85.9) |
Desert Creek
Altitude: 3953 feet
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A dry desert Creek, running along the Byway
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65.5
(129.9) |
40.7
(80.7) |
Hite, Lake Powell
Altitude: 4049 feet
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Hite, Lake Powell, Hite is located at the north end of Lake Powell along the Colorado River in Utah. Lake Powell, and all of its points of interest, are available to the public for recreational purposes.
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66.4
(129.0) |
41.3
(80.2) |
Glen Canyon National Rec. Area
Altitude: 4124 feet
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
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67.5
(127.9) |
41.9
(79.5) |
Hite Bridge
Altitude: 3802 feet
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Hite Bridge, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, Colorado River, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
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70.0
(125.4) |
43.5
(77.9) |
Confluence of Rivers
Altitude: 3727 feet
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Confluence of Dirty Devil River and a Creek that makes up Colorado River
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72.9
(122.5) |
45.3
(76.1) |
Bridge
Altitude: 3707 feet
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Lake Powell Bridge, A Bridge over Dirty Devil River, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
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74.7
(120.7) |
46.4
(75.0) |
Canyon Lands National Park Road
Altitude: 3973 feet
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Canyon Lands National Park Road,
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76.4
(119.0) |
47.5
(73.9) |
Colorado River Bridge
Altitude: 3704 feet
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Colorado River Bridge, Hite Bridge on Bicentenial Scenic Highway / State Highway #95, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
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78.2
(117.2) |
48.6
(72.8) |
Glen Canyon National Park
Altitude: 4147 feet
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Glen Canyon National Park Road goes close to the Glen Canyon Hite along the Colorado River, Hite Camping site,
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85.7
(109.7) |
53.3
(68.2) |
Horse Tanks Road
Altitude: 4108 feet
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Horse Tanks Road, Glen Canyon National Park,
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88.6
(106.8) |
55.1
(66.4) |
Glen Canyon National Park Road
Altitude: 4350 feet
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Glen Canyon National Park Road, a loop trail on the Utah Highway #95 / Bicentennial Scenic Highway, Utah
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95.6
(99.8) |
59.4
(62.0) |
Blue Notch Road
Altitude: 4711 feet
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Blue Notch Road,
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98.0
(97.4) |
60.9
(60.5) |
Horse Tanks Road
Altitude: 4649 feet
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Horse Tanks Road, Woodenshoe Spur Road, Manti la Sal National Forest, Utah
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104.2
(91.2) |
64.7
(56.7) |
A Trail
Altitude: 4869 feet
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A Trail to the Long Canyons, in Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area, Utah
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107.2
(88.2) |
66.6
(54.8) |
Access
Altitude: 4954 feet
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Access to Manti la Sal National Forest, Utah
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112.4
(83.0) |
69.8
(51.6) |
Grand view of the Jacob's Chair
Altitude: 5361 feet
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A Grand views of the Jacob's Chair and White Canyon are offered from here on the Utah Highway #95.
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113.6
(81.8) |
70.6
(50.8) |
Fry Canyon Ruins Road
Altitude: 5361 feet
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Fry Canyon Ruins Road, Fry Canyon Slot, Fry Canyon Ruins, A canyon in ruined shapes, located here just off the Bicentennial Scenic Highway in Utah.
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115.2
(80.2) |
71.6
(49.8) |
Fry Canyon, Utah
Altitude: 5302 feet
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Radium King Road, Fry Canyon, Utah, a community in San Juan County, Utah, almost a ghost town now was an Uranium bom town in the 1950's.
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124.4
(71.0) |
77.3
(44.1) |
Access
Altitude: 5863 feet
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A short trail along the Utah Highway #95 in the Fry Canyon Area, Utah
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130.2
(65.2) |
80.9
(40.5) |
Access
Altitude: 6040 feet
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Access to Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, Viewing Point of Kachina Bridge National Monument, Utah
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133.0
(62.4) |
82.6
(38.8) |
Connecting Road
Altitude: 6083 feet
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Road connecting with Radium King Road, off Utah Highway #95, Utah
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134.6
(60.8) |
83.6
(37.8) |
State Route #276
Altitude: 6198 feet
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State Route #276, Gulch Creek Road, a dirt Road to Collins Canyon Trailhead, Utah
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135.2
(60.2) |
84.0
(37.4) |
Natural Bridges National Monument
Altitude: 6234 feet
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Road Access to Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, The three bridges in the park, Kachina, Owachomo and Sipapu, carved from the white Triassic sandstone of the Cedar Mesa Formation, located in Utah just off the Bicentennial Scenic Byway
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142.2
(53.2) |
88.4
(33.1) |
Dirt Road
Altitude: 6657 feet
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Dirt Road to Split level Ruin, Jailhouse Ruin,
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146.9
(48.5) |
91.3
(30.1) |
Road Access
Altitude: 6864 feet
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State Route #275 to Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, Natural Bridges Visitor Center, Burch Canyon Road, Elk Mountain Road,
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149.8
(45.6) |
93.1
(28.3) |
State Route #261
Altitude: 6890 feet
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State Route #261, to Bear Ears Mountains, Utah, Cedar Mesa Plateau, Utah, is a plateau located in San Juan County, Utah, the center of the Mesa is at an elevation of 6500 ft and surrounding terrain has an elevation of about 4000 ft. This large difference in elevation has led to the formation of numerous canyons, cliffs, and other erosional features on the edges of the mesa.
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152.6
(42.8) |
94.8
(26.6) |
Connecting Road
Altitude: 6870 feet
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Connecting Mud Road to Fish and Owl Road / Long Spike Road, State Route #261,
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162.3
(33.1) |
100.9
(20.6) |
Balley South Lower Road
Altitude: 6306 feet
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Balley South Lower Road, To the North of this place lies the Mule Canyon House on fire Ruin, just off the Utah Highway #95
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163.4
(32.0) |
101.5
(19.9) |
Access to Mule Canyon Ruins
Altitude: 6161 feet
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Access to Mule Canyon Ruins, Utah
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164.2
(31.2) |
102.0
(19.4) |
Arch Canyon
Altitude: 6070 feet
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Arch Canyon Road, Arch Canyon
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164.7
(30.7) |
102.3
(19.1) |
Road to the edge of Mule Canyon
Altitude: 6043 feet
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Road to the edge of Mule Canyon, Mule Canyon Towers, a brick tower ruin, a place to view down the Mule Canyon from.
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172.5
(22.9) |
107.2
(14.2) |
Comb Wash, Utah
Altitude: 4859 feet
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Comb Wash, Utah, Comb Wash ruin, Utah, Comb Ridge, Utah
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172.7
(22.7) |
107.3
(14.1) |
Comb Wash Road
Altitude: 4862 feet
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Comb Wash Road, Comb Wash, Utah, Comb Wash Ruins, Fish Mouth Cave, Utah
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174.5
(20.9) |
108.4
(13.0) |
Comb Ridge
Altitude: 5236 feet
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Highway #95 passes along Comb Ridge, Red Ridge, Utah
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178.5
(16.9) |
110.9
(10.5) |
Access
Altitude: 5200 feet
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Access to Butler Wash Indian Ruins, Utah,
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180.3
(15.1) |
112.0
(9.4) |
262 Road
Altitude: 5312 feet
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262 Road / Butler Wash Road, Army Road, Mokey Dugway,
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185.3
(10.1) |
115.1
(6.3) |
Cottonwod, Utah
Altitude: 5226 feet
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Cottonwood Road, Cottonwood, Utah, Tower House Ruin, Possy South Trail,
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187.0
(8.4) |
116.2
(5.2) |
Brushy Basin Rim
Altitude: 5200 feet
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Brushy Basin Rim, 277 Road,
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194.9
(0.5) |
121.1
(0.3) |
Access to Ruin Road
Altitude: 5781 feet
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Access to Ruin Road, Westwater Creek,
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195.4
(0.0) |
121.4
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Junction
Altitude: 5764 feet
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Junction of Utah Highway #95 with Utah Highway #191, near Blanding, Utah, a city located in San Juan County, Utah, This is where the Bicentenial Scenic Byway ends. Blanding, Utah, is a gateway to an abundance of nearby natural and archaeological resources, including Dinosaur Museum, Natural Bridges National Monument, Monument Valley and the Four Corners area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell), Cedar Mesa archaeological and wilderness area, the San Juan River including Goosenecks State Park, and the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park.
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