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Utah Highway 12 Scenic Byway, Driving between Bryce to Capitol Reef National Parks

Introduction: What? : Utah state Route 12 Scenic Byway is a 123-mile-long state highway in Garfield County and Wayne County. The road starting at it southwest end at highway 89 near the small town of Panguitch, from here its travers all the way to it northeast end at highway 24 near the town Torrey. This southern Utah's road pass by 2 National Park, Bryace Canyon at the south side and Capitol Reef at the north side. It is the gateway to the large Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument area, State Parks, small rural pioneer origin communities, large open Plateau, Dixie National Forest, and the scenic high Escalante Mountains range.   There are so many things to see and visit along this drive but the drive itself is tourist destinations unto themselves, this is why it was also designated an All-American Road.

Boulder Mountains Dixie National Forest, Fall Picture Gallery – Utah Highway 12

Boulder, Utah Picture Gallery – Utah Highway 12

Head of the Rocks Overlook, Picture Gallery – Utah Highway 12

Capitol Reef National Park – Visit Planning

Capitol Reef National Park – Goosenecks Overlook

Capitol Reef National Park – Petroglyphs Panels

Capitol Reef National Park – Cassidy Arch Hike

Capitol Reef National Park – Grand Wash Hike

Escalante - Phipps Arch Hike

Escalante - The 100 Hands Pictographs Wall

Escalante - Escalante Natural Bridge and Arch Hike

Alstrom Point – Oct. 2024 Visit Pictures

White Pocket – Oct. 2024 Visit Pictures