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Either way you go, getting from Boulder to Escalante will take your breath away. Most folks take the paved Utah Rt 12, which clings to the Hogsback while both sides of the road fall away. But there's another road, which leads to even wilder views -- Hells Backbone Road.

Pacaya Volcano

When you need a change of pace from the ruined churches and general goings-on of Antigua, you can take an easy day-trip to an actual volcano. It's an easy hike and you have a very good chance of seeing actual real-life lava.

Upper Calf Creek - West

Calf Creek provides the biggest return on investment of all the hiking near Boulder, UT. It has two impressive waterfalls, it cuts a beautiful canyon, and it runs through some of the hardest landscape in the country. On our recent trip out, we made a return hike to the Upper Calf Creek falls.

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Trip Itineraries

Cathedral Valley Campground

Type: Camping

So you finish dinner and before you get ready to start the night's campfire you walk a few yards from your campsite and you see this:
Nice, right? The campground in the Cathedral Valley section of Capitol Reef is small, isolated, and worth the trip. But the best part is that it is conveniently located in the middle of the Cathedral Valley Drive -- breaking it into two leisurely days instead of a harried one.
Pacaya Volcano

Type: Day Hike

When you need a change of pace from the ruined churches and general goings-on of Antigua, you can take an easy day-trip to an actual volcano. It's an easy hike and you have a very good chance of seeing actual real-life lava.
Upper Calf Creek - West

Type: Day Hike

Calf Creek provides the biggest return on investment of all the hiking near Boulder, UT. It has two impressive waterfalls, it cuts a beautiful canyon, and it runs through some of the hardest landscape in the country. On our recent trip out, we made a return hike to the Upper Calf Creek falls.
Hells Backbone Road

Type: Drive

Either way you go, getting from Boulder to Escalante will take your breath away. Most folks take the paved Utah Rt 12, which clings to the Hogsback while both sides of the road fall away. But there's another road, which leads to even wilder views -- Hells Backbone Road.
Capitol Reef - Cathedral Valley

Type: Drive

So you're visiting Capitol Reef during its high season -- Sep-Oct. The visitors center is crammed with bus tour people. The Hickman Bridge parking lot is overflowing. No empty picnic tables near the Fremont River. Oh, where to go for solitude? Cathedral Valley, my friend.