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Salt Valley Road (Moab, UT)

Salt Valley Road is an easy maintained road that can be travelled by just about any vehicle in good weather. This road can be used as another alternate entrance or exit to Arches National Park if you would like to stay off of the park’s main paved roads.

This road also gives you access to the Tower Arch and the Eye of the Whale Arch trails. The connecting trail from Klondike Bluffs also connects to the Salt Valley Road. There are a few campsites located just outside of Arches along this road as well.

Please feel free to leave your comments and post your pictures from Salt Valley Road below.

GPS Tracks for Salt Valley Road

Salt Valley Road KML Track

 Salt Valley Road GPX Track

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This page last updated: 6/19/2009

Sevenmile Rim (Moab, UT)

Sevenmile Rim is an excellent trail with great scenery that starts out by following the rim of Sevenmile Canyon. The start of the trail off of Cotter Mine Road quickly ascends to the rim and offers great views down onto US 191 and across into the Arches National Park area, as well as into Sevenmile Canyon. There are a few short spur trails that lead to some overlooks as well.

After the tippy section, you have your choice, you can turn left and head down Wipeout Hill and then exit the trail to Highway 313, or you can turn right and follow the Sevenmile Rim trail past the Determination Towers and then into Tusher Canyon (You could also drop down Wipeout Hill and then climb back up to finish the trail if you want to hit that obstacle). Towards the end of the trail, there are a few optional trails you can follow that will take you to Tusher Tunnel and some dinosaur tracks in Mill Canyon. I have included all of these tracks in the GPS files below.

As if the views from the rim are not enough, the trail also travels between the Monitor and Merrimac Buttes and then past the Determination Towers. The scenery along the Sevenmile Rim trail is great, but this trail also offers some challenges to keep it fun. The start of the trail is rocky with a few smaller ledges. Once you travel away from the rim towards the Monitor and Merrimac buttes, the trail gets soft and sandy for a while. When driving between the buttes, you are back on an expanse of slickrock, that leads to one very tippy section. While this section of the trail looks intimidating, it is really not as back as it looks when you drive through it.

Please feel free to leave your comments and post your pictures from the Sevenmile Rim trail below.

GPS Tracks for Sevenmile Rim

Sevenmile Rim KML Track

 Sevenmile Rim GPX Track

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This page last updated: 6/18/2009

3-D (Moab, UT)

The 3-D trail is easily one of my favorite trails near Moab. Much of the route is easy, but there are enough rough sections to keep it interesting. The trail was given the name 3-D because of the way it tours Hidden Canyon. First you drive through the canyon itself. Then you loop around to an overlook from the rim of Hidden Canyon. Finally you climb to an even higher overlook of the whole area, including Hidden Canyon.

The trail starts out on the Cotter Mine Road off of US 191 and makes it’s way past Tusher Tuneel to Bartlett Wash. From here you drop down into the spectacular Hidden Canyon and drive along a fun and sandy wash. After exiting Hidden Canyon, you will loop around through Lunar Canyon and some expanses of slickrock to the Hidden Canyon Overlook. You will pass an arch at ground level near the overlook, so keep on the lookout for that. Once you leave the overlook you will make your way over to Mean Hill. While this is not a difficult obstacle, it can be intimidating, as you are riding a narrow ‘hogback’ with dropoffs on each side of your vehicle. Soon you will reach Bartlett Overlook, which will offer outstanding views of Hidden Canyon and the area surrounding it.

I highly recommend anyone heading to Moab to check out this trail!

Please feel free to leave your comments and post your pictures from the 3-D trail below.

GPS Tracks for the 3-D trail

3-D KML Track

 3-D GPX Track

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This page last updated: 6/18/2009