The Trail
Driving Hole-in-the-Rock by car, mile by mile.
What 'high clearance advised' past mile thirty-six really means for a normal SUV, and the practical turnaround.
Open nowEscalante OutfittersCoffee, gear · until 4 p.m.
RoadsAll dryDry
Weather68°Cloudy
Today's hikeLower Calf CreekLot fills by 9 a.m.
The lede · Friday, May 8
A hot, dry Friday in town. Take the early hike, save the long drive for tomorrow.
Lower Calf Creek closes its lot by nine. Hole-in-the-Rock is chip-sealed to mile ten now, dirt beyond, soft past mile thirty-six. Boulder is open all the way through.
- Open now · Escalante OutfittersCoffee, gear · until 4 p.m.
- Fuel · Rally Stop 15Reg $4.39 · 24/7
- Visitor ctr · Open8 a.m. — 5 p.m.
- Roads · All dryHole-in-the-Rock, Burr, Hwy 12
- Today's hike · Lower Calf CreekLot fills by 9 a.m.
The lede · Friday, May 8
A hot, dry Friday in town. Take the early hike, save the long drive for tomorrow.
Lower Calf Creek closes its lot by nine. Hole-in-the-Rock is chip-sealed to mile ten now, dirt beyond, soft past mile thirty-six. Boulder is open all the way through.
The forecast is calling for ninety-four and dry by noon. That's not desperate heat for Escalante in May, but it changes how the day works: short hike before the lot fills, lunch in town, a late afternoon drive when the canyon walls turn copper.
If you're hauling a normal SUV, Hole-in-the-Rock is chip-sealed to mile ten and fine to mile thirty-six when it's dry — a real workout past that. Burr Trail is dry top to bottom. Highway 12 is open the whole way to Capitol Reef — the question isn't whether you can drive, it's whether you can get back before dark.
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