• Source: Hole in the Rock Trail

The Hole in the Rock Trail (often hyphenated as Hole-in-the-Rock) is a historic trail running east-southeast from the town of Escalante in southern Utah in the western United States. The Mormon colonizers who established this trail crossed the Colorado River and ended their journey in the town of Bluff. The Hole-in-the-Rock expedition established the trail in 1879. The trail is located within the borders of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, the adjacent Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public land to the east of the Colorado River. A geologic feature called the Hole in the Rock gave the trail its name. A modern unpaved road called the Hole-in-the-Rock Road (BLM Road 200) closely follows this historic trail to the point where it enters the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The modern road is an important access route for visiting the Canyons of the Escalante and the Devils Garden. The trail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, being added to that list in 1982.




Route description


The trail follows a 180-mile (290 km) route starting near Escalante, Utah, and ending in Bluff, Utah, and is named for the place where the San Juan Mission of Mormon pioneers constructed a descent to the Colorado River. The natural crevice on the 1,000-foot (300 m) cliff above the Colorado was enlarged by the party to lower the wagons down to river level, where it could be forded. The portion of the trail below the Hole-In-The-Rock is now flooded by Lake Powell. After the river crossing the trail continued past the Register Rocks, where the settlers recorded their names, now covered by the lake. The road rises through the Chute and across slickrock sandstone to Grey Mesa. Another difficult descent was required from Grey Mesa, requiring the party to cut a road from one ledge to another on the face of the mesa, taking a week. Another week was spent in constructing a road down Clay Hill Pass. Further on, blocked by Comb Ridge, the trail follows Comb Wash to San Juan Hill, where yet another road was built up the hill. The trail ends in Bluff.













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See also



National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Utah
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Utah
National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan County, Utah
San Juan Expedition




References






Further reading


(1994) "Hole-in-the-Rock Trail" article in the Utah History Encyclopedia. The article was written by Encyclopedia staff and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024 and retrieved on May 13, 2024.




External links



Hole-in-the Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, U.S. National Park Service
TopoQuest Map
Photographs of the Hole in the Rock Trail at the National Park Service's NRHP database
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. UT-29, "Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Running From Bluff Vicinity to Escalante, Garfield County, Bluff, San Juan County, UT", 8 photos, 4 data pages

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