Best Day Hikes around the Escalante Area

Having hiked around the Escalante area for most of my life, many folks have asked me over the years, to list for them my favorite hikes around the Red Rock Ranch. Below are a list of day-hikes that are all light to medium-impact. These are generally great family hikes, which can be done without the help of a guide.
Remember:

• always let someone know where you will be hiking
• always bring a good map/GPS
• and always bring plenty of water!!

1. Lower Calf Creek Falls (Highway 12 to Calf Creek State Park)..4 hours
2. Peek-a-Boo & Spooky (Hole-in-the-Rock Road to Dry Fork Coyote)..4 hours
3. Pose Lake Look-Out Tower (Box/Death Hollow Log Road to Pose Lake)..1 hour
4. Devil’s Garden (Hole-in-the-Rock Road)..2 hours
5. Table Top Mountain (Red Rocks up past the “E”)..5 hours
6. “E” Mountain (Red Rocks)..3 hours
7. Escalante River (Dirt Road past the Cemetery)..10 hours
8. Upper Calf Creek Falls (Highway 12 to Mile Marker #81)..2 hours
9. Little Desert (East Side of town above the Water Tanks)..2 hours
10. Pine Creek (Box/Death Hollow Log Road)..5 hours
11. Broken Bow Arch (Hole-in-the-Rock Road to Willow Gulch)..3 hours
12. Petrified Forest (Highway 12 to Petrified Forest State Park)..1 hour
13. Sunset Arch & Crack-in-the-Wall (Hole-in-the-Rock Road to 40 Mile)..3 hours