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The Ultimate Southwest Vacation includes Dixie National Forest!
Experience the Spectacular Canyon Country Tour
Stay in Mt. Carmel Jct., the heart of the parks, and visit
the treasures of the Southwest.
Mileage: Mt. Carmel Jct.
Cedar Breaks 45 miles
Dixie Forest 22 miles
Zion National Park 12 miles
Bryce Canyon 60 miles
Grand Staircase 9 miles
Red Canyon 47 miles
Sand Dunes 11 miles
North Rim 85 miles
Toroweap 90 miles
South Canyon 75 miles
Plan your Dixie National
Forest
Vacation with our
Utah Maps
and
Information
In these pages you will find insiders information on Dixie
National Forest. This detailed guide includes road maps, park maps, pictures,
trail beta, backpacking, history, fees, geology, flora, fauna, campgrounds and
things for kids to do.
Making summer memories in the Utah national parks and Utah
national monuments.
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Dixie
National Forest Road
Map
Dixie National Forest
Map
Directions to Dixie National Forest
From Salt lake City: Take I-15 south, exit at
Parowan. Take U-143 south
to Dixie National Forest.
From Las Vegas: Take I-15 north to Cedar City. Take U-14 to Dixie National Forest.
From Mount Carmel Junction: Take US-89 north to U-14 and into Dixie National
Forest.
From Arizona: Take US-89 north thru Mount Carmel Junction to U-14 and turn west
to Dixie National Forest.
U-14 is also called the Markaguant High Plateau Scenic
Byway.
Rows and rows of aspens line the roads along Highway 14,
on Cedar Mountain, as well as the backroad's like Webster Flat.
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Dixie National Forest History
Pictographs, petroglyphs and dwellings have left a story behind, telling of
hunters and gatherers that existed in Dixie Forest long ago. Later came the Ancestral
Pueblo (Anasazi) and the Fremont Indians. The more recent inhabitants,
the Paiute, did not accept the first white men to enter the area, making settlement
in Dixie Forest lands difficult.
The Land of Dixie and those "Cedar Trees"
The name Cedar came about when settlers incorrectly called juniper
trees, cedars. When the error was discovered the name was never changed.
The
name Dixie came from the mid 1800's when Brigham Young, a Mormon leader, sent
cotton growers into Southern Utah. When traveling through the town of
Saint George, notice the "D" painted
near the top of the southern most mountain. Many people wonder why the "D" is
there, but the tradition of calling the area Dixie, set down by settlers from
the south, remains today.
Flanigan's Arch
Flanigan's Arch is located just a short .25 miles outside Dixie National Forest. It was found by William Flanigan in 1916 and oddly enough, this arch almost began a national monument. To find the arch, hike the Ashdown - Rattlesnake Route. The arch is located at the end of the path. Since this is a one way route, with a shuttle, hikers can park at the end of the route and take the short 1.5 mile hike to see the arch that sits 550' above the creek. There is a route to climb to the top of the arch, but few venture that far. If you go find a detailed hiking description to the arch.
Cedar Breaks National Park?
In 2006, Iron County officials considered a proposal for legislation to expand Cedar Breaks National Monument, Ashdown Gorge Wilderness and Flanigan's Arch and combine them to make a national park. Cedar Breaks is certainly one of the most beautiful places in the world and it deserves to be a national park.
Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
The 7000 acre Ashdown Gorge Wilderness rests within the boundaries of Dixie National Forest and on the edge of Cedar Breaks National Monument. The area was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1984 and it's administered by the National Park Service. Rattlesnake Creek and Ashdown Creek both flow through the wilderness area.
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