Horizon Arch
October 13 @ 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
5.2 miles round trip, 800 ft elevation gain Horizon Arch cannot be seen until you are very close to it, so a GPS is needed to find it. There is no marked trail to Horizon Arch. From Escalante head south on Smokey Mountain Road 4.5 miles to an unsigned 4x4 road/track heading west. Smokey Mountain Road is signed S 500 W in Escalante. The 4x4 track may be blocked or closed by the BLM. If so begin your hike on Smokey Mountain Road. If you have a high clearance 4x4 continue down the 4x4 road approximately one mile and park in the wash at the intersection of Mitchell and Coal Bed Canyons. Leave Coal Bed Canyon and continue on foot into Mitchell Canyon. Continue up the Mitchell Canyon wash 1.1 miles to location 37.72769, -111.65747. Leave the wash and hike up the hillside on the right side of the wash. There may be a cairn at the point where you leave the Mitchell Canyon. Continue .1 miles in a NNW direction to a group of red rocks, there should be a cairn here. Bypass the red rocks on their left side. Continue another .25 miles and ascend to the ridge line reaching location 37.73133, -111.65963. There should be cairns helping you reach the top. When you get to the top mark your location so you can return to it on the way back to your car. Continue hiking in a NNW direction 0.7 miles to the arch at 37.73983, -111.66347.