UTAH HIGHWAY 95
Utah's most remote desert lodge is situated on
Scenic State Highway 95 called the Bicentennial Highway because it was completed
1976. We're about an hour from Blanding (or two hours from Moab), and about
an hour and a half from Hanksville--all over paved roads.The characters
in Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang -- the novel that inspired Earth
First! -- spent much of their time trying to sabotage the construction of
this highway that runs by our front door ( the highway was finished in 1976,
and we are the only building on its entire 120-mile length between Hankville
and Blanding.)
MAKE FRY CANYON LODGE THE BASE FOR
YOUR EXPLORATIONS OF UTAH'S WILD HEART.
Edward Abbey once called this area the wild heart of the Colorado Plateau.
His most famous novel took place in these canyons. Whether you stay with
us for an evening, a week, or a season, you'll find plenty to see and do
here.
If you've come to sight-see and relax, Natural Bridges National Monument
is our near neighbor; we are also convenient to Glen Canyon and its famous
reservoir. On the road to Mexican Hat, stop at Muley Point, with its incomparable
views over Monument Valley and all four of the Four Corners states.
Back at the lodge, you'll find local Indian ruins to visit, and cool evening
rim walks just outside your door, You won't believe the sunset over Jacob's
Chair Butte as seen from our front porch, and you may be startled to realize
how many stars there are in the desert sky at night.
The more adventurous will find breathtaking four-wheel- drive touring on
the area's numerous backroads, and challenging hikes in Utah's most awe
inspiring wilderness areas-- including Dark Canyon, Grand Gulch, and White
Canyon. In the hot summer months the cooler elevations of Elk Mountain provide
shaded mesa-top treks with dazzling views, and good roads for jeeping and
biking. For the truly gonzo there's the Black Hole, with its hauntingly
deep sandstone narrows, hypothermia-inducing swims, and difficult climbs.
And that's only the beginning. There are more beautiful, unnamed, undiscovered
canyons and mesas in our backyard than anywhere else in America.
Click here to see a 360 degree view
of Fry Canyon
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