Indian Ruins Near Fry Canyon, Utah
Fry Canyon Lodge is a classic piece of Americana
in an incomparable setting. It is the kind of place that many of us yearn
for in the West, but which today seems to have all but passed away. Fry
Canyon, Utah, is really a ghost town that refused to give up the ghost This
site was once occupied by the ancient Anasazi. Traces of their presence
here can be seen in many places around the lodge--including a dramatic cliff
dwelling just up the canyon and many other indian ruins near by. This page
lists four easily accesable ruins.
Fry Canyon Ruin
Fry Canyon Ruin is about one mile from Fry Canyon Lodge. Follow the county
road near the Fry canyon Airstrip to an overlook.
Butler Wash Indian Ruin
Butler Wash ruin is situated close to Highway 95. You can access an overlook
from a paved turnout. The trail to the overlook is about one mile roundtrip.
It winds through Pinion-Juniper and slick rock. The ruin includes four kivas
one of them is the square type. it was built approximately 700 years ago.
Site map of the Butler Wash ruin.
Mule Canyon Indian Ruin
The Mule Canyon ruin is right next to Highway 95. There is a paved turnout
and a short paved trail to the ruin. The site includes a kiva, the base
of a tower and a block of rooms. All have been excavated and stabilized.
A protective structure built by the BLM covers the kiva.
Site map of the Mule Canyon Ruin
Cave Towers
Cave Towers ruin is at the head of Mule canyon one half mile down a dirt
road. Seven round towers surrond a cave with a spring. The site was occupied
between 1050 A.D. to 1150 A.D.
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.
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view of Fry Canyon
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