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Devil's Kitchen

Part ofCentral Utah

A pocket of red-rock hoodoos high in the green Wasatch — a "little Bryce Canyon"

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Best Season
Summer to fall
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Fun Fact
The red spires are eroded from the Price River Formation; the same weakly cemented rock that lets them stand also means they are slowly, constantly crumbling — the kitchen is forever remaking itself.

The Story

Devil's Kitchen is the surprise of the Nebo Loop: a small amphitheater of red-and-orange spires and hoodoos, eroded out of soft sandstone, sitting incongruously among the aspen and fir near the southern end of the drive. It looks like a fragment of Bryce Canyon that wandered two hundred miles north and got lost in an alpine forest — which is more or less why people call it Utah's "little Bryce."

A short paved trail, an easy few hundred yards, leads from the parking area to a railed observation deck on the rim of the formation, with interpretive signs and a framed view of Mount Nebo off to the west. It is wheelchair- and stroller-friendly, shaded most of the way, and one of the most rewarding ten-minute walks in the state.

Visitor Info

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Best Season
Summer to fall
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Highway
Nebo Loop Road (FR-015)

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Nearby

The closest stops worth working into your route

natural2.5 mi away
Mount Nebo
At 11,928 feet, the highest and southernmost peak in the Wasatch Range
geological3.8 mi away
Nebo Loop Summit
The byway's 9,300-foot high point, with Utah Valley spread out below
cultural8.4 mi away
Nephi
A quiet ranching town at the foot of Mount Nebo
recreational9.2 mi away
Payson Lakes
Three alpine lakes in the pines, twelve miles up Payson Canyon
cultural19 mi away
Fairview
The north gate of the Heritage Highway, home to a near-complete Ice Age mammoth
geological19 mi away
Thistle Landslide
The ruins of a town destroyed by a massive landslide in 1983