Practical

Requires 4WD

4 destinations along 4 roads

4 requires 4wd stops across the guide.

I-701

San Rafael Swell

Castle Dale

A massive dome of exposed rock layers with slot canyons and natural bridges

Burr Trail Road1

Burr Trail Road

Boulder

A jaw-dropping backcountry road through slot canyons to Capitol Reef

Cottonwood Canyon Road1

Grosvenor Arch

Cannonville

A massive double arch named for the National Geographic Society president

Racetrack Valley Road (dirt, off North Death Valley Highway)1

Racetrack Playa

Stovepipe Wells

A dead-flat lakebed where rocks leave trails behind them, twenty-seven miles down a tire-shredding road.

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