Book cliffs, little creek roadless grand countyboundary begins at steer ridge road and ten mile knoll. The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit. The uintah and ouray indian reservation is on the west side of the bookcliffs. Book cliffs recreation area bureau of land management. A guide to the states best rockhounding sites rockhounding series kappele, william a. In many areas of the state fourwheel drive and allterrain vehicle. Get the latest map, conditions and difficulty information for the book cliffs, sego canyon trail in utah. Through the introduction of wild horses from other herds, the range of colors within the herd is exciting and photogenic. The utah hunt planner also provides the legal hunting boundaries approved by the utah wildlife board. Grand junction is situated 247 miles 398 km westsouthwest of the colorado state capitol in denver. I remember taking a desolate dirt road f rom where the pavement ends south of vernal.
Book cliffs mule deer habitat this map display shows crucial winter and crucial summer range. Horses include palominos, paints, grays, blacks, bays, sorrels, blue and red roans as well as a few. The canyon is located a few miles east of mount garfield and is easily accessible from i70 the main interstate from denver to utah. Also would like to know of any packers someone has used that are in the area. Deer limited hunt unit book cliffs, south regulates hunting opportunities in utah and covers 826,337 acres. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books.
As the name implies, this is an area that is accessible by foot traffic or horseback only. Colorado national monument balanced rock pipe organ independence monument coke ovens white rocks squaw fingers ottos bathtub. Mytopo gmu maps now contain updated national forest and public land roads sourced directly from the us forest. The book cliffs rattlesnake bighorn sheep unit is managed under a predator management plan. The seep ridge road is the result of an old idea to link vernal to i70 in grand county. Anyone who is interested in visiting book cliffs can print the free topographic map and street map using the link above. The drive from the highway was about 23 miles but took well over an hour.
Then we descended into san arroyo canyon and followed the road along bitter creek out of the book cliffs where we met up with the old highway near mack, colorado to complete the loop. Little book cliffs wilderness study area has 17 trails in the vicinity, including 16 hiking trails, for trail running and 14 for other activities. With so much of utah designated as public land administered for recreational use, and hundreds of miles of backcountry trails, great fourwheel drive or atv terrain is never far away. The picture below shows the trail, coming up from tusher canyon. Book cliffs is displayed on the cliff usgs quad topo map. Our map showed that we could follow the road out to debeque. Utah deer limited hunt unit book cliffs, south onx. Research hunts and units before you apply in the big game drawing, and any of utahs other hunt drawings. Directions the area begins about 50 air miles south of vernal, utah and extends south to the book cliffs divide.
The little book cliffs wild horse area grand junction. Book cliffs physical feature range in emery county. Deer migrate each year to their winter ranges in the first week of october regardless of snow or other weather conditions. The map notates roads, trails, trailheads, points of interest, campgrounds and much more printed on waterproof, tearresistant material. Information, maps, permits, and guidebooks for planning adventures at western parks, forests, refuges and wildlife areas, historic sites, wilderness areas, lakes and reservoirs, wild rivers, and blm lands. Though tantalizingly close to the highway, reaching the peak is a bit of an adventure. Utah dwr hunt map book cliffs bitter creek south, bear, bull elk. But grand county doesnt want the road to extend into their county.
The unit is designated as a bighorn sheep protection area with a liberal cougar harvest quota and yearround cougar hunting season. This is a great place to hike, especially in the spring and fall when the weather is mild and the horses are readily seen. Blm a great map to have if you are interested in mountain biking or motorized dirt biking. Your book cliffs hunt will begin at the trail head with a short horse orientation, packing and cargoing your hunting gear and heading off by horseback and mule train on about an hour and a. After reaching the top of the ridge we followed the road east and took a short detour to explore part of south canyon. These four larger systems are also accompanied by many smaller side canyons. The utah division of wildlife resources utah hunt planner is an interactive map designed to help hunters research hunting units. Part of the southern edge of this wsa is dominated by the 2,000foothigh face of the book cliffs.
Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan. According to 2010 census city of grand junction and mesa county, the population of the city is 58,566. The book cliffs region is often cited as an analog for subsurface exploration, particularly in foreland basins, and sequence stratigraphy has become one of the leading methods for correlating and mapping depositional packages, leading to significant discoveries of petroleum in fields that had been abandoned, as well as new discoveries. Main canyon in the little bookcliffs wild horse area is a part of the main book cliffs range extending from the western colorado, to the eastern utah.
The book cliffsdesolation canyon wilderness is a merging of three different worlds. The little book cliffs wild horses have a diversity of colors, band sizes and ages. Double c guides elk hunts and elk hunting in the roadless. Hillshade topography, topographic lines, public land ownership boundaries, roads, creeks, streams, rivers.
The elevations listed above are a little deceiving. Book cliffs recreation area map of book cliffs rec. Book cliffs mule deer are traditional in their migration and winter areas. Our experienced staff has hunted that country extensively and knows the country and the movements of the elk that inhabit the book cliffs road less area. Desert member to lower castlegate sandstone stratigraphic interval along the southeastern face of. Both southern uintah county and northern grand county are. In many areas of the state fourwheel drive and allterrain vehicle atv rentals are available. I have finally drawn a nonres archery tag for the book cliffs after 12 years of applying. Over the past 15 years, 15 total cougars have been harvested. These maps include public land ownership boundaries, topography, roads, and key terrain features. The book cliffs are an enormous area that spans two states. See the free topo map of book cliffs a range in emery county utah on the cliff usgs quad map.
Find a map states ut hunt area gmu maps book cliffs hunt area big game gmu maps mytopo hunt area game management units gmu maps are 1. I would like to know from peoples experience if there is verizon cell service anywhere along the divide road. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. Still, by process of elimination, we figured out which road was the book cliffs ridge road. Access gate unpaved road some land outside the park boundary is privately owned. The primary coordinates for book cliffs places it within the ut 84525 zip code delivery area in the maps and aerial photos section below, youll find links to. Utah dwr hunt map book cliffsnorth, buck deer map the. When you have eliminated the javascript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. If you look at maps, a dirt road snakes its way up from the highway to within 12 mile or so of the summit of mount elliot.
Best trails in book cliffs recreation area utah alltrails. Ive been out in the middle of the book cliffs several times. Coming from i 70 take hay canyon road to the bookcliff divide road. Little book cliffs wild horse area hma bureau of land. Beginning in the floor of the valley the trail follows a route that leads to the top of the little books cliffs near corcoran point. Instead, they used some number that didnt appear on any of the maps we had. The selected hunt map boundary is layered with both blm and forest. Call the vernal office, 4357819453 or the price office, 43563700. Bighorn sheep unit management plan book cliffs, south. The little book cliffs wilderness study area is characterized by gentlysloping plateaus, various small canyons, and four major canyon systems. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. The peak is a high point on book cliffs near the ghost town of woodside.
The tellerico trail is located in the little book cliffs wild horse range north of grand junction, colorado. Uintah county says they only want to pave to the county line. Book cliffs is a physical feature range in emery county. The wind would do strange things, a lot of doesfawnssmall bucks to work around, thick brush in some places, no cover in others, dry crunchy conditions, and hunting pressure. Our utah hunt maps are the finest available and include spectacular 3d hillshade topography, topographic lines, public land ownership boundaries, roads, creeks, streams, rivers, and key terrain features. Once in the park we saw five horses but they were very far. Book cliffs, little creek roadless the book cliffs, little creek roadless unit is one of our favorite elk areas.
Grand junction is the 15th most populous city in the state of colorado and the most populous city on the colorado western slope. Evangola state parks major attraction is the beautiful natural sand beach located on the shore of lake erie. Book cliffs, south deer limited maps, regulations and land access information. The one feature most notably absent in the book cliffs are roads.
Roadless in the books the roadless area of the book cliffs encompasses about 100 square miles. Book cliffs travel information bureau of land management. View grand junctions wild horses visit grand junction. The selected hunt map boundary is layered with both blm and forest service shading. Turn east for a half mile to the whetrock canyon road.
Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado. It continues to horse canyon, where you can go down from this level to meet an old frontage road, which goes either back to green river, ut or to the east to a ranch exit of i70. Limited entry book cliffs bull elk hunts and wasatch bull elk. Book cliffs is in the ranges category for emery county in the state of utah. Book cliffs topo map, emery county ut cliff area topozone. Official colorado national monument map pdf my colorado. The size of the area, and difficult terrain, can make it a very challenging place to hunt. Scenic cliffs of angola shale line the remainder of the park shore near the three campground loops. Whether you have a small company of just a few employees or a large group of 2,000 plus, cliffs is the perfect place to host your next company event. Mytopo gmu maps now contain updated national forest and public land roads. The dirt road now leads to the jeep trail, which comes up from tusher canyon. Best trails in little book cliffs wilderness study area. Book cliffs loop is a offhighway drives adventure located in or near green river, ut. I would like to thank everyone that gave advice and encouragement on this site.
Baryte and calcite found in concretions ranging from a half an inch to over 6 feet with some concretions in a linear configuration, up to the size of a sedansaloon. Our utah hunt maps are the finest available and include spectacular 3d hillshade topography. That original plan would have meant a very expensive descent into one of the canyons of the book cliffs. Main canyon, coal canyon, cottonwood canyon and spring canyon. Numerous opportunities for both are found on blm land south of book cliffs near westwater, and are marked on the map. From there, we followed state highway 6 hoping to find a road called the book cliffs ridge road, which we never found because colorado didnt mark the road that way.
Here is the view from the sandy trail once a road that travels along the top of went ridge, the first 1. And with the exception of a few privately held parcels of land, almost 96% of the 2. Book cliffsdesolation canyon region southern utah wilderness. Bookcliffs pathology 300 n hospital dr price, ut mapquest. Book cliffs deer limited book cliffs, north deer limited nine mile deer limited species. Just eight miles northeast of grand junction, the little book cliffs wild horse area encompasses more than 36,000 acres of rugged canyons and plateaus. Book cliffs view grand view independence monument view monument canyon view coke ovens overlook.
The tellerico trail is located in the little book cliffs wild horse range north of grand junction. Utah hunt planner utah division of wildlife resources. Robbcolorado river and highline lake state parks, little book cliffs wild horse range, westwater canyon and black ridge canyons wilderness. A guide to the states best rockhounding sites rockhounding series. Excludes book cliffs, little creek roadless unit as follows. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. Sego is one of only a few trailheads leading into this vast wilderness. Book cliffs is a mountain in utah and has an elevation of 5220 feet. Take the main canyon south fork road all the way to the ranch. If youre looking for a more detailed map or aerial photo of a portion of this gmu you can also build a custom map for book cliffs. Utah dwr hunt map book cliffs north, buck deer get this map description. Map includes book cliffs, several wilderness study areas west to desolation canyon, and a large section of state land bordering the east side of the uintah and ouray indian reservation. Maps for the region book cliffs wildlife management unit.
Utah dwr hunt map book cliffsbitter creek south, bear. Rand mcnallys folded map for buffalo and niagara falls is a musthave for anyone traveling in and around this part of new york, offering unbeatable accuracy and reliability at. We drove to the little book cliffs wild horse area. The roadless book cliffs are not huge in size, but is far bigger than can be hunted in a single season. Map shows roads, ohvdirt bikes trails, points of interest, and township and range lines.
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