We are planning a few days out west in early November. Flying in and out of Las Vegas but don't care if we see it or not.
We arrive on late Friday night.
Leave Wed afternoon.
Our goal is to see Zion park, Escalante Monument, Northern Rim Grand Canyon and, hopefully, Hoover Dam although that may be tricky because the natural way to go would seem to be north from Vegas to Springdale-Zion, etc and then back from Grand Canyon to airport.
Question is what route makes best sense. We're in our late 50's. 4 people.
Where best to stay and for how many days in each place.
I know its condensed but that's all the time we have.
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
Las Vegas to Zion NPS (Springdale) to Escalante to Grand Canyon to Vegas
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If you have a 4-wheel drive vehicle it is possible to drive through the Escalante National Monument on dirt roads and end up on the cliffs overlooking Lake Powell. No signage, so we had to guess at some forks. I do not know if that is feasible in November.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/sets/72157623176227912/show/with/4260152689/ and the next three pictures.
Yeah, we have 4 wheel drive so that's great.
Photos are amazing!! Thanks
Check with the ranger station in Escalante before you go.
Friday evening head out US 93 to the Hacienda which is about 5 miles from Hoover Dam. http://www.haciendaonline.com/
After you see Hoover Dam on Saturday morning, head up the west side of Lake Meade and go through Valley of Fire State Park to get back to I-15 toward St. George.
Check www.nps.gov/grca to make sure the North Rim will be open during your visit. If not, you can drive down 89 from Lake Powell and visit the South Rim via the eastern entrance.
Lee Ann
THANKS
If you drive to Escalante, you should stop by the Kiva Koffee House! It opens only for breakfast and lunch.
How come you are stopping at Escalante only? Capitol Reef is amazing.
As hinted the North RIm lodge and food service does close down Oct 15. The road is open until snow closes it and there may be some limited service at the rim (like gas station at the campground)
Stay in Springdale for Zion. 2 nights Lots of good hotels to chose from, some services may be curtailed or closed at that time of year.
Stay in Escalante. 2 nights The Prospector Inn is the big hotel in town. Circle D was nice. The new kid in town is the Shooting Star where you stay in Airstream trailers.
Since the lodge at Grand Canyon would be closed Jacob's Inn may be your best bet there. 1 night
I think that 1 night in Escalante is plenty! I had stayed 2 nights.
If you stay at The Prospector Inn, just don't eat there. The food is eck!
Eat at Circle D, the food is soOOOooo much better!
We stayed a the Prospector in. The room was clean and comfortable. Would stay again.
We arrived after 10PM and we knew the office would be closed. They taped an envelope to the office door for us with the room key.
We had a breakfast in the restaurant behind the motel. It was fine. We didn't have anything special. Just some breakfast to start the day.
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