Devil’s Garden Outstanding Natural Area in Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, UT

Hike Devil’s Garden Outstanding Natural Area Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, UT

Class 1 1.1 miles Minimal gain <1 hr Out + Back Jun 21, 2019
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Devil's Garden Outstanding Natural Area is more of a scenic area than a hike, but it's worth a detour if you're driving along Hole in the Rock Road. From the popular trailhead, I wandered around on the established trails, enjoying the pretty hoodoos and the notably thin and cool Metate Natural Arch. There are a bunch of smaller arches and interesting unnamed features, so exploring the area and choosing your own adventure is most of the fun. After checking out the majority of the formations around the trailhead, I continued on convoluted social trails to the south through a wash and navigated up to a pretty scenic overlook, which I found to be a nice addition to the hike.

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Starting from the trailhead, I wandered through the intersting hoodoos of Devil's Garden Outstanding Natural Area.
Starting from the trailhead, I wandered through the intersting hoodoos of Devil's Garden Outstanding Natural Area.
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Navigating more hoodoos.
Navigating more hoodoos.
Metate Arch.
Metate Arch.
Another shot of Metate Arch.
Another shot of Metate Arch.
An arch, not sure the name.
An arch, not sure the name.
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More cool views within the area.
More cool views within the area.
View south. I took the visible social trail to a wash ahead.
View south. I took the visible social trail to a wash ahead.
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A view point past a wash, looking north into the Devil's Garden Outstanding Natural Area.
A view point past a wash, looking north into the Devil's Garden Outstanding Natural Area.
Another view from the overlook before I headed back.
Another view from the overlook before I headed back.

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