If you want to get off of Highways 89 & 12 there are sights to see. In your travels through Dixie National Forest where wildlife abounds with pronghorn sheep,golden eagles, wild turkeys and antelope, you might experience a sighting of the Utah prairie dog or mule deer, as well. Rainfalls can be intense especially in July and August. George area to =30 degrees F at Brian Head Peak. You will pass through Alpine forests with Aspens, spruce and fir, semi=desert plateaus, lake areas with 1,000's of small lakes and meadows. With this range of elevations comes great geographic diversity. George area to 11,322 feet at Boulder National Park. Elevations range from 2.800 feet above sea level in the St. Highways 89 & 12 are two of the scenic routes you can choose to experience Southern Utah and Dixie National Forest.ĭixie National Forest runs 170 miles across southern Utah and covers 2 million acres. Southern Utah is spectacular and Dixie National Forest is certainly part of that beauty. What a name! There are many other spectacular sights to see as well in Utah's largest national forest. with views of the Box-Death Hollow Wilderness. It is now a 40 mile Scenic Backway drive and at one point crosses high above Sand Creek on the fragile looking Hells backbone bridge. Another lesser traveled and highly scenic area of the Dixie is the Pine Creek/Hells Backbone loop, which connected Escalante and Boulder in 1933, before hwy 12 was opened. The 17 mile unpaved road passes Tropic Reservoir and ends at Podunk. The east Fork of the Sevier River Scenic Backway is also in this area and you may not see another vehicle on the road compared to bumper to bumper tourists on 12. Several parcels of the Dixie, notably Red Canyon and its tunnels and trails, rival or even surpass the sights included in the parks and monuments. It runs roughly parallel to scenic byway 12 from Cedar Breaks National Monument to Bryce Canyon and then splits Boulder Mountain with Fishlake National Forest on the way to the western boundary of Capitol Reef National Park. Dixie national forest is two million acres of public land with very few ot the public.
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