![]() The monument offers dispersed camping, but the BLM asks you to camp in already disturbed areas. Hotels, motels, RV campgrounds, and state park campgrounds fill quickly during peak tourism season (spring and fall). ![]() If venturing into the more remote parts of the monument, be prepared for big, open country. The scenery from the car is amazing, but the backcountry in Grand Staircase is unsurpassed. Since Scenic Byway 12 cuts through the heart of the monument, many tourists pass through on their way to/from nearby Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Zion national parks. At 1.9 million acres, it’s the largest national monument in the contiguous United States and the first to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is exceptional in both size and terrain. Roads are few, but adventure is limitless. Three adjoining units make up this massive monument from west to east: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante. The sculpted landscape you see today is a showcase of sinuous canyons, striking cliffs, and broad vistas. Over many millions of years, rock layers built up-limestones, on top of sandstones, on top of shales-only to be eroded by the forces of water, wind, and time. ![]() Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument contains some of the country’s most remote and rugged lands, whose beauty comes from geologic artistry. ![]()
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