This unique area has been sculpted by the waters of Recapture Wash into a fantasy land or rock shapes and colors.

Access to the area is by dirt roads east of Bluff. See our Personal Notes for details.

• Get directions from Google Maps.
• Get directions from MapQuest.

• See area weather chart.
• See Canyon Country Weather for more information.
• Sunrise/Sunset

• See Pets in the Parks and Backcountry.
• See Encountering Wild Animals.

• See Backcountry Considerations.
• See Backcountry Emergencies.

• Abajo Mountains
• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Bluff Fort Historic Site
• Butler Wash Archaeological District
• Canyon de Chelly National Monument
• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
  • Anasazi Heritage Center
• Cottonwood Wash Archaeological District
• Edge of the Cedars State Park
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Goosenecks of the San Juan State Park
• Hovenweep National Monument

• Mesa Verde National Park
• Moki Dugway
• Montezuma Canyon Archaeological District
• Mule Canyon Ruins
• Nations of the Four Corners Cultural Center
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Sand Island Recreation Area
• Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway
• Valley of the Gods
• Waterflow Archaeological Site
• Westwater Canyon Archaeological District
• White Mesa Overlook

• About Maps
• National Geographic: Utah
• Recapture Pocket (Google Map)
• Utah Atlas and Gazetteer Topo Maps

• Utah Map Access Portal
• Utah Maps

• A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest
• A Story that Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West
• All My Rivers are Gone: A Journey of Discovery Through Glen Canyon
• Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art
• Ancient Ruins of the Southwest
• Backcountry Adventures: Utah
• Canyon Country Prehistoric Rock Art
• Complete Guide to America's National Parks
• Geology of Utah
• Grand Staircase-Escalante: The Story Behind the Scenery
• Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen
• Hiking Utah
• Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
• Message on Stone: Selections of Native Western Rock Art

• National Parks of the West
• Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Utah
• Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest
• Rock Art Along the Way
• Rock-Art of the Southwest
• State Parks of Utah
• The Colorado Plateau
• The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns
• The Rock Art of Utah
• The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Desert States
• There Was a River: Essays on the Southwest
• Those Who Came Before
• Utah Byways
• Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails
• Utah State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide

There are no outside links at this time.

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• Ecology Links
• Government Links

• Hiking Links
• Information Links
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