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Cedar Mesa SRMA
Cedar Mesa is a popular area for hiking and backpacking to see Ancestral Puebloan cliff ruins and rock art in a natural setting. Many miles of spectacular canyons lined with cliffs cut across the mesa. Some ruins are amazingly inaccessible, perched high on ledges and under overhangs. On its eastern edge the mesa's caprock dips sharply downward toward Comb Wash. Many canyons cut through this area. Other attractions include the scenery and wildlife, as well as the solitude of desert canyons.
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Access to the area is from State Highway 95 (SR 95) between Blanding and Hite, or on SR 261 between SR 95 and Mexican Hat. The Kane Gulch Ranger Station is on SR 261 about four miles south of the junction with SR 95.
The trailhead is located adjacent to the Kane Gulch ranger station which has a paved parking lot and restroom. Dirt roads lead to many trailheads at the heads of canyons and at the mouths of some canyons draining off the east side of the mesa into Comb Wash. Many of these roads can be recommended only for high clearance vehicles. Detailed maps showing road access are available at the offices of the BLM or the U.S. Forest Service in Monticello, at the Blanding Visitor Center, the Monticello Multi-Agency Visitor Center or the Moab Information Center, and at the Canyonlands Natural History Association. Open with Google MapMisc
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Facilities
Mule Canyon Interpretive Site Facility
The Mule Canyon Interpretive Site is a complex of ancestral Puebloan structures located on Cedar Mesa in Southeastern Utah. Well preserved Pueblo structures found at this site are over 700 years old. The complex includes above-ground and underground dwellings: a kiva and tower which have been excavated and stabilized as well as a block of twelve rooms.
The BLM has constructed a canopy to protect the kiva. Interpretive signing and vault toilets are provided. The site is accessible and well signed on the highway. The site is open year round and there is no admission fee.Butler Wash Day Use Facility
The Butler Wash day use site is located along the Green River Daily, north of the town of Green River, UT. The day use site provides access to whitewater rapids along the Green River. This section of the river is the last few miles of the primitive Desolation Canyon River Trip.
