"Loneliest"

 

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I'm calling this one the "Loneliest" trip, because it sure felt like I spent a lot of time alone.  Of course, Route 50 across Nevada is famous for its "Loneliest Road" status, but I found places even more remote, like the Waterpocket Fold and San Rafael Swell in Utah, and the road to the Racetrack in Death Valley.  If solitude is what you're looking for, this trip packs plenty of it into 12 days of driving, hiking, and thoughtful pondering on rocky ledges.


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Day 1 Begins Here

Las Vegas - Bellagio, Dancing Fountains, and the Strip during "Lights Out" Earth Hour

Day 3 Begins Here

Zion National Park - A Quick Drive Through the Canyon

Cottonwood Canyon Road, Grosvenor Arch, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Scenic Byway Utah Route 12, From Escalante to Boulder, The Hogback and Dixie Forest

Day 4 Begins Here

Drive Through Capitol Reef National Park on Utah Route 24, Gifford Farmhouse

Notom-Bullfrog Road Through The Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park

Utah Routes 276 and 95 - Lake Powell, Glen Canyon, Hite, The Scenic Drive

Muley Point Viewpoint near Moki Dugway in Southern Utah

Moki Dugway, Utah Route 261, Switchbacks in Southern Utah

Valley of the Gods, Red Rock Formations in Southern Utah at Sunset

Day 5 Begins Here

Blanding and Monticello, Utah

Steens Road, off US 191, Utah

Hole n'' The Rock, Home Carved Out of Sandstone Mountain, US 191 Utah

Utah Route 279 - Potash Road, along the Colorado River, Moab - Petroglyphs

Delicate Arch Trail, Arches National Park, Utah

Arches National Park at Sunset - the first night in Moab

Day 6 Begins Here

Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah

Canyonlands National Park - Mesa Arch

Canyonlands National Park - Island In The Sky, Grand View Point

Long Canyon Road, 4x4, From Dead Horse Point to the Colorado River, Utah

Gemini Bridges Road to Twin Natural Bridges, Moab, Utah

Arches National Park at Sunset - the second night in Moab

Day 7 Begins Here

San Rafael Swell, Interstate 70, Utah

Salina, Utah

Scipio, Utah - Neat Litte Farming Town along US 50 and Interstate 15

Delta, Utah and the drive into Nevada along US 50 and US 6

Great Basin National Park, Lehman Caves Guided Tour

Ely Nevada, a night in the Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall

Day 8 Begins Here

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road through Eureka, Nevada

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road - Hickison Petroglyphs, highway west of Eureka

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road through Austin, Nevada

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road, Cold Springs Pony Express Station and Frenchman Lakebed

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road, Sand Springs Pony Express Station and Sand Mountain

US Route 50 - The Loneliest Road through Fallon and Fernley, Nevada

Mount Rose Highway and Sunset at Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Day 9 Begins Here

US 50 to Lake Tahoe, Nevada

US 395 - Minden and Gardnerville, Nevada

US 395 From Nevada Into California

US 395 through Bridgeport, California

US 395, Lee Vining, Mono Lake Tufa (South Viewpoint and Trail) California

June Lake Loop off US 395 south of Lee Vining, Sierra Nevada Mountains

US 395 through Bishop, California

Day 10 Begins Here

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California - The Alabama Hills Arch and other sandstone wonders

From Lone Pine, California into Death Valley - Route 136, 190, and Panamint Springs

Death Valley: Wildrose Canyon and Charcoal Kilns

Death Valley: Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells

Death Valley: The Bumpy Road to the Racetrack - Moving Roaming Rocks

Death Valley: Sunset at Ubehebe Crater

Day 11 Begins Here

Hiking Up The Angels Landing Trail, Zion National Park

Day 12 Begins Here

St. George, Utah

Snow Canyon State Park, Utah - Hidden Pinyon and Petrified Dunes Trails

Snow Canyon State Park, Utah - Lava Flow Overlook Trail, Lava Tubes, Whiterock Trail

Snow Canyon State Park, Utah - Trail to Whiterock Amphitheatre, Utah Route 18

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