Silver Falls Creek

Silver Falls Creek is one of the long, steep-narrow scenic canyons near the Escalante River and although you can hike as far as you like, this canyon stretches far enough to make a very nice three day backpacking trip.

What makes this canyon special? Certainly, the canyon is beautiful - named Silver Falls not for waterfalls, but for streaks of silver-like color on the walls. But what makes this canyon fascinating is the history embedded, literally, on those walls. This once acted as a particularly difficult wagon route and the canyon inscriptions date from the 1880s to the 1950s. (For pioneer travelers of the old road would be replaced by uranium miners.) Most famous of these is the inscription by George Hobbs, a pioneer stranded in the canyon by snowstorm in February 1883.

From Boulder, UT
• Take Burr Trail Road east for 19 miles.
• Turn onto the Petrified Wood Area access road and take it south for 20 miles.
• Turn right onto Moody Creek Road and continue on for 2.7 miles.
• Take a right and head up into upper Silver Falls Creek.

You can also reach Silver Creek by hiking into it from Harris Wash.