Cedar Breaks National Monument, UT

San Pedro Library, Albuquerque, NM

    As I drove south on US89 from Panguitch, UT, toward Kanab I decided to visit Cedar Breaks Natl Monument on UT14. I neglected to check the US Park Service website while parked near the Panguitch Library. (The librarian had given me their passcode just before she closed the previous evening.) The farther west I drove the more snow I saw.

 

 

 

    The photo above as well as this one are of a reservoir on a tributary of Mammoth Creek visible from UT14. [All Cedar Breaks NM photos taken on 12 Apr 2014.]

 

 

 

 

 

    This shot shows the dam. Had I checked the NPS website [see links below] I would have learned that the monument normally does not open until late May or early June.

 

 

 

    If you look closely,you'll see a large RV in the lower left of the above photo. Either they too did not check the NPS website or they're snow-bunnies at the Monument for some frolicking in the white stuff.

 

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Links:

• Nation Park Service webpages on Cedar Breaks National Monument
• NPS Cedar Breaks Photo Gallery
• Wikipedia article on Cedar Breaks Natl Mon
• Wikipedia article on Panguitch, UT

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Routes:

Su 4 May Actual Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Juan Tabo Br Lib - Best Buy - San Pedro Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

M 5 May Actual Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Erna Ferusson Br Lib - San Pedro Br Lib - Belden W/M

T 6 May Actual Route: Belden W/M - Belden Lib - Salinas Pueblo (Abo) Mission - Mountainair - Manzano Mtns SP

W 7 May Actual Route: Manzano Mtns SP - Mountainair Lib - Salinas Pueblo (Quarai) Msn - Salinas (Gran Quiviria) Msn - Carrizozo - Socorro W/M

Th 8 May Actual Route: Socorro W/M - Old San Miguel Msn - Truth or Consequences - Las Cruces W/M

F 9 May Actual Route: Las Cruces W/M - Memorial Medical Ctr - Truth or Consequences W/M

Sa 10 May Actual Route: Truth or Consequences W/M - Ralph Edwards Civic Ctr - Socorro W/M

Su 11 May Actual Route: Socorro W/M - Lib - ABQ San Pedro Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

M 12 May Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - ABQ VA Hosp - San Pedro Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

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Finding Campgrounds:

• RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
• Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
• Free campsites website
• Info on finding BLM Campgrounds

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.