Place:Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States

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NameEscalante
Alt namesPotato Valleysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS49006148
TypeCity
Coordinates37.769°N 111.601°W
Located inGarfield, Utah, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Escalante Cemetery
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Escalante is a city in central Garfield County, Utah, United States, located along Utah Scenic Byway 12 (SR-12) in the south central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, there were 797 people living in the city.[1]

The city is named after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary and a member of the first European expedition into southern Utah.[2]

The nearest towns are Boulder which is to the northeast on SR-12, and Henrieville, which is to the southwest on SR-12.

The Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is located to the west of the city. Sections of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) abut much of the city's limits. The Hole-in-the-Rock Road, which begins east of Escalante, is the main access road into the eastern section of GSENM. The road leads to the Canyons of the Escalante, the Devils Garden and the Hole-in-the-Rock.

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