Flyway · 17 days · 16 nights
A southwest line through Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Escalante, Bryce Canyon, and Zion.
Road routing is a planning aid. Verify closures, access, and conditions before driving.
Sunrise-to-sunset plan
Each row shows the heaviest planned day in that block. Every individual day has a Google Maps driving link from the prior camp or starting hub, through that day's PerchPoints, to that night's sleep site. The daylight figure uses the approximate winter-solstice day length for the region.
Grand View Point and Aztec Butte, then descend to Horsethief before dark.
Perches · Grand View Point Trail · Aztec Butte Trail
A short Moab-area hike, then the long transfer to an Indian Creek base.
Perches · Funnel Arch Trail
Use the Elephant Canyon photograph as the PerchPoint for the Druid Arch / Chesler Park trail system. Druid Arch alone is a strenuous 5–7 hour outing.
Perches · Elephant Canyon & Chesler Park
Keep the same camp for shorter Indian Creek and Needles outings. Choose one primary hike each day and retain the reserve for winter trail conditions.
Stop at Needles Overlook, then return toward Moab. Long Canyon is the current RoostAtlas sleep lead nearest the Anticline side of the return.
Perches · Needles Overlook
Refuel and restock in Moab, continue through Hanksville, and finish with Chimney Rock before settling on the Torrey side.
Perches · Chimney Rock Loop Trail
Give the strenuous out-and-back the full hiking block and return to the same camp.
Perches · Navajo Knobs & Rim Overlook
Keep camp fixed while choosing one Capitol Reef hike per day. The budget allows a six-hour route without moving camp.
Drive through Boulder, hike Lower Calf Creek Falls, then establish an Escalante-area BLM base.
Perches · Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail
A deliberate town day for shower, laundry, food, fuel, weather checks, and route adjustments.
Use the same base for one area hike; select the exact route from current BLM guidance and road conditions.
Transfer to Bryce and hike Fairyland Loop. Sleeping near Henrieville avoids forcing the Zion transfer after a strenuous outing.
Perches · Fairyland Loop Trail
Cross to Zion, use Canyon Overlook as the short trail stop, then continue through to the west-side base before sunset.
Perches · Canyon Overlook Trail
Keep the same camp for Zion Canyon and Kolob Terrace days. One primary objective per day leaves room for shuttle, parking, and winter access constraints.
Perches · Zion National Park · Kolob Terrace Road
Photographs behind the route
Every map perch still opens the photographs, factual blurb, and GPS pin that inspired the route. The sequence follows the Flyway direction; the day plan above determines what is realistic before dark.
17 photographs from this location, made Sep 12, 2022.
38.305051, -109.866958NPS Canyonlands hiking ↗Open GPS pin ↗A 1.4-mile Canyonlands route with slickrock scrambling and two branches, including one to Ancestral Puebloan structures.
38.393464, -109.881920NPS hiking guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗16 photographs from this location, made Apr 13, 2022–Sep 11, 2022.
38.521729, -109.599994Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗36 photographs from this location, made Sep 15, 2022–Oct 6, 2023.
38.115643, -109.836758NPS Canyonlands hiking ↗Open GPS pin ↗A developed BLM overlook reached by the Needles Overlook Scenic Backway in Canyon Rims Recreation Area.
38.259417, -109.696402BLM Canyon Rims ↗Open GPS pin ↗Capitol Reef lists Chimney Rock as a strenuous 3.6-mile loop with 590 feet of elevation change.
38.316954, -111.289757NPS trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗11 photographs from this location, made Sep 18, 2022.
38.295693, -111.252286NPS Capitol Reef trails ↗Open GPS pin ↗A developed BLM trail covering six miles round trip to a 126-foot waterfall; sandy sections can make the hike more difficult.
37.829147, -111.419561BLM trail information ↗Open GPS pin ↗A 7.8-mile Bryce Canyon loop with 1,900 feet of ascent, starting at Fairyland Point or near Sunrise Point.
37.632963, -112.145147NPS Fairyland Loop ↗Open GPS pin ↗6 photographs from this location, made Jun 8, 2022.
37.219094, -112.946300NPS Zion hiking ↗Open GPS pin ↗14 photographs from this location, made Sep 24, 2022–Jun 5, 2026.
37.200000, -112.987000NPS Zion hiking ↗Open mapped area ↗Kolob Terrace Road runs west of Zion Canyon and north from Virgin, crossing in and out of Zion National Park.
37.310702, -113.108963NPS directions ↗Open GPS pin ↗Sleep along the route
These are planning leads, not reservations or access guarantees. Repeated use in the itinerary is intentional. Verify the current source before relying on any site.
Moab, UT · 38.584079, -109.814005
The first-night base after Island in the Sky; BLM places it along Highway 313 above Moab.
The Bureau of Land Management's national recreation-site GIS corroborates this site's name and location, including the developed classification; the official point is 0.02 miles from the stored point.
Independently supported: site identity, location, camping type. Other details remain attributed to the source publication.
Monticello, UT · 38.166514, -109.631814
A repeatable base near The Needles and Indian Creek; the itinerary uses it for several nights.
The Bureau of Land Management's national recreation-site GIS corroborates this site's name and location, including the developed classification; the official point is 0.03 miles from the stored point.
Independently supported: site identity, location, camping type. Other details remain attributed to the source publication.
Moab, UT · 38.541811, -109.707506
Site type uncertain. OCR readings disagree; this classification may be inaccurate.
A RoostAtlas dispersed-camping lead for the Moab end.
Torrey, UT · 38.326759, -111.364144
A RoostAtlas lead near the Capitol Reef segment.
Escalante, UT · 37.726621, -111.443822
The repeatable Escalante-area base for field days and a town reset.
Permit required
Henrieville, UT · 37.617086, -111.896804
A RoostAtlas lead between Escalante and Bryce.
Permit required
Rockville, UT · 37.170951, -113.081676
A RoostAtlas lead for the Zion end.