About this place
This is a multiple-use trail. It crosses Bureau of Land Management land and Forest Service land.
In some sections everyone shares the same trail, and in others motorized and non-motorized users are kept apart.
Along this stretch there are stands of aspen and conifer with meadows between them. There is solitude, and views out to the San Rafael Swell and the Henry Mountains.
The whole trail runs from Mexico to Canada. This portion starts on Fish Lake National Forest land on Thousand Lake Mountain. It drops down Sand Creek into Torrey, then runs south on a county road near Government Peak.
It is also called Black Point.
The trail here lies in the Red Gate formation, where the Basin and Range gives way to the Colorado Plateau.
There are trailheads just east of Bicknell, and others near Torrey, signposted from Highway 24 at both ends of town.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
The Great Western trail is a proposed road running right across the country, through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona. There is no single way on. It can be joined at many points around the state.
Coordinates 38.2514, -111.6142
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What is near here
There is another spot of ours within reach, and some better-known places further out.
- Boulder Mountain Directions
- Big Rocks Special Recreation Management Area Directions
- Chimney Rock Directions
- Thousand Lake Mountain Directions
- Capitol Reef National Park Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Bicknell, UT Directions
- Monroe, UT Directions
Monroe is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.