About this place
This is a day trail, so read this before you plan a night here. Nothing official says camping is allowed here or banned, and we could not confirm it either way. Campers do report staying on public land close to the trailhead. If a sign there says no camping, do what the sign says.
The Greenhalgh Trail is a three to four mile there-and-back walk north of Kanab, for people on foot and on horseback. The name is not said the way it looks.
It is named for the Greenhalgh brothers, two local characters who homesteaded the area in the 1900s.
There are two main trailheads.
Walkers and riders with full-sized vehicles can park on the northeast side of Kanab Creek. From there it is about 0.4 miles on foot down the road to the ATV trailhead.
If you have an ATV you can cross the bridge and drive those 0.4 miles instead.
From the ATV trailhead the Greenhalgh Trail follows an old stock trail. Mail used to come along it, across the Coral Pink Sand Dunes from the towns to the west.
After just over 0.5 miles the trail leaves the old mail route and climbs the cliffs on the north side of Trail Canyon.
It runs about another mile and ends at an overlook just below the mesa top.
The land on top of the mesa is private. Do not go onto it.
This trail is for feet and horses only. No bicycles and no motor vehicles.
Dogs are welcome, but their waste goes home with you.
The trailheads are barely developed and there is nothing laid on.
The Kanab Visitor Center has maps and more.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
From the Kanab Visitor Center in Kanab, turn right onto Highway 89 and follow it through Kanab and on north. After 3.8 miles, turn left, opposite the entrance to the Hog Canyon OHV Trails Network. Follow the gravel road 0.1 mile and park on the northeast side of Kanab Creek. On an ATV you can cross the bridge and carry on roughly 0.4 miles to the ATV trailhead.
Coordinates 37.0735275, -112.5390184
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Pipe Spring National Monument Directions
- Zion National Park Directions
- Cottonwood Point Wilderness Directions
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness Directions
- The Wave 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
- Kanab, UT Directions
Kanab 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.
Why “at least”: this route is hard to measure. We worked the drive out twice, with two separate mapping tools, and they gave different answers. That usually means there is no road close to the campsite, so the drive doubles back a long way. The figure above is the longer of the two. The real drive could be further still, so check the route before you set off.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
On most public land you can camp for 14 days before you have to move on. Check this site’s own limit before you plan a long stay. When you move on, the Bureau of Land Management usually wants you at least 25 to 30 miles away. So the free campsites closest to you are the ones you cannot use.
Eight in this guide sit inside that 25 miles. The nearest one you could move to is Uinta Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area, Utah — 31 miles in a straight line, but at least a 47 mile drive.
Why “at least”: there is no road right at this campsite, so the drive is hard to measure and the real one could be further. Check the route before you set off.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
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.