Escalante Interagency Visitor Center — Attraction in Escalante

Thanks to this visitor center we had a near death experience. This visitor center was where we came to get a map and information about spooky and peekaboo gulch. The map they gave us did not include dry fork. WHAT KIND OF MAP EXCLUDES PLACES? We thought we were in one of the canyons on the map. This caused us to get very lost. While we were there the lady was complaining about people going places off the trail and leaving footprints where they shouldn't. Perhaps that's because there is NO trail or signs . We were just walking above the canyon looking for a way down which was very dangerous. We found footprints to follow which were cow foot prints. They gave us directions such as a tree and rocks to find when we got out of the canyon to loop into another canyon. There were trees and rocks absolutely everywhere. We were so lost that we were there until dark. We could have died sleeping...

I've been to this visitor center numerous times...I'm impressed by the PATIENCE and CUSTOMER SERVICE the rangers here exhibit, having to deal with outdoor inexperienced tourists daily. People don't realize these same rangers also pick up all the garbage, clean the graffiti, scrub the dirty vault toilets (do people not know how to aim it in the toilet???), remediate trails and campsites, and the list goes on.... basically they have to clean and fix everything that many tourists do to pollute, vandalize, alter, and destroy the monument everyday. AND then they put on a smile, answer questions, give directions, educate about the area, provide informative talks and junior ranger programs for kids - they do it all here! THANK YOU to all the rangers at the...

All BLM visitors center are not created equal and Escalante is fortunate to have a very nice facility, but much more important, they have a fabulous staff who go out of their way to provide information, maps, directions and excitement about the wonderful places they have to visit. If you want to make the most of your time in the northern portion of the Escalante Grand Staircase, make this your first stop and they can help you make great choices. This is our nation’s government...