Fort Pearce Heritage Site

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 2937 - 2965 feet
Cellphone: 0-2 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: Fort Pearce
Fee: none
Attractions: Historic fort, petroglyphs

The Fort Pearce Historic Site is located in Warner Valley east of St. George, Utah. The defensive structure was built on a bluff overlooking a popular route used by Indians by the local Mormon militia in 1866 to help protect settlers from raiding Ute and Navajo raiders led by Chief Black Hawk (Antonga) during Utah's Black Hawk Wars between 1865 and 1870.

White River Narrows Archaeological District (4)

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Sites I,II & III   
Round trip distance: 5.8 miles (driving) (Easy)
Elevation: 4462 - 4570 · Fee: none

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Site IV   
Round trip distance: 0.6 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 4478 - 4495 · Fee: none

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Site V   
Round trip distance: 100 feet (Easy)
Elevation: 4435 - 4450 · Fee: none

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Site VI   
Round trip distance: 0.2 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 4577 - 4590 · Fee: none

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Lonely Dell Ranch

Rating:
Round Trip Distance: 0.25 - 1.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 3105 - 3150 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Lonely Dell Ranch
Fee: $20/vehicle
Attractions: Historic pioneer ranch

The Lonely Dell Ranch is located in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at Lees Ferry, Arizona. The ranch served as the homesites for those that worked on the ferry. Lonely Dell sits a short distance from the Paria River near its confluence with the Colorado River. The ranch was built in 1871 by Mormon pioneer John D. Lee, a practicing polygamist, who built cabins there for two of his families. Lee was executed in 1877 for his role in the Mountain Meadows Massacre whereupon the Mormon Church bought the rights to the ferry and granted them to Warren Marshall Johnson and his families who took up residence at Lonely Dell.

Lees Ferry

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.25 - 1.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 3142 - 3167 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Lee's Ferry
Fee: $20/vehicle
Attractions: Historic fort and river crossing

Lees Ferry is located in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Marble Canyon, Arizona. The site gets its name from a Mormon pioneer named John D. Lee who was sent by his church to build and operate a ferryboat here. The crossing was the only spot along a 500 mile stretch of the Colorado River where the canyon walls weren't so deep as to prevent a crossing. The ferry operated for 55 years from 1873 to 1928 when it was replaced by the Navajo Bridge in 1929. Today Lees Ferry is the put in spot for rafters going through the Grand Canyon and the take out location for those coming down the Glen Canyon from Page, Arizona. It is also popular with anglers that fish the upstream waters.