{"id":5697,"date":"2018-08-06T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T10:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/?p=5697"},"modified":"2018-08-10T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:31:22","slug":"whiterocks-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/06\/whiterocks-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiterocks Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"Invalid slider id. Master Slider ID must be a valid number.\n

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From Route 15 in St. George, take Bluff St (route 18) north for 11.6 miles.\u00a0 The trail head parking in on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Trail is easy to follow but there are sections of very deep sand.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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    This trail starts from the northern border of the park along Route 18.\u00a0 The trail head parking is outside the entrance gate so you have to go to the gate to pay the park entrance fee (self-serve if no attendant).\u00a0 Leaving the parking area, the trail begins to descend with amazing views of the Whiterocks cliffs to the right and stunning red rock cliffs in the distance.\u00a0 When the trail becomes steep, you enter an area of some petrified sand dunes with great features.\u00a0 Before and after this section the trail is steep and with deep sand. As you near the junction with the Lava Flow Trail, you will pass several lava vents as the landscape and rock change from colorful sandstone to black volcanic rock.<\/h4>\n

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    Hiking this trail downhill is the best way.\u00a0 With your vehicle at the trail head, the thought of going back uphill through the deep sand was not something I wanted to entertain.\u00a0 I decided to take the Lava Flow Trail out to that trail head and follow the road out of the park and walk up route 18 to the Whiterocks Trail head.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

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