The San Rafael Swell is full of opportunities for camping and hiking. This post is just about an area north of I-70 where we camped, and also the Little Grand Canyon, where we hiked.
Where state highway 24 meets I-70, you can continue straight north off of the highway and onto a dirt road that goes up into a rocky area east of the San Rafael Reef. There were plenty of places to pull out and set up.
In these pictures, you can see where we initially parked the car. We eventually moved to a spot behind the camera in the first photo, which is the angle from which the second photo was taken. The big rock that looks like it's about to slide down the hill is visible on the right side of the first photo.
The precariously placed rock is visible again here in the center left, with the campsite in the center of the photo. The reef is in the background. This picture was taken from the top of a plateau with incredible wide views of the desert in all directions. This was a fun place to camp among the boulders that felt very far away despite its proximity to the interstate. This is a remote region.
To get to Little Grand Canyon, after passing through the reef on I-70, take the second exit onto Buckhorn Draw road and follow it to the San Rafael Swinging Bridge, which is a cool little historic spot with a campground. There's a turn off just before the campground for the Little Grand Canyon trailhead.
Here is a video of some of the views from the Little Grand Canyon hike. We didn't make it to the end because we ran out of time and turned around. But here is a picture from Google of where we were:
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