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template: byway.jade
id: "2021"
name: "Markagunt High Plateau Scenic Byway (U-14)"
distance: "40"
duration: 1 hour
description: "Climbing steeply through narrow Cedar Canyon and into the Dixie National Forest, the route is ablaze with color in the fall, the mountainsides covered with red maples and golden oaks."
contact: "**[Dixie National Forest](http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/dixie/index.shtml)**   \r\nCedar Ranger District   \r\n435-865-3700  \r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_counties/iron.html"
    name: A Brief History of Iron County
  - url: "http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/dixie/index.shtml"
    name: Dixie National Forest
  - url: "http://www.duckcreekvillage.com"
    name: Duck Creek Village
designations: 
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Utah State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - UT
ll: 
  - -113.06175200000001
  - 37.677479000000005
bounds: 
  - - -113.06175200000001
    - 37.48860899999994
  - - -112.51261899999992
    - 37.677479000000005

---

As you climb steeply from Cedar City through narrow Cedar Canyon and into the Dixie National Forest, you will often catch glimpses of Cedar Breaks National Monument ahead through breaks in the dense aspen, pine, and spruce forest.
