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template: byway.jade
id: "15780"
name: Nine Mile Canyon Backway
distance: "78"
duration: "Allow 2 hours travel time, with a few more to hunt for rock art and Fremont sites."
description: Nine Mile Canyon is known as a major representative area of the prehistoric Fremont Culture. The canyon houses a myriad of rock panels along the main road and in side canyons.
contact: "**BLM Price Field Office**                                              \r\n125 South 600 West                                                        \r\nPrice, UT 84501                                                    \r\n435-636-3600                                          \r\nFax: 435-636-3657                                                                     \r\n[Send Email](mailto: utprmail@blm.gov)                                                                 "
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.castlecountry.com/what_to_see/nine_mile_canyon.html"
    name: "Castle Country Nine Mile Canyon "
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/price/recreation/9mile.html"
    name: Nine Mile Canyon Backway Price Field Office
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/vernal/recreation_/nine_mile_canyon.html"
    name: Nine Mile Canyon Backway Vernal Field Office
  - url: "http://www.ninemilecanyoncoalition.org/index.htm"
    name: Nine Mile Canyon Coalition
designations: 
  - BLM Back Country Byway
  - Utah State Scenic Backway
states: 
  - UT
ll: 
  - -110.68825050979731
  - 39.54256378868243
bounds: 
  - - -110.68825050979731
    - 39.54256378868243
  - - -110.01821699999999
    - 40.18577934010227

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Nine Mile Canyon is known as a major representative area of the prehistoric Fremont Culture. The canyon houses a myriad of rock panels along the main road and in side canyons. Petroglyphs (carvings on rock faces) and pictographs (paintings on rock faces) depict animals, hunting scenes and godlike figures. Cliff granaries on high canyon ledges may be spotted by careful observers. In the 1800s, the canyon was used by both fur trappers and the army. Iron telegraph poles, stage stations and settler cabins are common sights. Vegetation and terrain along this Backway vary from high
desert species to aspen groves. The buff colored cliffs of the canyon are highlighted by balanced rocks and window arches. Deer and elk are seen frequently.