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template: byway.jade
id: "68995"
name: Smithsonian Butte National Back Country Byway
distance: "9"
duration: 45 minutes to drive the byway.
description: "<p>Take in the stunning desert landscape of Southern Utah when you drive the Smithsonian Butte Back Country Byway. All nine miles between Big Plain Junction and Rockville, UT, just south of Zion National Park's southern entrance, offer gorgeous views of the surrounding geographic wonders including the byway's namesake and Zion Canyon, not to mention the historical Grafton ghost town.</p>"
contact: "**BLM St. George Field Office**  \r\n345 East Riverside Drive                                        \r\nSt. George, UT 84790                                              \r\n435-688-3200 or 688+Ext.                                            \r\nFax 435-688-3252                                                        \r\n[Send E-mail](mailto:utsgmail@blm.gov)"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/kanab.html"
    name: "BLM - Kanab Field Office"
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/st__george/blm_special_areas/smithsonian_butte.3.html"
    name: Smithsonian Butte Back Country Byway
  - url: "http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?plicstate=UT&id=1818&PHPSESSID=23cfeb7c9"
    name: Smithsonian Butte Scenic Backway
designations: 
  - BLM Back Country Byway
  - Utah State Scenic Backway
states: 
  - UT
ll: 
  - -113.106651
  - 37.0753400000001
bounds: 
  - - -113.10685000000001
    - 37.0753400000001
  - - -113.03761299999991
    - 37.16120900000004

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<p>Take in the stunning desert landscape of Southern Utah when you drive the Smithsonian Butte Back Country Byway. All nine miles between Big Plain Junction and Rockville, UT, just south of Zion National Park's southern entrance, offer gorgeous views of the surrounding geographic wonders including the byway's namesake and Zion Canyon, not to mention the historical Grafton ghost town.</p>