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July 30 - Grafton Ghost Town & TV Towers Hill
in
Monday morning, I drove through a small part of Zion National Park
, but didn't stop
long, because of large crowds of tourists and mandatory shuttle busses.
Instead, I went south to the nearby ghost town of Grafton
,
which had an excellent cemetery, and some buildings in decent shape, or
being restored.
A track led up into the hill south of Grafton for a great view of
the valley below, just before an impassable washout.
In the far southwest corner of Utah, is a rough steep trail called
"TV Towers Jeep Trail", which as the name implies, climbs (1500 feet in
2.5 miles) to a peak with TV broadcasting towers, and 360° views.
The southwest corner of Utah (by the Nevada state line) also contains a large collection of Joshua trees. A rancher apparently uses this large plastic sheet as a water collector.