Trail of the Ancients - Utah

**Getting to the Byway:** ###Salt Lake City, UT to Trail of the Ancients - UT * Take I-15 south to Spanish Fork. * Get on US-6 and go southeast to Green River. * Take I-70 east to Crescent Junction. * Get on US-191 and go south to Monticello where the byway begins. **Navigating the Byway:** * Begin traveling west on Hovenweep Rd/CR 212 at the Colorado/Utah border. * Just past Hovenweep National Monument, bear left (southwest) onto CR 413 at the intersection of Hovenweep Rd and CR 413. * Follow CR 413 until it intersects with Reservation Road/Belitso Rd. * Turn right (west) onto Reservation Rd. * Follow Reservation Rd until it intersects with Hovenweep Rd. * Turn left (west) onto Hovenweep Rd/Indian Route 5099. * Drive Hovenweep Rd to where it joins US-262. * Continue west on US-262. Follow SR-262 to its T-intersection with US-191 south of White Mesa. * At this point, the byway branches both north and south on US-191, the start of a long loop. * Turn right (north) at the junction of US-191 and SR-262. Proceed north through White Mesa to the junction of US-191 and SR-95. * Continue north on US-191 through Blanding, until you reach the junction of US-191 and US-491 in Monticello. * Turn around and retrace your path to the junction of US-191 and SR-95. * Continue on the loop by turning right (south) onto SR-95. Follow it to the junction of SR-261 and SR-95. * Continue on SR-95 to SR-275. Turn right (north) onto SR-275 (Natural Bridge Road) and proceed to the entrance of entrance of Natural Bridges National Monument. * Retrace your route to the intersection of SR-95 and SR-261. * Continue south on the loop by turning right on SR-261. * Follow SR-261 to its T-intersection with US-163. * Take a right onto US-163 and travel south through Mexican Hat and Halchita to the Utah/Arizona state border and Monument Valley. * Turn around and return on US-163 to the intersection with SR-261. * Continue the loop north and east on US-163 to the intersection of SR-162 and US-191 just outside Bluff. * To complete the loop, continue on US-191 to return to the intersection with SR-262 south of White Mesa. * Otherwise, turn right (east) onto SR-162/Mission Rd. * Follow SR-162, through Montezuma Creek, to the Utah/Colorado state border where the road becomes SR-41 in Colorado.