These Are the Ultimate Hidden Gems of Southern Utah! (SUV Camping/Vanlife Adventures)

In this video I stumble across some truly remarkable obscure gems in the southern Utah desert.
DATE FILMED: May 2023
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GPS COORDINATES & LINKS
** Angel of Death: 38.38996, -110.83948
** My old Long Dong Silver video: • TO THE EDGE OF THE WOR...
** Factory Butte: 38.437027, -110.913503
** Start of cool side road: 38.47566, -110.91603
** End of cool side road: 38.46139, -110.99485
** Awesome cliffs/towers: 38.46212, -111.02965
** Kelsey’s book about this area: amzn.to/430G5V9
** My Mystery Towers video: • Exploring the Natural ...
** Campsite: 37.61126, -111.87508
OTHER LINKS
** Gear I use: suvrving.com/gear
** SUV RVing the Book: amzn.to/2SUrtme (Affiliate link)
** The blog: suvrving.com
** Instagram: / suvrving
** My other KZbin channel: / tenkaraaddict
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[@SUVRVing]

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July! We'll be painting walls and cabinets and eating ice cream 😁🇺🇸 🎆

[@onlyjesussaves840]

Haven't seen your new place ever since you showed it to us right after you bought it. Hope you plan on showing an update on it soon?! :) Blessings! :)

[@MarilynCarnivore]

Happy Independence Day to you, Tristan & your beautiful wife! ❤

[@lexpatterson5098]

Have fun 😁 I just got a 2 week dose of SUVRVing and as always enjoyed both 😁 I missed you last week while in Australia for work. But I did manage a whale watching boat ride while there 😁

[@davidstrumsky7012]

Hopefully, homemade ice cream! My wish for you

[@peaceloveandunderstanding]

Southern Utah never disappoints, and neither do you, Tristan. Another high quality video.

[@SUVRVing]

Thank you!

[@mariawalsh335]

Nature's master piece 😊

[@friendlyfff2155]

Tristan - if / when you don't keep exploring the American landscape, you could become a cinematographer - you have a wonderful eye for what makes great video; not just the content, but the presentation. Amazing work ...

[@edmor1086]

Just love that you put the g p s coordinates.

[@jacobmalkin2612]

Not a geologist, just a rock enthusiast here. There is a feature in Capitol Reef nearby called the Gypsum Sink Hole. My guess is those holes were once filled with Gypsum which dissolved away due to groundwater. Love the video as always!

[@jmpattillo]

Yeah that’s on the Cathedral Valley scenic drive. Such a epic road.

[@SUVRVing]

I think that's a good bet. Thanks for watching!

[@lexpatterson5098]

We have it here in TX along some of the dry creek beds and It looks just like what Tristan filmed. Gotta be gyp.

[@johncampbell5333]

Have you been to the hanksville/burpee dinosaur quarry? It’s cool. We wandered around for an hour before we found where all the bones were. Very very remote, and I’ve wanted to explore further around the area.

[@johnd746]

As usual, thank you for showing us beautiful remote areas of our country. We live through your adventures.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks for watching!

[@edwardhanson3664]

Walking in the steps of Edward Abbey

[@RuggedRunnerOverland]

I've been subscribed to your channel for 6 years now and have to say, you've shown some amazing places but capturing that landspout is the coolest thing I've seen in your videos to date.

[@wadestear4750]

Thanks for taking me places I'll never be able to get to. Love it 😀

[@barbarafuhrman7395]

I feel the same...i call this vacation plans I love road trips..be safe ❤

[@sharondavis8003]

Tristan, are you sure you are on earth & not some faraway galaxy in this video? The landscape in this area is simply breathtaking!😮 Love the Angel of Death formation & all the other dramatic spires in the canyon. They do look so alien.The drone shots are so good at showing how massive everything is around you. 👏🏻 Great job. Be safe. 🙋🏼‍♀️👍🏻 Freaky looking dust devil also 😊

[@SUVRVing]

It is otherworldly, isn't it? Thanks Sharon!

[@billj5645]

Those spires are actually fairly close to the Mars Desert Research Station.

[@mattl6948]

I love the music in this video!

[@KenG557]

Southern Utah is my favorite section of America.

[@grangranzulaski1084]

What wild and exotic looking landscape. Loved the dust devil.

[@jefflunt9615]

Love this one. My old pal Utah Slim introduced me to this area 35 years ago. So nice to visit from my armchair. Thanks Man.

[@jefflunt9615]

PS...there used to be a motel in Hanksville owned by a gal named Billie. She had a graveyard with tombstones outside with names of various dogs. She hated them. Needless to say, I didn't care much for her either. Also, there was a service station across the street from Billie's with an employee's pickup outside with a bumper sticker that read "Wildness, Land that's good for nothing". How nice. They were the two negatives and probably long gone. Back in the early 90's it was a very friendly place otherwise.

[@pamelawilliford9944]

Love your latest series on New Mexico and Utah. I really want to explore those areas.

[@gibsonrocker17]

That whole area of the state is one of my absolute favorite areas of Utah. Probably at this point, mostly because it's still largely unknown by most people visiting the state. I've really only scratched the surface of the entire "Swell" area, myself and it's only a few hours from where I live. It's such a great place to disconnect too because there's barely any cell signal, if any for most of that region and it's just truly and otherworldly place! Plus, the Henry's are one of my top 3 mountain ranges in all of Utah too, so it's just a magical area. It'd be an incredible place to live if I just wanted to get away from it all! 🤣

[@jessiejanetgleasonhaworth45]

Perspective is everything! Thanks for the fantastic drone shots! Beautiful country!

[@isabelmendi3973]

Wow amazing , love the sand storm. Beautiful rock formations.

[@primarytrainer1]

this is exactly the place I wanted to go this weekend TT^TT my friends bailed on me last minute. seriously envy your ability to just go alone and feel safe about it. hopefully eventually I will get there too.

[@SUVRVing]

Learning to be comfortable by yourself is the best travel hack there is!

[@governer76]

Best trip I ever took was after everyone bailed & I went alone. Flew from Nashville to Salt Lake City. Drove to Capital Reef, Bryce Canyon, three days hiking Zion, Vegas, Yosemite & back to Park City all in 9 days!

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

I'm impressed he managed to say Long Dong Silver without giggling even a little 😏

[@johnchedsey1306]

I was in southern Utah last weekend to explore three backroads: House Rock Road, which goes from 89A in AZ to US 89 in Utah by Vermillion Cliffs, Cottonwood Canyon road through Grand Staircase-Escalante, and then the Burr Trail Road, connected Boulder UT to Bullfrog. There is nothing like southern Utah, for sure. I felt like it was nothing but postcard photos any direction you look.

[@InSurrealtime]

I love the little slot canyon that goes into the red and white stripe area. It's off Cottonwood Canyon road, near the south end if I recall.

[@johnchedsey1306]

@@InSurrealtime I need to find out where that is and visit for myself sometime!

[@InSurrealtime]

@@johnchedsey1306 I just looked it up, it's called Hackberry Canyon.

[@johnchedsey1306]

@@InSurrealtime thanks! I have it saved on my map to visit!

[@dianespears6057]

The sci fi scenery was really interesting and beautiful. The dust devil was a surprise. Glad I watched. Thank you.

[@schadlarry]

Another cool area. I'm going to need a bigger bucket.

[@MetalHikerGuy]

Missed opportunity to play Slayer's Angel of Death 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@dougsundseth6904]

If you haven't already done it, the trip out to the Temples of the Sun and Moon is definitely worth the time. Both of the Temples are very striking and the edge of the plateau just to the west of there is also amazing. (Capitol Reef NP is really underrated.)

[@FishingCircle]

The angel of death is crazy! Thanks for showing us!

[@g2t]

Wow! The monolith footage w/ the overcast sky is incredible...

[@TheBlingschmo]

Thanks!

[@johnmcdonald1306]

The geological landscape with little vegetation is something I have never seen. Thank you for the adventures that I only wish I would have done out west. Your a great viideo artist. narrator and intelligent, informative hiker . Im 64 but, hiked and repelled at Red river gorge. And hiked the smokey mountains when I was younger and loved it. I was blessed to be able to go to the El Yunque rain forest in Puerto Rico and that was great. Being older I stayed in a nice hotel in San Juan and met a Research Scientist at the pool bar who was there and told me the best trials to see falls and plant life that was only at the rain forest.

[@joedadbod8450]

Wonderful video, yet again, Tristan! Love that larger dust devil, and the views from those monoliths are amazing.

[@carolsmith7380]

Opening music was perfect!!!!

[@jeffking6672]

Had the good fortune to live in Hanksville for a couple of years as a kid back in the late 60's when my dad had a remote assignment for the government. That was before Hanksville was the big town it is today, and my mom didn't consider it "Good Fortune" as the area was very remote at that time. Loved exploring the area, and did so constantly. Tried to climb factory Bute as a 10 year old. Spent a whole day and didn't even make it to the base of the cliffs. you climb 3 steps up slide 2 back down. Surprisingly we'd find lot's of sharks teeth in the are east of factory bute, even found some dinosaur bones once. You could easily spend a lifetime in that region of the world and never run out of new things to explore

[@oldboater]

Another great video. I’m always impressed with the extra distance you have to walk to set up your walking shots. Keep up your (our) travels😅

[@davidnapper8097]

Thanks for taking us on another awesome adventure ! Really love the desert , but , due to age and health issues , its unlikely I will ever get to be there in person again . Not your average tourist stop so not a lot of folks post these places on their travel vlogs . Thanks for letting us tag along 👍👍

[@pcatful]

Nice music! Great adventuring as ususal!

[@surf2trails]

Visited today thanks to this post! Wow... just wow... Simply incredible! Thanks!

[@geofieldcamp]

I don’t see any volcanic rocks in the area, so probably not ancient vents. The formation resembles the similarly aged Gypsum Springs formation in Wyoming (Jurassic) which as the name suggests includes gypsum, but also limestone and shale. I suspect those void spaces likely were filled with gypsum that has since dissolved, or could be dissolution feature in limestone, like epikarst.

[@deboraward1574]

That rock formation is very cool.

[@jamesmeyer1325]

Great video of an area I plan to visit as soon as I can. You captured the remoteness and the solitude of the place, as well as the views.

[@zaynegrey7056]

That was a pretty nice sized dust devil! We get them often in az

[@rickcrippen5180]

You forgot your sombrero and 6-gun.

[@LongdistanceRider22]

Welcome back ! Valley of the Gods is one of my favorite places! ❤️ Dust Devils are Real !

[@bettybrigance6784]

As always...👍👍...thanks for this one

[@charleshicks3492]

Excellent, knew that area well; in the early 70’s use to climb the plateaus west of Hanksville; about 25-30 Miles; finding arrowheads and such. 😎⭐️🤩👌

[@Gonearorahunting]

These escapes into nature and exploring areas I may never get to, just totally excite me! The quality of the video/ editing/ pulling it all together with info and commentary are totally outstanding! Wow!!! ❤

[@AlphaMensae1]

I knew that was the Mancos Shale before you even mentioned it. It is typically that very dark color, and was the seabed of the great inland sea that bisected western North America during much of the Cretaceous Period. The shale was formed from the slimy ooze and muck that settled on the sea floor from a rain of dead organisms like plankton and other such micro creatures, that's why it's so dark.

[@jessiehead6525]

Thanks for the explanation. This is one area of the country that really helps me to appreciate the immense span of time this area has passed thru (to make all these different levels.)

[@AlphaMensae1]

@@jessiehead6525 Yep, the canyon country is like an open history book with the pages written in stone. Once you know how to read them, it becomes more than just spectacular scenery, but a journey through the past.

[@cintie45]

When I saw your video came up I was immediately attracted to it because I love seeing other parts of the country before I venture out. I loved all of it everything is interesting however the dust devils was by far the most interesting one. May God bless you and keep you protected and safe throughout your adventures

[@phoenixaz8431]

Giving GPS coordinates is the best thing! Thank you so much for that!🥰

[@aklgooshock]

That was very cool...loved the dust devil! or Dustnado!

[@kaykaykayak9368]

Just gorgeous, some of it reminds me of Bryce Canyon, the drone shots were great!Thanks so much .

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

Great seeing these rock formations, Tristan. Keep up the excellent work!

[@madelynrobinson1222]

Drone footage and music 🙌

[@buckeyeranger6438]

A Real Pleasure 👊😎🍪🍪🍪☕️

[@RandomGuy-qm3mg]

Nice to see a Land Cruiser going somewhere more interesting than Costco which is about as adventurous as mine ever gets to go

[@user-me8ot1iw1q]

Send me the co_ordinates So I can plan a visit

[@ianmarsden8568]

Love the videos and am catching up with them as they appear.

[@shannasteen9644]

Your drone footage is wicked awesome...gives me goosebumps...love the red dust devil!

[@MarilynCarnivore]

Great stuff. Very appropriate music. ❤

[@alexanderrestucci3604]

Great video bro! You seem like the most genuine dude. Been watching your stuff for a long time now! Thanks for all you do 😎

[@gouldmedia1099]

Another great video. We were in that area yesterday doing Wild Horse Road and Factory Butte area. Thousand Lake mountain has some great dispersed camping with incredible views of Capital Reef

[@krissmith2004]

Good on you that’s some serious badassery while soloing ,respect

[@campingalan]

Hello Tristan, from Ouray, CO! This is really an awesome video! Thank you for sharing these spots and sights!

[@TheFremenChick]

My favorite part was the worm sign - the shai hulud.

[@freedomdove]

Awesome video, Tristan. Thank you.

[@merlin0215]

I love things like this! Stunning, just stunning! Thank you!

[@paulcrowley3556]

Simply epic

[@NYCHFAN]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful country! 😍 My son explained to me how all this was formed. Amazing to be at the bottom of an ancient ocean. Thank you so much! ❤️

[@kevinshepler2314]

I’ve been through that area a couple of times but didn’t know about those sites, next time I’ll have to spend some time there Thanks for the info and video

[@jeffMinnesota952]

Nice rocks, well done video, thanks for sharing...

[@fj9460-lr]

@jacobmalkin2612 you are right about dissolved gypsum deposits leaving holes, which in other parts of the world fill up with either ground water or oil deposits leading to commercial petroleum drilling and so ironic that oil exploration often conflicts with the most beautiful places on earth.

[@llorylloyd]

Amazing as usual

[@pixelpeter3883]

Love these 'under-the-radar' location videos! Utah rocks! Even got a shirt that states the same :-)

[@bobbeckman3735]

I vote for Bob’s stump 😊

[@jenb.6440]

Great video, thank you for sharing

[@robertphillips3893]

Just another amazing video. What a great area to visit.

[@billj5645]

We visited both of those spires in April. I don't know the history of how the spires got their names, and I've seen the names reversed on some maps, but the more round spire to the southwest seems more appropriate for "long d___ silver" and the narrow more pointed spire to the northeast seems more appropriate for "angel of death".

[@karenkincaid5569]

Been a bit sick lately and have spent 24x7 watching your videos. Born in Boulder, i felt famaliar a bit. But thank you so, so much for showing such incredible God given beauty. I love to watch you climb up rocks. You are just like a spider....seems you are barely touching the rocks. Please be careful.

[@ManivanAdventures]

Such amazing landscapes here! Another great one as usual! 🤙🏼

[@Dwsrs24]

Otherworldly for sure! Again, you appear to be the only living thing in this video. Beautiful drive and views. Epic video. Thanks Tristan.

[@teasdaleart1]

The area of Factory Butte is magnificent and it is sad to see that climbers leave ropes and deface the pristine beauty of the Angel of Death formation. The area also has a lot of bullets and bullet casings littering this soft landscape. The ethics out in the wilderness is "leave no trace behind", very few people live by this. Please, to those who will venture in this area, leave it better than you found it.

[@martinforrester8249]

I agree completely, why do thugs need to deface these natural structures. I visited Corona Arch bordering Canyonlands, people were swinging off it... I don't understand the mentality. More control of such areas is needed.

[@jmpattillo]

It seems the BLM has decided to essentially sacrifice this area for OHVs to rip around and have fun. I remember being in the restaurant in Hanksville and overhearing a couple of dirt bikers complaining that an area had been closed because an endangered cactus had been found.

[@EfficientRVer]

I'm going to mostly agree, but partially disagree. While I've personally never left any climbing protection or gear behind, I can understand people who do. Overall, climbers are good for nature, including Tristan. Leaving some bolts or slings installed so that the next 20 years of visitors have a lower chance of dying on the mountain, is 100% fine by me. Another thing to consider, is that if no permanent protection is ever placed and used, each climbing party will invariably and inadvertently cause more erosion, rockslides, and so forth than they would if they ascended key parts of the route aided by permanent protection. I'm not an advocate of climbing everything with fixed ropes, cables, and rappelling down something which can be downclimbed, but those things do save wear and tear on the terrain itself. I've personally gotten into a small handful of situations without any/enough technical climbing gear, where I had to free climb things I had no business free climbing, just to stay alive. Leaving a few bomb-proof things for people to grab onto in super dangerous places, is not a bad thing. As for the whole pristine nature argument, that formation will be gone someday whether some nails a nylon sling to it or not. A handful of hardcore climbers risking their lives to climb it and see both what it's like physically, and to document the views from it (which is admittedly becoming less important now with drones being able to show that) is by far not as bad as people shooting things up, truly littering (which placing climbing protection really is not, generally) or trashing things with ATVs, etc.

[@kevinstarski1598]

@@martinforrester8249 Cos they think it's their constitutional right lol

[@teasdaleart1]

@@EfficientRVer , climbers are not forced to climb and risk their lives, that is a personal choice. You make it sound like climbers are heroes because they risk their lives, not the case at all. I spent 40 years enjoying high risk sports and I never thought that I mattered more than any other person. I climbed the Arete des Cosmiques on Mont Blanc and we left nothing behind nor use gear that was on the rock. Furthermore, it would be nice to be able to see Angel of Death in pristine condition before it erodes away.

[@RLeeVanCamps]

Beautiful views. Climbing the soft Rock sounds very strenuous.

[@michelle_ajema]

Utah is so beautiful. 😍😍

[@caroleelagrone9729]

Thanks again Tristan! So many rock formations! To discover!

[@susans8539]

What a cool place. Love the variety of colors the mountains have to offer. Looking forward to the next video. Stay safe and cool. BTW, could you take some pictures of the sunrises and sunsets in the area? Thanks!

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Great video. I love that part of Utah. I went to Little Egypt three days in a row one time. Wish I had known Angel of death was there to see. Looks like the angel of death sent out a red devil scout after you. LoL. New subscriber. Great adventures I watched on your channel today. Look forward to more.

[@arklandscape2350]

That was some sick architecture before they demolished!!

[@inyourhomefitness2452]

Thank you for sharing the incredible footage . Beautiful!

[@Will-Parr]

An excellent adventure. Awesome views of incredible scenery. Congrats

[@kevinstarski1598]

Interesting how many hikers are simply counting their peaks, getting to the top only to rush down a minute later after a quick selfie, rigidly driving to the same old mountain ranges that contain the highest peaks they still have to scratch off their list cos they are over ... feet, keeping tally of elevation gain for the year...and here's a guy who silently tells them how to do it right.

[@wanderlust62]

Wow!

[@malcolmallen3687]

Great intro music! 😎

[@brindahoward4527]

Fasinating! Thanks for sharing. Loved it

[@michaeltichonuk2176]

Always outstanding! Was that rain with the dust devil? I forget the name of rain when its doesn't reach earth...

[@sachamo100]

It looks like you are exploring the Moon!

[@jmpattillo]

I’ve been there. You can imagine yourself driving on the moon. It’s amazing

[@jeffreyriedenauer651]

Awesome video Tristan! Love the south swell area between Capitol Reef and Hanksville. Just started exploring the area last fall. Be careful of flash flooding and washed out roads at that time of year. I now need to visit the Angel of Death.

[@swassociates]

I hiked out there last week. I thought I was going to Long Dong Silver but found this instead. I need to actually locate Long Dong Silver now.

[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

Don’t forget about that spire at the end of a high place at the first of the video!❤️😀🇺🇸🌏🚙

[@funzeevanzee]

Great video of great places to visit.

[@heidihill2361]

Utah has the most impressive unusual rock formations, you can spend a lifetime exploring them.