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Sheiks Canyon / Bullet Canyon Loop - Cedar Mesa, Utah ... From the Sheiks Canyon Trailhead, simply hop in the dry wash and begin following it down canyon. After a short hike you will come to the well preserved Yellow House Ruins, which are on the right.
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Page Type: Canyon ... Sheiks Canyon; To reach Sheiks Canyon, drive south along Highway 261 from the Kane Gulch Ranger station to just north of mile marker 25. Turn west (right) here on a gravel road (labeled CR #250) and follow it to a junction, which is reached after 3.1 miles from the highway.
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Kane Gulch, Todie Canyon, Sheiks Canyon, and Bullet Canyon. For the sake of this route page, the description will begin at the confluence of Kane Gulch and Grand Gulch. If coming down Kane Gulch, it is 3.8 miles each was to the beginning of this route.
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At Green Mask Spring in Sheik's canyon is a small cliff dwelling and one of the most impressive panels of pictographs and petroglyphs on Cedar Mesa. Many appear to have a fertility theme, including these female figures (their heads have almost completely faded) and the nearby child-like figure.
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Sheiks Canyon contains Yellow House and Green Mask Anasazi Ruins. Route information, pictures, map, GPS and description.
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Bullet Canyon; Perfect Kiva & Jail House Ruins ... Bullet Canyon is one of the more popular Grand Gulch access routes. Among the numerous Anasazi ruins to be found in the canyon are the famous Jail House Ruin and Perfect Kiva Ruin. Please take only pictures and leave only footprints.
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In the Cedar Mesa Plateau of southeastern Utah's red rock canyon country lies Grand Gulch, a major tributary of the San Juan River. Invisible from the plateau, Grand Gulch is a hidden canyon, hundreds of feet deep that stretches south towards the San Juan River.
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Sheik's Canyon is on the left just over 14 miles from the trailhead. A short distance up this side canyon, at Green Mask Spring, one of the most interesting and varied group of panels in the area occurs. Rock art of four distinct styles or eras is presented.
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5-6 miles a day), eat, sleep and relax in this incredibly spiritual place, traveling along the canyon bottom with excursions up several side canyons, such as Bullet Canyon to explore Jailhouse Ruin, and Perfect Kiva and Sheik's Canyon to view the unique Green Mask.
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The Websheikh's 1998 trip to Grand Gulch and surrounding canyons in Utah. ... Despite having spent about 2 weeks in and around Cedar Mesa there are still numerous hikes that I intend to do sometime in the future (Owl Creek, Fish Creek, Lime Creek, John's Canyon) ... Sheik's Canyon: (No, I did not name it. Wish I did though!) ;
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