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  1. The Fisher Towers Trail explores the Fisher Towers, one of the Utah canyon country’s most bizarre landscapes. The area is a maze of soaring fins, pinnacles, minarets, gargoyles, spires, and strangely shaped rock formations east of Moab. The towers, soaring monuments to erosion, are composed of dark red Cutler sandstone topped by harder ...

  2. The nearest town is Moab, Utah about 16 miles to the southwest. The The Fisher Towers can be accessed from Fisher Towers Road off of Route 128. It is important to stay on the trail. Moab trails are surrounded by living soil called Biocrust. Off-trail hiking damages the desert’s delicate ecosystem for decades after.

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    • Moab, Utah, United States
  3. Access to the Fisher Towers The Fisher Towers are reached by a short (2.2 mile), somewhat bumpy vehicle track, off Hwy 128, that climbs quite steeply near the end, and leads to the BLM trailhead and a five site tent campground (fees $25 per night in 2024; no RVs). The track is signed from the highway.

  4. Mar 27, 2024 · March 27, 2024 by Janelle. Hiking the Fisher Towers Trail allows you to explore one of the most unusual sights in Utah’s canyon country: the Fisher Towers. East of Moab, the towers are a tangle of towering fins, pinnacles, minarets, gargoyles, spires, and oddly shaped rock formations. They are made of tougher Moenkopi sandstone on top of ...

  5. Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah ( 38.7240°N 109.3083°W ). The Towers are named for a miner who lived near them in the 1880s. The Towers are world-renowned as a subject for photography and for its classic rock climbing routes.

    • Titan: 900 feet (270 m); Ancient Art: 400 feet (120 m)
    • Moab, Utah
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  6. Fisher Towers is a Moab classic, so expect to share the trail with hikers and climbers — oh, and don’t forget their dogs. Thirty-plus cars at the trailhead on a Saturday morning are not unusual, but the landscape surrounding Fisher Towers is. Don’t let the crowds discourage you from exploring this red rock Gothic City.

  7. Getting to the Fisher Towers Trailhead. From Moab drive north along the 191 for 4.0 km until you reach the first highway junction. Turn right onto the 128 East (this junction is before you cross the Colorado River). This scenic highway continues for 33.8 km until you turn right onto the signposted dirt road leading towards the Fisher Towers.

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