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Adobe Swale, Bert Mesa, Burr Point, Dirty Devil, Hanksville, San Rafael Swell, utah, Wayne County
Bert Mesa was a really fun and interesting place to explore. We came off the highway at about N 38.15751 W 110.62134 and went east through Adobe Swale to Burr Point, from there we had to struggle to drive down the cliffs to Bert Mesa, I’m no jeeping pro so it was pretty iffy.
Coming down from Burr Point was quite the adventure, we actually had to improve the road to get the some of the vehicles to make it.
Burr Point road improvements
Once we made it down we explored and went over to the eastern edge to look 1,000+ feet down and see the amazing view of the Dirt Devil River below.
This is such a remote, lonely and beautiful area.
– Exploring Bert Mesa –
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Found the place about 16 years ago by accident and have returned 3 times. On that first trip there were no signs of camping or off road activity. No tracks on those rim overlooks. There were a couple of petrified trees lying by the side of the trail about a mile or two in. A long time ago someone had spray painted NO TRESPASS BERT MESA on a boulder at the entrance to a rock shelter. We camped up there and hoped that one of those house size boulders didnt fall on the trail in the middle of the night and be trapped up there.