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Welcome to Escalante Crossing ...

Escalante Crossing is located in Uintah County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Escalante Crossing: Escalante Xing.

Escalante Crossing is 4,730 feet [1,442 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Escalante Crossing is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Escalante Crossing lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Escalante Crossing: 435

Communities Also Named Escalante Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Escalante Crossing - it's located in Arizona.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Escalante Crossing.

Communities near Escalante Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Escalante Crossing.

  • Vernal
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Vernal is located in Uintah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,468 people
    • Former names for Vernal:
    • Ashley
    • Bench
    • The Bench
    • Hatch
    • Jericho
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernal <3>
  • Naples
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Maeser
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Maeser is located in Uintah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maeser
  • Dry Fork
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Fork is located in Uintah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Dinosaur
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bullionville ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bullionville is located in Uintah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullionville
  • Dyer ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyer is located in Uintah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Lapoint
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Gusher
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Tridell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Escalante Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Escalante Crossing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Escalante Crossing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Escalante Crossing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Escalante Crossing. See our Newspapers Page for Escalante Crossing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Escalante Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Escalante Crossing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Escalante Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Escalante Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Uintah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Escalante Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.