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Stacked Cars at Cat Stair Canyon -
colorful stacked cars in the side of the rocks at Cat Stair Canyon

Stacked Cars at Cat Stair Canyon

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  • .5 mile out and back; 1 hour
  • Difficulty: moderate
  • Child Carrier: no
  • None
  • Location: Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument
  • Highlight: unique hike to old stacked cars
  • limited parking
Child climbing rocks near stacked cars in Cat Stair Canyon

The Cat Stair Canyon hike is fun as you hike through a wash to piles of stacked cars! When the highway was sinking, the locals stacked old cars to hold it up. Obviously, it did not hold up over time. This makes for a fun and interesting destination. 

What to expect at the trailhead

The parking is a small pullout off of hwy 89. Parking is severely limited with only enough space for 3 or 4 cars. There are no amenities. 

What to expect along the trail

You can expect a lightly trafficked trail that is only about .5 mile long. At the parking lot is a marker sign. Follow the trail down past the sign.

car in small pullout with family walking down trail
marker post along the trail

You will continue straight into a wash that will make a 180 degree turn to the east (left). 

trail converging into a wash

Follow down the wash for about 10 minutes until you come to a drainage pipe. The stacked cars are just a few feet past the drainage pipe. 

drainage pipe coming from side of the rocks onto the path

Below is a map of the entire trail. 

birdseye view of the entire Cat Stair Canyon trail

What to do

The area is fun to look at the cars and climb around the boulders! 

How to get here

Cat Stair Canyon to the stacked cars is located 38 miles east of Kanab on hwy 89. The parking lot is on the south side of the road. We have pinned the parking lot on the map below. 

Happy Trails

The stacked cars is a fun experience that kids will love! They will love looking at all the old cars and climbing around the rocks.

For more kid friendly trails in the Kanab area that you can get to in a sedan check it out here 

Happy trails to the stacked cars at Cat Stair Canyon until we meet again! 

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