点评:On a recent visit to Utah I drove Utah Scenic Byway 12 with a group of friends. The road is often mentioned along with the Pacific Coastal Highway, The Overseas Highway, and Monument Valley on lists of beautiful drives in America. It really is beautiful. It winds from Red Canyon past Bryce Canyon, through quaint towns like Tropic, Canonnville, and Henrieville. It passes three great Utah state parks, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, and Anasazi State Park. It winds through portions and along the edge of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. It travels on to the picturesque town of Escalante and then on to the portion called The Hogback where it winds along with drops on both sides and no guardrails. It passes through the town of Boulder, Utah and up to Torrey, Utah, the gateway town for Capitol Reef National Park. It ends at Torrey at the intersection of Utah Highway 24.
This is a beautiful and scenic drive that takes about 2 and a half hours. It is worth the drive, but it also calls for so many stops. With at least four protected federal land areas along the way (Dixie National Forest which contains Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and Capitol Reef National Park) it is not a highway to hurry through. It also passes by many other sites like state parks, towns, and beautiful vistas. If you find yourself visiting one of the major attractions in the area like Bryce Canyon I highly recommend driving at least part of Scenic Byway 12.
翻译:最近一次去犹他州旅游时,我和一群朋友驾车沿着 12 号犹他风景道行驶。这条路经常与太平洋海岸公路、海外公路和纪念碑谷一起被列入美国最美的驾车路线名单。它真的很美。它从红峡谷蜿蜒而过布莱斯峡谷,穿过特罗皮克、卡农维尔和亨利维尔等古雅的小镇。它穿过三个伟大的犹他州州立公园:柯达克罗姆盆地州立公园、埃斯卡兰特石化森林州立公园和阿纳萨齐州立公园。它蜿蜒穿过大阶梯埃斯卡兰特国家纪念碑的部分区域并沿着其边缘行驶。它继续行驶到风景如画的埃斯卡兰特镇,然后到达被称为猪背的路段,那里蜿蜒曲折,两边都是落差,没有护栏。它穿过犹他州的博尔德镇,一直到犹他州的托里,这是通往圆顶礁国家公园的门户小镇。这条路的终点是托里,与犹他州24号公路的交汇处。
这条路风景优美,大约需要两个半小时。虽然值得一游,但也需要在路途中多次停留。由于沿途至少有四片联邦保护区(迪克西国家森林,包含红峡谷、布莱斯峡谷国家公园、大阶梯埃斯卡兰特国家纪念碑和圆顶礁国家公园),这条路可不是一条可以匆匆而过的公路。它还会经过许多其他景点,例如州立公园、城镇和美丽的景色。如果您打算游览布莱斯峡谷等该地区的主要景点,我强烈建议您至少驾车游览12号风景道的部分路段。