Lower Barker Trailhead

Lower Barker Trailhead sits in the Barker Recreation Area of the Dixie National Forest, reached via Forest Road 149 west of Escalante. It's the access point for a network of hiking, biking, and horse trails climbing onto the Griffin Top mesa, part of the Boulder Mountains high country.

What connects here

• The non-motorized Great Western Trail passes through, leading north toward nine backcountry fishing lakes
• About 1.3 miles north on the Great Western Trail reaches a junction near Flat, Blue, and Yellow Lakes
• Both Upper and Lower Barker trailheads serve this same trail network

This is Forest Service land rather than park land — dogs are generally fine on these trails, and dispersed camping is common in the area, a different set of rules than you'd find inside Bryce Canyon proper.