Soda Canyon Overlook Trail

The Soda Canyon Overlook Trail is a 1.2-mile roundtrip trail that meanders through a mesa top pinyon-juniper forest to three overlooks at the edge of Soda Canyon. The trail offers views of Balcony House and several other cliff dwellings across the canyon. The canyon was named for the white, calcium carbonate deposits visible below the rim, which are the evaporative remains of seeps springs once used by the Ancestral Pueblo people. Hikers can see centuries-old mature pinyon pine and Utah juniper trees, and forest dwellers like mule deer, desert cottontail, black-tailed jackrabbit, and wild turkey. The trail is considered easy to moderate and is a great place for families to explore and learn about the area's history and wildlife