Bud and I always try to find places off the beaten path. I was looking for a trail that wasn’t too far and wasn’t too long and sounded interesting. I found Brow Monument Trail #108 on AllTrails, but it wasn’t reviewed and the directions on Apple Maps got close to the trailhead but not quite to it.
I looked it up and found the US Forest Service entry which said:
“The Brow Monument trail offers a short, two-mile hike through ponderosa pine, pinyon, and juniper to one of the few remaining survey markers left in place from the John Wesley Powell surveying expedition of 1872.
The trail offers a number of Forest Service interpretive signs about the history of Brow Monument and its use in the first geological surveys of the Arizona Strip. Hikers will enjoy an easy walk that offers views from the “brow” of the Kaibab Plateau north across the Arizona Strip and toward the Grand Staircase of southern Utah.”
That sounded good to me. Bud was a bit concerned because it was 19 miles on Forest Service roads but said he was willing to do it if the roads weren’t too bad.
Our campground is on the top of the Kaibab Plateau, it wasn’t long before the road came to a place looking down. About two miles later we got down to the road you see below. I couldn’t get a good picture, but coming back up there was a sign that said “CAUTION ROAD NARROW AND STEEP” and it was.
A good part of the trip was on FR 22, which was a decent gravel road with only occasional sections that were washboards.
There were beautiful wildflowers.
And there was this spring running down the hill with a Forest Station and rental cabins around the pond it fed.
After a mile and a half on a very narrow forest road we came to the trail.
It was an easy walk as advertised, and happily very lightly used. There were enough markers and just enough of a path to find your way.
And there were views. This is looking north towards Utah. These were steep hills, not cliffs, so Matey was off leash for the whole walk.
This is looking southwest towards the Grand Canyon and the mountains beyond.
This is all that is left of the monument. The wooden structure that was built on this cairn burned in a 1986 wildfire. The monument was constructed so it could be sighted from far away by the survey crew.
This marker was placed in 1938 using newer methods and is only about 300 feet from the original. I was disappointed that the elevation wasn’t marked.
On the way home we took a detour on a small road towards Kanab Creek Wilderness Area.
It was very interesting terrain.
There was a small gravel parking area in front of a rock cliff and when you took the short path to the base of the cliff you found petroglyphs and pictographs together!
A very satisfying day.
On the Roam Again 
I’m glad it worked out for you to go to that trail ! Not only were the views from the trail very interesting, but lots of nice sights along the road getting there, too! Bet Matey enjoyed the no-leash walk.
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