It then switches to a rough native surface road suitable for high clearance vehicles for the next 63 miles south to Interstate 70. It affords pleasing views of the valleys below, passing a variety of high mountain settings, including reservoirs, glacial cirques, and spruce-fir and aspen forest. I n the La Sal Division of the forest, the southeast area of the forest, travel La Sal Mountain Loop Road beginning from US 191 six miles south of Moab. It winds north over the La Sal mountains through Castle Valley to end at U-128. Also travel the Harts Draw to Monticello loop road or the through scenic Castle Valley and across the flanks of the La Sal Mountains.
Wildlife is abundant including elk, deer, bear, moose, and beaver.
September is an ideal time to travel this high road to capture the fall colors and glimpses of migratory raptors. The Abajo Loop runs north from Blanding around Abajo Peak in the Manti-La Sal National Forest and east to Monticello. Wildlife is abundant, including elk, deer, bear, moose, and beaver. Septemberis an ideal time to travel these areas to capture the fall colors and glimpses of migratory raptors. T he forest provides information at public Visitor Centers in the Monticello Visitor Center, The Moab Interagency Visitor Center and the Castle Country Regional Information Center located in the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum in Price.