Factory Butte Recreation Area
Utah
OHV users travel from far and wide to enjoy the mancos-shale badlands of Factory Butte. These scenic badlands provide OHV users an unparalleled riding experience. Factory Butte is a popular recreation site for everything from OHV jumping and riding to motorcycling and passenger car touring.
Although Factory Butte is famous for its OHV areas, few realize that the area is also a popular site to view wildflowers in the spring when Factory Butte is in full bloom. Tourists stop in at Factory Butte to photograph fields of desert flowers and blooming cacti. These blooming fields provide a stunning foreground for the North Caineville Mesa and Factory Butte formations.
There is a restroom and interpretive kiosks at Factory Butte.
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Nearby Discoveries
12 places to explore within 30 miles
South Caineville Mesa Trail
2.8 miles away · 4.7 ★North Caineville Mesa Trail
3.2 miles away · 4.8 ★Muddy Creek
12.3 miles away · 4.5 ★
Mt. Ellen-Blue Hills
12.9 miles away
Burro Wash
16.1 miles away
Goblin Valley State Park
18.5 miles awayBull Creek Pass Backcountry Byway
20.3 miles away · 5.0 ★
Sheets Gulch
21.3 miles awayCapitol Reef Country Scenic Byway
22.6 miles away · 4.8 ★
Fremont Gorge
24.5 miles awayCathedral Valley Scenic Backway
25.5 miles away · 4.9 ★