Leaving Hanksville and Goblin Valley behind my next stop is Moab. I rest in Moab because of its close location to Arches National park and Canyonlans national park. I would like to provide you with a short review of Moab.

Moab is a relatively small town, nonetheless it has almost everything you need: restaurants, supermarkets and a large diversity of hotels. Moab even has walkways and you reach everything by foot. I stayed in the Moab Ramada Inn for 3 days. Check out my reviews of the restaurants where I have been, Zax Moab, Denny’s Moab and Fiesta Mexicana Moab.

What I found relatively surprising, Moab was the Uranium town of the 60s. Most of the American Uranium came directly from Moab. If you like to read a bit more, please check Moab uranium.

All in all, Moab is a very friendly and tiny town .

Leaving Capitol Reef national park behind I am heading towards Goblin Valley and the town of Moab. One short stop on my way to Goblin Valley is Hanksville, I am driving through the Hanksville and would like to provide you with a review of hanksville itself.

Check out this link for more information about the town of Hanksville itself.

The only reason for stopping here is if you have to get some gasoline. There is really nothing here…. Hanksville is even smaller than Torrey. There is no supermarket and nothing else except a gas station. The Gas station itself is relatively interesting because the shop is inside a big rock. I bought myself a huge coke for 1.2$ which is a very fair price.

Hanksville is relatively close to lake Powell, so don’t wonder if you see a lot of boats. Really, don’t set Hanksville as a priority destination, better continue to Goblin Valley and Moab directly. Check out my Goblin Valley review.

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After leaving the town of Panguitch, passing through Escalante Canyon and Boulder my next stop is the town of Torrey which is the closest stop before Capitol reef. I would like to provide you a short review of Torrey.

After Panguitch I thought it would be impossible to find a lesser populated town, but Torrey and Boulder are probably the smallest towns I have seen. There is really nothing an the only reason why you want to go to Torrey is its location close to Capitol Reef. Fill up your food and drink bags, there is no supermarket in torrey. From Las Vegas to Torrey the last stop with acceptable supermarkets was St. George.

I stayed outside of Torrey in a hotel around 5 miles in front of the Capitol reef national park. If you are interested, check out my Best Western Capitol Reef resort review. For dining I went back to Torrey, to the Capitol Reef Café, for which you can also read a review written by me.

Here a map of Torrey:

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I would like to give you a short review of the town Panguitch which is located in the Dixie National Forest. It is considered to be one of the towns where you overnight before entering Bryce Canyon. Another and probably the most popular alternative for a sleep would be Ruby’s Inn. It is 500 feet away from Bryce Canyon’s entrance.

I am staying in the town of Panguitch. Almost all motels seem to provide free WiFi, that’s at least what they advertise. The town itself has nothing except a Subway and a super market where Mormons save 30 %. There are no special shops and nothing else very exciting. It is around 20 miles from here to Bryce Canyon, that’s why I recommend you to go to Ruby’s Inn directly. I do not like it here in Panguitch very much, and would not recommend you to overnight here. Only do that if you only need a place to sleep and nothing more.

I will head to Bryce Canyon tomorrow, if you like, have a look and read my Bryce Canyon review.

Here a map of Panguitch:

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