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Grafton

OtherEasy difficulty● Green hazardUtah

A Mormon cotton-mission settlement of 1859 on the Virgin River near Zion, repeatedly flooded out and finally abandoned in the 1940s; its adobe schoolhouse/church and farmhouse ruins starred in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' The Grafton Heritage Partnership maintains the site, which is free and open year-round via a short graded dirt road from Rockville. One of the most photogenic and lowest-risk ghost towns in the West — just mind the river and summer heat.

Site typeOther
StateUtah
Coordinates37.1667, -113.0800
Difficulty · EasyWalk-up access or short approach on open ground.
Hazard · GreenLow hazard — managed, publicly accessible, or structurally benign site.
Light todaySunrise 06:53 · sunset 20:17 (local) — golden hour is the first and last hour of that window
Conditions today73–100°F · 4% precip chance · wind to 20 mph
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