Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Balanced Rock

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Balanced Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.49669, -109.67796. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Balanced Rock

• Dead Horse Point State Park · attraction · Grand · ~5 km · Must-see
• Moab Baptist Church · sanctuary · Grand · ~17 km · Must-see
• Courthouse Towers · attraction · Grand · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mars Hotel · viewpoint · Grand · ~21 km · Must-see
• Tower of Babel · viewpoint · Grand · ~22 km · Must-see
• Grandstaff Canyon Overlook · viewpoint · Grand · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mesa Arch · attraction · San Juan · ~25 km · Must-see
• Aztec Butte · viewpoint · San Juan · ~25 km · Must-see
• False Kiva · fort · San Juan · ~28 km · Must-see
• Upheaval Dome · viewpoint · San Juan · ~29 km · Must-see
• Double Arch · attraction · Grand · ~31 km · Must-see
• Balanced Rock · attraction · Grand · ~31 km · Must-see
• Elephant Butte · viewpoint · Grand · ~31 km · Must-see
• Candlestick Tower · attraction · San Juan · ~32 km · Must-see
• Arches National Park · sanctuary · Grand · ~33 km · Must-see
• Denis Julien Inscription · fort · Grand · ~35 km · Must-see
• Round Mountain · viewpoint · Grand · ~38 km · Must-see
• Delicate Arch · attraction · Grand · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Balanced Rock

Other other attractions near Balanced Rock

• Dead Horse Point State Park · attraction · Grand · ~5 km · Must-see
• Courthouse Towers · attraction · Grand · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mesa Arch · attraction · San Juan · ~25 km · Must-see
• Double Arch · attraction · Grand · ~31 km · Must-see
• Balanced Rock · attraction · Grand · ~31 km · Must-see
• Candlestick Tower · attraction · San Juan · ~32 km · Must-see
• Delicate Arch · attraction · Grand · ~39 km · Must-see
• Sipapu Bridge · attraction · San Juan · ~128 km · Must-see
• Potash Road · attraction · Grand · ~11 km
• Neck Spring · attraction · San Juan · ~18 km

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