---
id: "68995"
name: Smithsonian Butte Scenic Backway
distance: "9"
duration: 45 minutes to drive the byway.
description: Take in the stunning desert landscape of Southern Utah when you drive the Smithsonian Butte Scenic Backway. All nine miles between Big Plain Junction and Rockville, UT, just south of Zion National Park's southern entrance, offer gorgeous views of the surrounding geographic wonders including the byway's namesake and Zion Canyon, not to mention the historical Grafton ghost town.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.blm.gov/visit/silver-island-mountains-backcountry-byway-bcb
    name: Bureau of Land Management
websites:
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/utah/smithsonian-butte-back-country-byway.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
attractions:
  - url: https://publiclands.org/pages/site?=1818
    name: Public Lands Interpretive Association
designations:
  - BLM Back Country Byway
  - Utah State Scenic Backway
states:
  - UT
ll:
  - -113.106651
  - 37.0753400000001
bounds:
  - - -113.10685000000001
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    - 37.16120900000004

---

Take in the stunning desert landscape of Southern Utah when you drive the Smithsonian Butte Scenic Backway. All nine miles between Big Plain Junction and Rockville, UT, just south of Zion National Park's southern entrance, offer gorgeous views of the surrounding geographic wonders including the byway's namesake and Zion Canyon, not to mention the historical Grafton ghost town.