Grand Staircase-Escalante is nearly 1.9 million acres of remote canyons, slot canyons, and layered cliffs, one of the largest and least developed protected areas in the country. Roads are few and far between, but the payoff for finding them is real solitude, the kind that's increasingly hard to find anywhere else in the Southwest.

The closest access points sit about an hour from the ranch, near Kanab. Expect dirt roads, limited services, and long stretches without cell signal once you're inside the monument. Check conditions and ask the front desk before heading out for the day.