Dirty Devil River
The Dirty Devil River near Twin Corral Box Canyon
Country	United States
State	Utah
Source	east slopes of the Wasatch Plateau, central Utah
Mouth	Colorado River/Lake Powell, north of Hite Marina
Major tributaries
- left	Muddy Creek
- right	Fremont River

The Dirty Devil River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, in south central Utah in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The Wasatch Range is a Mountain range that stretches about from the Utah- Idaho border south through central Utah in the western United States The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. Muddy Creek is a stream draining portions of Emery and Wayne Counties in central Utah, in the western United States. The Fremont River in Utah flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir near Fish Lake southwest through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

It is formed in Wayne County near Hanksville from the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek. Wayne County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 2509 and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 2450 Hanksville is a small incorporated town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, at the junction of State Routes 24 and 95 The Fremont River in Utah flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir near Fish Lake southwest through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek Muddy Creek is a stream draining portions of Emery and Wayne Counties in central Utah, in the western United States. It flows SSE through a 2000 foot (600 m) deep canyon in Wayne and Garfield counties. Garfield County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4735 In its lower 20 mi (32 km) it enters Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and flows into Lake Powell on the Colorado from the north. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service (USA that encompasses the area around Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona.

The canyon of the river is particularly isolated and is seldom visited compared to other natural areas in the region. The river was named during the 1869 Colorado River expedition led by John Wesley Powell. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Powell Geographic Expedition was a groundbreaking 19th century U John Wesley Powell ( March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U The outlaw Butch Cassidy used tributary canyons of the Dirty Devil as a hideout in the 1890s. Butch Cassidy ( 13 April 1866 – circa November 1908 born Robert LeRoy Parker, was a notorious train robber Bank robber The Robbers Roost was an Outlaw hideout in southeastern Utah used mostly by Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch gang in the closing years of the The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that

The river is spanned by a steel arch bridge on State Route 95 near milepost 45 in Garfield County. State Route 95 or Bicentennial Highway is a State Highway located in west-central San Juan, eastern Garfield, and central Wayne Garfield County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4735

See also

• List of Utah rivers

References

External links

• Dirty Devil Wilderness
• Dirty Devil River Basin