Fry Canyon

Ghost town · San Juan County, Utah

Natural Bridges quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fry Canyon is a ghost town in San Juan County, Utah. It is one of 4 former communities in San Juan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fry Canyon as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.6350° N, 110.1567° W.

Key facts

Elevation	5,315 ft
Nearest living town	Mexican Hat, UT
Distance to it	35.2 miles
Coordinates	37.63500, -110.15667

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What's there now

Fry Canyon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mexican Hat, UT (population 18), about 35.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,315 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Photograph of the main structure in Fry Canyon, Utah. · Philkon Phil Konstantin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

White Canyon
ghost town · San Juan County · 19.3 mi
Hite
ghost town · Garfield County · 19.5 mi
Hite Crossing
ghost town · San Juan County · 21.1 mi
Eagle City
ghost town · Garfield County · 44.1 mi

Questions

Where is Fry Canyon?

Fry Canyon is in San Juan County, Utah, at 37.6350, -110.1567.

How many ghost towns are in San Juan County?

San Juan County, Utah has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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