Factory Butte
Near Hanksville, UT
FACTORY BUTTE
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF FACTORY BUTTE
Utah is the most geologically diverse and photographically fertile states in America - with an endless surprise of landscapes, topography, mesa, buttes forest, deserts and vistas. Factory Butte is just such a surprise.
Sandwiched between Capital Reef, Canyonlands and Escalante sets the Factory Butte which is an oddly placed butte in the middle of a lifeless and barren badlands. However, the butte rises about 900ft from the desert floor with mesmerizing ripples and distinctive veins of rock. Under the right lighting conditions can produce many great compositions from this location.
Images and location summary by Tim Wier
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I would rate the difficulty of this trail as a 2 on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being most difficult). This is one of the easiest shots you will ever get in the southwest – as the best place for this shot is right in your campground. The only reason for giving this a rating of 2 is the fairly easy 7-mile drive on a dirt road to get to the campsite/location.
This is the closest thing to a layup you will ever get for a landscape photograph. The shot was taken directly in the little …
There are many ways to shoot the Factory Butte - up closer to the butte with a wide angle lens or back at the road with a longer lens. For me, I prefer a compression shot from the road with a longer lens (135mm to 200mm). The shot above was taken with a 135mm lens and cropped (as this was the longest lens I had on this trip).
4,687 Ft. Elevation
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