Canyoneering Route Description

Angel Cove Canyon - South Fork - 3A II
Dirty Devil Area, Utah.

Quick Facts

03-30-16, 2 people, 1 Day (Travel time in route 4 hours)  

Time Required - 3 to 4 hours
Distance - 3.3 miles Total, 0.6 miles Technical
Rappels - 8 Rappels, Longest Rappel 70 feet.
Elevation Range - 4800 - 4150 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance or carefully driven passenger car Permit Required - No

Gear Used for Canyon

Rappelling and anchor gear, Ropes and or pull cords for rappels up to 70 feet and  70 feet of 1 inch webbing for sling placement.

General Comments

Angel Cove Canyon is a fun place to visit for a half day canyon.  With Angel Cove Canyon being short you can loop it to do the Norht Fork then when the exit route crosses over the South Fork drop in and do the South Fork then follow the exit again all the way out to the cars.  Doing both forks will take most of the day but not all of it.

The last road you turn off onto may have some rough spots (depending on when it was last maintained) that a passenger car may not like.  If you find it too rough to travel there is space to get a couple cars parked off to the side of the road at the previous road junction.  From there you can walk the 0.36 miles of dirt road instead of drive in.

Angel Cove is generally dry.  If there have been recent rains you may find a couple spots that can hold water to waist deep.

70 feet of webbing was recomended since rap 5 in the main fork (rap 7 on this route) would use close to 30 feet of it if you need to replace that.  THis route seems to get less travel than the North Fork and has more rappels so more webbing on hand is a good idea.

If doing the Sputh Fork and using the early exit to bypass the final 2 rappels the longest rap will be 55 feet.  The longest rappels are the final raps both at 70 feet.

As you travel down canyon after the confluence you may catch sight of a scenic arch very high up on teh RDC wall but youll have to keep your eyes open as this is easy to miss.

Driving Directions

To get to the Trailhead

From the junction of highway 95 and highway 24 in Hanksville Utah, drive 10.2 miles south on highway 95 to an un-named dirt road on the left (extAngelTrlRd).  The road has a BLM sign saying it goes out to the Angel Trail.  Turn left (east) on the Angel Trail road and ignore smaller dirt roads that branch off.  

2.4 miles from the highway will be a Y in the road (ex0100-0101DD).   Turn left at this Y and continue toward the Angel Canyons on the road labeled 0100.

Stay on road 0100 for 5.9 miles to a turn off to another road on the right (ex1002DD).  Do not turn right on this road but instead continue north for another 0.33 miles to an un-marked dirt road on the right (exAngelCove). Turn right onto the un-marked road and drive 0.36 miles to a large parking area (tAngelCove) to start the route. 

Note: Some vehicles may have issues on the last part of the road if the road has not been recently maintained.  If this is the case you can park at the junction and walk in 0.36 miles to the TH.

To leave the Exit Vehicle / Escape Pod

No exit vehicle is needed.  This is done as a loop route.

Maps

GPS coordinate information listed at the bottom.  For information about waypoint naming and map symbols, refer to the Glossary page.

Click the links for maps of the route. Map of the drive into the route.
Map of the entire route.

Details

The Approach:
From parking area / trailhead (tAngelCove), walk about 0.2 miles southeast to the top of steep dirt slopes (AngelCvExit24) dropping down to a wash below.  Drop down the dirt slopes into the wash (AngelCvExit23) then turn left to walk east down the wash.

A few hundred feet down the wash will be a small shale shelf (yAngelCvSF-Tp) and is the start of the South Fork of Angel Cove Canyon.

The Canyoneering / Technical Section:
From the small shale shelf in the wash (yAngelCvSF-Tp) scramble down it and continue down the wash.

About 150 feet down canyon is rap 1 (dAngelCvSF-R1) which drops about xx feet from a cairn anchor but is easily bypassed walking around on the LDC side then down a shale slope to the top of rap 2 which is about 175 feet down canyon.

Rap 2 (dAngelCvSF-R2) is anchored from a rock pile and drops about 55 feet down a vertical wall. The anchor is after downclimbing a ledge of about 6 feet do get to it.  Walk down canyon about 350 feet to rap 3.

Rap 3 (dAngelCvSF-R3) is anchored from large boulder at the top of the drop and drops about 55 feet.

From the bottom of rap 3 the canyon begins to slot up and become deeper and more narrow. Shortly after rap 3 is a downclimb of about 15 feet in a V-slot.

Rap 4 (dAngelCvSF-R4) is about 200 feet down canyon of rap 3, is anchored from large rock protruding from the canyon floor and drops about 25 feet over a boulder between narrow walls.

Rap 5 is about 125 feet down canyon with a few scrambling downclimbs between.

Rap 5 (dAngelCvSF-R5) is anchored from one of the boulders at the top forming a false floor and drops about 35 feet. The first 10 feet are downclimbable down the slot below the boulders.

After rap 5 are a few short downclimb between narrow walls and one stem style downclimb of about 10 feet.

Rap 6 (dAngelCvSF-R6) is about 150 feet down canyon of rap 5 and is anchored from a large chokestone at the top of the drop and dropps about 20 feet down a shute. Rap 6 can be downclimbed with little difficulty.

After rap 6 are 3 downclimbs of 10 to 15 feet each before getting to the confluence of the North and South Forks of Angel Cove about 300 feet down canyon (jAngelCoveConf).

Just down canyon of this confluence are 7 easy downclimbs of 6 to 12 feet (the last one under a boulder and is a little spicy). This section has the capacity to hold water after recent rains but only to about waist deep.

Note:
As you travel down canyon after the confluence you may catch sight of a scenic arch very high up on teh RDC wall but youll have to keep your eyes open as this is easy to miss.

Just after the downclimbs is a short flat patio like area as the canyon begins to sweep left and chnge character to being a little wider.

Just after the two patio section are two potholes (wAngelCv10) that can be bypassed on ledges on the RDC side with the second one being a little harder to bypass. If you can not bypass the second one you could have chest deep water if full.

While in this section look high up on the RDC wall for a scenic arch forming about 50 feet down canyon.

Shortly after the canyon will open up to a very wide flat area where you can walk over onto the RDC (south) side over to open dirt rolling desert.  This is where you can exit the canyon early and miss the last two rappels and make the day a little shorter.  Or walk over to rap 4 which drops down the water course in this same area.

To Exit Early walk along the RDC side near the side of rap 5 and route find your way about 0.3 miles south to intersect with the exit route.

Rap 4 (dAngelCv-R4) is anchored from a large boulder about 20 feet back and drops about 70 feet down a vertical wall with a ledge about 50 feet down. If the webbing is not extended to the lip it may require 90 feet of rope travel.

Rap 5 (dAngelCv-R5) is in the chamber like area below rap 4 is anchored from a cairn anchor and drops about 70 feet.

From the bottom of rap 5 walk the wash about 200 feet out to the Dirty Devil River (yAngelCove-Bt) and turn right (southeast) to follow use trails.

The Exit:
From end of the wash where it gets to the Dirty Devil (yAngelCove-Bt). turn right to walk south on well defined use trail.

Note:
Very shortly after starting on the use trails, look about waist high on the cliff wall for rock art carvings(sAngelPetro02).  These are not as nice of rock art as the set to the north of here but worth a quick look just to check them out.  Better rock art carvings and some paint can be found about 750 feet north on the cliff walls of a HUGE flat wall the use trails go under.  More details of how to locate these can be found on the route description for Lost Angel and Hidden Angel.

Continue along the use trail for almost 500 feet to where it starts up a sand hill (AngelCvExit11).

About 375 feet further the trail briefly tops out (AngelCvExit12) then drops back down again.

About 200 feet further the trail briefly tops out again (AngelCvExit13).  There is a spot here you can upclimb to get to the next higher level that may be moderately difficult.  If you want to climb up here you can shortcut the route a little.

If you did not climb up yet, follow the use trail about 200 feet to another top out (AngelCvExit14) then about 220 feet to yet one more top out (AngelCvExit15) where it is an easy walk up to the shelf above.

Once up on the shelf above, veer right to walk southwest then west working your way over to a draiange (AngelCvExit16) going up to the west.

When you get to a large pothole in the wash (AngelCvExit17) exit the wash on the right (north) side and route find along the slickrock for about 200 feet to the bottom of a steep side ravine / slot with small potholes visible up in it (AngelCvExit18).

When get to this area you can begin to see the final cliff band you will be climbing up onto.  A good visual aid is the huge pocket / hole in the side of the cliff band.  Your goal is to navigate over to near that huge pocket and scramble up the ramp just to the left (west) of it.

From the bottom of this side ravine / slot, note a semi steep slickrock slope to the left (west) of the ravine.  Scramble you way up to the top of this slope (AngelCvExit19).

Walk north about 200 feet to the bottom of a trough like drainage running up (AngelCvExit20). Follow up this to go up toward the end of the red rock point above. You may need to use your hands in a few steep spots.

Walk up the slopes to get to a ramp like area just to the left of a huge pocket on the side of the cliff band above (AngelCvExit21).

Work your way up the ramp then scramble the dirt and rock debris up to the mesa top with rolling dirt desert above (AngelCvExit22).

Once up on the rolling desert, follow use trails west-ish roughly following the Angel Cove drainage on your right (north) side.

About 0.25 miles up the route will drop into a wash (yAngelCvSF-Tp) just above a shale shelf.  This is the top of the South Fork of Angel Cove.

Continue west up the wash about 450 feet to find one of many use trails (AngelCvExit23) leaving the wash going northwest up the steep dirt slopes.

The better use trail in this area seems to be the one going up the ridge to the left (west) of a hoodoo like rock feature protruding from the dirt slopes.

Once at the top of the dirt slopes (AngelCvExit24) walk northwest about 0.2 miles through rolling desert back to the trailhead (tAngelCove).

GPS Waypoint Information

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1 Angel Cove - Drive in to Trailhead

extAngelTrlRd          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.23613   W -110.64761        Elev: 4,810 Feet Exit off highway 95 to an un-named road that leads to the Angel Point areas. The BLM has a sign saying this road leads to the Angel Trail. ex0100-0101DD          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.24243   W -110.61040        Elev: NaN Feet This is a Y in the road. Turning left on the road labeled 0100 leads northeast toward the Angel Trail and to the Angel Canyons. Turning right on the road labeled 0101 leads southeast toward the Beaver Canyons and Balcony Canyons Area. ex1002DD          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.30851   W -110.55301        Elev: NaN Feet Turn right onto a dirt road here marked 1002 to go to Angel Slot. Continue straight to go to Angel Cove or Fallen Angel Canyon. exAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31323   W -110.55147        Elev: NaN Feet Exit of of Road 0100 to the Angel Cove Canyon area. Turn right (northeast) onto an un-named road for about 0.35 miles to the TH for Angel Cove Canyons. To the left (northwest) road 0100 continues. tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage.

2 Angel Cove NORTH Fork - Approach and Canyon down to confluence

tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage. jAngelCoveNFTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31818   W -110.54666        Elev: NaN Feet To go down North Fork of Angel Cove, travel east down the wash. To continue over to Hidden Angel or Lost Angel, continue up out of the north side of the drainage up a dirt side ravine to get to rolling open desert. yAngelCvNF-Tp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31832   W -110.54598        Elev: 4,720 Feet Top of North Fork Angel Cove. A small shelf in wash to easily scramble down. North Fork of Angel Cove Canyon - 3AII - Longest Rap 70 feet Small Pack advised. dAngelCvNF-R1          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31865   W -110.54473        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 1 - Angel Cove NF. Anchored from rocks about 5 feet back and drops about 40 feet down a sloped wall that is sloped enough that a hand line can be used instead of rappelling. A little down canyon after rap 1 is an eaasy downclimb of about 8 feet. dAngelCvNF-R2          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31913   W -110.54310        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 2 - Angel Cove NF. Anchored from a rock protruding from the canyon floor and drops about 15 feet and can be carefully downclimbed using a handline if desired. wAngelCvNF01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31923   W -110.54281        Elev: NaN Feet Side canyon comes in from LDC (north). Can go up about 100 feet before getting to an upclimb. Down canyon of here is easy walking with a couple spots to easily scramble over. dAngelCvNF-R3          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31912   W -110.54198        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 3 - Angel Cove NF. Anchored from a boulder and drops about 25 feet from boulder to ground. Top half of this rappel can be downclimbed while the second half is under cut and would not be easy to downclimb or upclimb with out a handline and an aggressive partner assist. Over the next 400 feet down canyon after rap 3 are three easy downclimbs ranging from 6 to 8 feet each followed by two more drops of about 12 to 15 feet each that can be downclimbed / slid down (partner assist may be helpful). Soon after is a rock fall area to walk through and just after is a trough like section that is mostly easy walking with a few very small easy drops along the way. wAngelCvNF02          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31863   W -110.53943        Elev: NaN Feet Long trough like area with mostly easy walking. jAngelCoveConf          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31735   W -110.53834        Elev: 4,410 Feet Just down canyon of this confluence are 7 easy downclimbs of 6 to 12 feet (the last one under a boulder and is a little spicy). This section has the capacity to hold water after recent rains but only to about waist deep. Just after the downclimbs is a short flat patio like area as the canyon begins to sweep left and chnge character to being a little wider.

3 Angel Cove SOUTH Fork - Approach and Canyon down to confluence

tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage. AngelCvExit24          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31498   W -110.54452        Elev: 4,840 Feet Up on open flat desert. Walk northwest about 0.2 miles to the cars. AngelCvExit23          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31466   W -110.54392        Elev: NaN Feet A few use trails up out of the wash developing here. For a visual aid look for a hoodoo like rock outcropping. The use trails are developing in the general vicinity of it with the best route being up the ridge to teh left (west) of the Hoodoo like outcropping. yAngelCvSF-Tp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31503   W -110.54239        Elev: 4,755 Feet Use trail for the exit from the Dirty Devil River meets the wash of Angel Cove Cayon here. On the exit travel up the wash about 350 feet and exit to the north where convinient. To drop down the South fork of Angel Canyon continue down the wash over a small shale shelf. dAngelCvSF-R1          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31542   W -110.54213        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 1 - Angel Cove South Fork. Anchored from a rock pile and drops about 20 feet down a very chossy wall. Easily bypassed on the LDC side by walking down the shale slope about 150 feet down canyon. dAngelCvSF-R2          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31559   W -110.54157        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 2 - Angel Cove South Fork. Anchored from a rock pile and drops about 55 feet down a vertical wall. The anchor is after downclimbing a ledge of about 6 feet do get to it. dAngelCvSF-R3          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31623   W -110.54067        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 3 - Angel Cove South Fork. Anchored from large boulder at the top of the drop and drops about 55 feet. From the bottom of rap 3 the canyon begins to slot up and become deeper and more narrow. Shortly after rap 3 is a downclimb of about 15 feet in a V-slot. dAngelCvSF-R4          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31652   W -110.54001        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 4 - Angel Cove South Fork. Anchored from large rock protruding from the canyon floor and drops about 25 feet over a boulder between narrow walls. Rap 5 is about 125 feet down canyon with a few scrambling downclimbs between. dAngelCvSF-R5          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31667   W -110.53961        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 5 - Angel Cove South Fork about 120 feet down canyon of rap 4. Anchored from one of the boulders at the top forming a false floor and drops about 35 feet. The first 10 feet are downclimbable down the slot below the boulders. After rap 5 are a few short downclimb between narrow walls and one stem style downclimb of about 10 feet. dAngelCvSF-R6          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31689   W -110.53919        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 6 - Angel Cove SF. Anchored from a large chokestone at the top of the drop and dropps about 20 feet down a shute. Rap 6 can be downclimbed with little difficulty. After rap 6 are 3 downclimbs of 10 to 15 feet each before getting to the confluence of the North and South Forks of Angel Cove about 300 feet down canyon. jAngelCoveConf          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31735   W -110.53834        Elev: 4,410 Feet Just down canyon of this confluence are 7 easy downclimbs of 6 to 12 feet (the last one under a boulder and is a little spicy). This section has the capacity to hold water after recent rains but only to about waist deep. Just after the downclimbs is a short flat patio like area as the canyon begins to sweep left and chnge character to being a little wider.

4 Angel Cove - Canyon from Confluence to End

jAngelCoveConf          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31735   W -110.53834        Elev: 4,410 Feet Just down canyon of this confluence are 7 easy downclimbs of 6 to 12 feet (the last one under a boulder and is a little spicy). This section has the capacity to hold water after recent rains but only to about waist deep. Just after the downclimbs is a short flat patio like area as the canyon begins to sweep left and chnge character to being a little wider. wAngelCv10          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31661   W -110.53650        Elev: NaN Feet This is just after a short patio were there are two potholes that can be bypassed on ledges on the RDC side with the second one being a little harder to bypass. If you can not bypass the second one you could have chest deep water if full. While in this section look high up on the RDC wall for a scenic arch forming about 50 feet down canyon. dAngelCv-R4          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31688   W -110.53535        Elev: 4,260 Feet Angel Cove Rap 4. Anchored from a large boulder about 20 feet back and drops about 70 feet down a vertical wall with a ledge about 50 feet down. If the webbing is not extended to the lip it may require 90 feet of rope travel. This is out where the canyon opens up to a wide ledge / shelf on the RDC side which can be used as an alternate exit making the lower portion of the canyon optional. dAngelCv-R5          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31722   W -110.53532        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 5 Angle Cove Canyon. Anchored from a cairn anchor and drops about 70 feet. From here walk the wash out to the Dirty Devil River and turn right (southeast) to follow use trails. yAngelCove-Bt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31778   W -110.53510        Elev: 4,150 Feet Bottom of Angel Cove Canyon where it meets well worn trail running along the bank of the Dirty Devil River. Follow the trail southeast for the exit route.

5 Angel Cove - Exit

yAngelCove-Bt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31778   W -110.53510        Elev: 4,150 Feet Bottom of Angel Cove Canyon where it meets well worn trail running along the bank of the Dirty Devil River. Follow the trail southeast for the exit route. sAngelPetro02          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31766   W -110.53467        Elev: NaN Feet Rock carvings in the wall about waist high. Not as many or as intricate as those north of Angel Cove though. AngelCvExit11          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31699   W -110.53365        Elev: NaN Feet Trail has been following a sandstone wall then gets to an open sandy area here with a use trail starting up a sand hill. Go up the sand hill to continue the exit. AngelCvExit12          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31610   W -110.53310        Elev: NaN Feet Trail briefly tops out. From here follow the use trail southish as it roughly follows another sandstone wall. AngelCvExit13          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31562   W -110.53275        Elev: NaN Feet Trail tops out again briefly. Follow the trail southish roughly following the wall. There is a trail from here over to the wall where you can scramble up to the shelf above. The scramble up here can be a little tricky but is not overly difficult. If you want an easier way up continue southish to a much easier way up. AngelCvExit14          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31503   W -110.53246        Elev: NaN Feet Trail tops out again with pretty level travel beyond. About 220 feet from here is a spot where the cliff band has dropped down to make an easy walk up onto the top. AngelCvExit15          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31443   W -110.53232        Elev: NaN Feet Trail comes to an easy walk up onto the cliff band you have been following here. Follow the use trail southwestish roughly following the drainage to the south. AngelCvExit16          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31361   W -110.53297        Elev: NaN Feet Follow the use trail over to and down in this side wash and follow westish about 400 feet up the wash. AngelCvExit17          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31332   W -110.53381        Elev: NaN Feet Large pothole in the wash. Makes good navigation aid as this is shortly before leaving the wash to exit up to the mesa above. AngelCvExit18          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31329   W -110.53458        Elev: NaN Feet Leave the wash here by walking northwest up the slickrock slope next to a side draiange commming in from the right (north) that has some small pothole like features. Walk up with the side drainage on your right (east). As a navigation aid this is about 250 feet or down canyon of where the wash you are in begins to have some slickrock slot like features which you can see froom this point. AngelCvExit19          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31347   W -110.53549        Elev: NaN Feet Top of the slope up out of the wash below and on the next higher shelf. Look northwest for the end of the red rock point on the mesa. Route find your way over toward the end of the point just to the left of a large obvious pocket in the cliff band. About 200 feet from herre is the bottom of a trough shaped drainage you cn scramble up on the way there. AngelCvExit20          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31401   W -110.53560        Elev: NaN Feet Bottom of a trough like drainage running up. Follow up this to go up toward the end of the red rock point above. You may need to use your hands in a few steep spots. AngelCvExit21          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31506   W -110.53794        Elev: NaN Feet Part way up a ramp just to the left of a large abvious pocket on the cliff side. Route find your way up the cliff side just left of the large pocket. You will need to climb up a couple spots and possibly assist one another. AngelCvExit22          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31537   W -110.53806        Elev: 4,740 Feet On the mesa top just above the large pocket in the dlif side. Walk west in wide open dirt roughly following along the canyon on the right (north) which is Angel Cove Canyon. yAngelCvSF-Tp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31503   W -110.54239        Elev: 4,755 Feet Use trail for the exit from the Dirty Devil River meets the wash of Angel Cove Cayon here. On the exit travel up the wash about 350 feet and exit to the north where convinient. To drop down the South fork of Angel Canyon continue down the wash over a small shale shelf. AngelCvExit23          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31466   W -110.54392        Elev: NaN Feet A few use trails up out of the wash developing here. For a visual aid look for a hoodoo like rock outcropping. The use trails are developing in the general vicinity of it with the best route being up the ridge to teh left (west) of the Hoodoo like outcropping. AngelCvExit24          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31498   W -110.54452        Elev: 4,840 Feet Up on open flat desert. Walk northwest about 0.2 miles to the cars. tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage.