La Sal Junction, Utah -
Families in Cave Dwellings

The caves were built by a Mormon polygamist for his very-extended family to survive a nuclear war.

Address:
Hatch Point Rd, La Sal Junction, UT
Directions:
I-70 exit 182. South on US 191, through Moab, for about 57 miles. Turn right onto Hwy 179/Wilson Arch Rd for three miles, then right again onto Hatch Point Rd for five miles.
Phone:
425-459-4150

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We were too chicken to go any closer than our pictures show. Seemed like a very vibrant and happy place. Just felt strange how far off the main road it is, and we felt that we were intruding and gawking a bit!

No visitors welcome sign. Trust me, we were definitely looking!

[Emallinen, 09/12/2011]
Families in Cave Dwellings

A community of maybe 6-12 families have built their homes into the side of a huge rock about 25-30 miles southwest of Moab, UT on a dirt road that leads to a place called the "Needles Overlook."

They have a sign that said "Visitors Welcome," so we checked it out. Robert Foster is the community patriarch and gave us a tour. He was a very nice man. This community is really living as a modern stone age family -Flintstones Style - but with all the modern conveniences. Was pretty memorable. [Roger Serzen, 08/10/2006]

[RA: Bob Foster is a polygamist who in 1980 began blasting a honeycombed home into this cliff face for his three wives and 38 children. He was convinced that it would be a safe place when the End Times arrived. For a while he operated a Bed and Breakfast in the caves -- Rockland Ranch Inn -- which may still be in business.]

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