If you're looking for something beyond the usual trail ride on your 4-wheeler, consider taking a guided tour through a ghost town and more in Utah. The Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour is located west of Marysvale, Utah. The tour goes through the Bullion Canyon, and is a historic tour designed to introduce you to the life and times of the thousands of miners and other people that were drawn to the Canyon of Gold area in hopes of striking gold in the mid 1800s. If you are following the Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour the whole way, it should take about an hour to soak in all of the fascinating local history.
The first stop on the Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour is the Toll Road. Here you will see the remnants of the first road build in the area in 1969. The Toll Road was built as a way to make money, but eventually miners built an alternate route, which is closer to the one that is used today. The second stop on the Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour is the Mill stables, which is where the mules that were used to carry the gold were kept. Stop number three on the tour is the Witt Tate Mine, which was the base of operations for a man named Witt Tate, who was trying to mine gold and silver in the 1920s.
The fourth stop on the Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour is the Dalton Mill, where you can see the remains of both the mill and a popular boarding house that was once near by it. After that, on the next stop you will see a part of boulder that was cut by an arrastra, which implies that there were settlers in the area much earlier than documented. The sixth stop on the 4-wheeler trail goes through Bullion City, which showcases the many mines in the area. The seventh site on the Canyon of Gold 4-wheeler Riding Tour is the Gibbs Cabin site, which explores the remnants of the Gibbs Cabin. Stop eight explores the Bully Boy Mill,and the tour ends at the Miners Park Trail.
