US&8209;89 is the major access to the valley, from Mount Carmel-Orderville, southwest of Glendale. Another paved route enters the valley, and Glendale from the east, ("Lower Kanab Creek to Alton Rd"); the route is from US&8209;89, east of Kanab, and traverses north, then northeast to Long Valley, after going through west perimeter areas of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.
