Location: About 16 miles west southwest of Page, AZ. Permit required through BLM.

Find the location: Copy the coordinates below. Open Google Earth, paste the coordinates into "Fly To" and click on the magnifying glass.

Turn off onto House Rock Road roughly:
37° 07' 35.07" N
111° 58' 36.69" W

Wire Pass Parking Lot roughly:
37° 01' 08.56" N
112° 01' 29.83" W

South Coyote Buttes is...you guessed it to the south. At present I can give adequate directions and would advise talking to the BLM. You need their permission anyway.

Equipment:  Hasselblad C501 with 50 mm lens and polarizing filter.  Velvia transparency film, ISO 50.

Digital imaging/manipulation:  Image scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Multi PRO at 4800 dpi.  Emulsion artifact removed. Color adjusted and flare in the upper left of the sky was darkened.

Notes: Out of Page AZ, travel along highway 89 to Big Water.  There is a BLM office there that can give you information.  A second BLM office is open in the warmer seasons and is located west of Cottonwood Canyon road (BLM ison the south side of the highway on a hill).  The means of gaining access to this area have varied over the years and visitation is limited in ways that are not always fair.  You should access the internet to see what current rules are.  In the past, internet reservations could be made a year in advance.  If that is still the case, make them at 12:01 AM of the first day available.  It’s that bad, at least for Coyote Buttes North where the Wave is located.  Coyote Buttes South has much less visitation.  In our experience, even the people at the BLM don’t know what’s back there.  Our exploration has been limited but there are very interesting places.  PACK A SHOVEL!  Though we haven't gotten stuck on two trips, we came close.  Also, take a cell phone, it’s hard to know where you’ll get reception.  All in all, you aren’t really that far from House Rock Road, and that’s traveled regularly.