Pony Express trail · Station XV of 12 covered
Canyon Station and Deep Creek Canyon
The original Canyon Station site, in a place chosen for shelter and later regretted for it.
Position Overland Canyon, Juab County, Utah · approximate, no coordinate on record
The first Canyon Station stood inside the canyon, where the walls gave protection from weather. The same walls gave cover to anyone approaching, and that mattered in 1863.
What is left is stone footings and a marker. The site is easy to miss and worth not missing, because the ground itself explains what happened here better than any interpretation board.
The trail through Overland Canyon is the oldest-feeling part of the route. Wheel ruts are still visible in places where the rock was cut.
This is remote, unpaved country with no fuel, no water and thin phone coverage for a hundred miles. Carry more water than you think you need, tell somebody your route, and do not attempt the crossing in a low car after rain. The BLM manages most of the road; call the Salt Lake Field Office for current conditions rather than trusting any page, including this one.