Escalante (/ ɛ s k ə ˈ l ɑː n t eɪ /, [citation needed] locally / ˈ ɛ s k əl æ n (t) i / or / ˈ ɛ s k əl æ n t /) is a city in central Garfield County, Utah, United States, located along Utah Scenic Byway 12 (SR-12) in the south central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, there were 797 people living in the city.. The city is named after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a …