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Utah
putting the pieces together
Come learn about the unique opportunities the State of Utah has
for family fun. We'll learn about campgrounds, hikes, and other
activities that families can do together in our state that is rich in
natural wonders and resources.
Breaking it Up
 The Big Ones
 Types of Activities
 Areas
– Local - Utah Valley
– South
– East
– West
– North
 Favorites
 Resources
The Big Ones
Five National Parks
 Arches
 Canyon Lands
 Capitol Reef
 Bryce Canyon
 Zions
Seven National Monuments
 Hovenweep National Monument
 Dinosaur National Monument
 Cedar Breaks National Monument
 Timp Cave National Monument
 Grand Staircase – Escalante National
Monument
 Natural Bridges National Monument
 Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Other National Areas
 Golden Spike National Historical Site
 Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area
 Glen Canyon/Lake Powell National
Recreational Area
 National Wildlife Refuges
 Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
 Four Corners (Navajo managed) – closed
until June 2010
State Parks
 Jordenelle (Rock cliff
recreation area)
 Fremont
Types of Activities
 Hikes & Biking
 Drives
 Camping, Fishing, Boating
 Trips & Tours
 Cultural & Museums
 Activities
– Ski, Fun, Events, Rafting, etc.
Hikes & Biking
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Timpanogas
Mount Nebo
Battlecreek Falls
Grovecreek – Battlecreek loop
50 Miles from Snowbird to PG
Ashdown Gorge
Strawberry point
St George Narrows
Alpine canyon & falls
Natural Bridges
Arches
Slot Canyons – San Rafael
Spiral Getty
Hot springs up Diamond Fork
Goblin Valley
– Little Wild Horse slot canyon
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Great Western Trail
Pony Express Trail
Mormon Pioneer Trail
Mountain Biking
Utah Mountain Biking
Trail Guide
Horseback Riding
Hiking
Utah Walks
Bike Walk
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 Bike from Utah Lake to
Bridal Veil Falls
 Jordan River Trail
 Hike “G” “Y”
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Buckskin Gulch
Bullion Falls near Marysville
Drives - Scenic Byways
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Routes Designated National Scenic Byways
Flaming Gorge - Uintas
Highway 12 All American Road
The Energy Loop: Huntington & Eccles Canyons
Nebo Loop
Logan Canyon
Trail of the Ancients
Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway
Brian Head-Panguitch Lake
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Routes Designated Utah Scenic Byways
Alpine Loop
Bear Lake
Beaver Canyon
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Capitol Reef Country
Cedar Breaks
Ogden River
Colorado River
Dead Horse Point Mesa
Fishlake
Indian Canyon
Indian Creek Corridor
Kolob Fingers Road
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Markaguant High Plateau
Mirror Lake
Monument Valley to Bluff
Kanab to Mt Carmel and Long Valley
Ogden River
Potash/Colorado River
Provo Canyon
Zion Park
Other Scenic Drives
Legacy Parkway
27 Fall Colors Tours
Drives
 Canyon Lands
 Water pocket fold & Burr Trail
 Boulder Mountain
 San Rafael Swell
 Nine mile
 Zions
Camping, Fishing, Boating
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Nebo loop (Payson to Santaquin)
Joe’s Valley
Bear Lake
American Fork Canyon
Squaw Peak
Fillmore
State Parks
On-line – www.reserveamerica.com
Back Packing
Bed and Breakfast (ask the veteran residents)
Upper Provo river falls (Uintahs)
Carp fishing
Jordan River
Any reservoir or lake, any river or stream
Trips and Tours
 Cove Fort
 Hogle Zoo
 Pioneer Trail State Park & “This is the Place”
 Gardens
– Utah House & Utah botanical center (Kaysville)
– Red Butte gardens
– Temple square (garden tours)
– Thanksgiving Point Gardens
– Conservation gardens (Orem, West Jordan)
 Historical Houses/sites
Cultural & Museums
 Plays & Theatre
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Small town playhouses
Tuacahn, Shakespearian festival
Capitol Theatre, Pioneer Playhouse, Hale Center Theatre, Off Broadway Theatre
www.utah.com/saltlake/theatre.htm
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Utah Symphony, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Valley Symphony,
Ballet West, Utah Regional Ballet
www.utah.com/arts
 Museums
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www.utah.com/museums
Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Museum
Children’s Museum
Hutchings Museum (Lehi)
Art Museums (Woodbury Gallery, Springville, BYU)
History Museums (Daughters of Utah Pioneers)
 Pageants
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Manti, Clarkston, Castle Valley, Salt Lake
Activities
Ski, Fun, Events, Rafting
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13 Resorts - Brian Head in Southern Utah
Cross Country Skiing – Wasatch Mountain State Park, Soldier Hollow
Cherry Hill Farms
Lagoon
Imax in mall in Salt Lake, Thanksgiving Point
Small Town Celebrations
Rodeos (best in the country)
Temple Square
– Half hour organ concerts at Temple Square
– Christmas lights at TempleSquare
 Caving (Grotto club)
 Rafting – by Flaming Gorge, by Green River, Provo River – upper part
only
Skiing
 Ski Resorts
– Skiing
– Snow Boarding
– Jumping
– Brian Head
 Tubing
 Cross Country Skiing
 Snow shoeing
Local – Utah Valley Area
Lehi
 Thanksgiving Point – Dinosaur & other Museum
 Thanksgiving Point gardens, golf, farm country
 Cabelas (fish)
 Hutchings Museum
 Porter’s Place
 Willow Park – Camping
 Radio remote controlled airplane park
 Lehi Center
– Indoor swimming pool – made for kids
– Climbing wall
West Desert
 Soldier’s Pass – Dolomite “Square rocks”
• Camp Floyd Stage Coach Inn in Fairfield
 5 mile pass
 Clay pits (fossils)
 Hot pots at Saratoga Springs
 Pony Express Trail
 Ghost Towns
 Toplift
 Black Canyon – pinenuts every 3 years?
 Simpson Springs
 Vernon Lake
 Geodes
American Fork & Highland
 Adventure land Park
 American Fork Amphitheatre outdoor
theatre by Developmental Center
 Mt Timpanogas Temple ground
 Tabernacle (family history center)
 Fox Hollow golf course
 Alpine Country club
Alpine
 Candy factory
 Alpine Canyon – Falls
 Sliding Rock - water slide – 1 mile hike
 Historic Pioneer Relic Hall & trails
 Alpine Art Center and Outdoor sculpture
park
Pleasant Grove & Lindon
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
Battle Creek Falls
Grove Creek Canyon hike
Curly Springs
Hogs head trail
Timpanokee to PG
Jump on it
Anderson Park (camping)
Fort markers
Valley Center Play house in Lindon
Grove Theatre (Alhambra)
American Fork Canyon
 Alpine Loop
 Timpanogas Cave
 Timpanokee Hike to Timp
 Mutual Dell
 Camping
 TibbleFork, Silver lake, mines, fishing, hiking
 US cave, Skunk Cave
 Cascade Springs
Provo Canyon
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Aspen Grove
Stewart Falls
Sundance – theatre, skiing Art Shack!
Bridal Veil Falls, Upper Falls
Wasatch Valley Railroad (Heber Creeper)
Provo River fishing
Deer Creek Dam
Wallsburg, North Fork,
Squaw Peak Camp ground
Squaw Peak view
River running (to Vivian Park)
Orem
 Woodbury art museum
 Hale Center Theatre
 Scera Park
 Scera Theatre
 Classic Skating - Roller Skating Rink
 UVU great events!
– Athletics, Library, Plays, Dance, etc.
Provo
 Crandall Historical Printing Museum
 Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
 Provo library (it's a cool library, lots of good events)
 BYU
– Earth Science Museum
– Monte L. Bean Museum
– Art Museum
– Museum of peoples and culture
– Building displays – Food science building aquariums
Springville
 Hobble Creek Canyon
 Kelly’s Grove
 Springville Art Museum
 Art city play house
 Hobble Creek Parkway Trail
 Jolley’s Ranch
 Springville World Folkfest (last week July)
Spanish Fork
 Spanish Fork Canyon
 Diamond Fork
 Spanish Fork Fairgrounds
 Krishna Temple
 Utah Valley Llamas
 Daughters of Utah Pioneer’s Museum
 Festival of Lights
Payson
 Payson Canyon
 Payson community plays
 Payson Lakes
 Nebo Loop
 Scottish Festival
South County
 Young Living Lavender Farms
 Burston Ponds
 South Ridge Farms (Santaquin)
Salt Lake Area
 Aquarium in Sandy
 This is the place state park
 Temple Square
 Ensign Peak hike
 State Capital
 Red Butte Gardens
 Natural History Museum at UofU
 Art Museum at UofU
 Fun places to stay – avenues, etc.
 Kings English book store up in Salt Lake (great
independent book store, also lots of good author
events)
State by the “Pieces”
South
 Petrified wood in San Rafael
 Swinging Bridge, Wedge, Hondoo
 Red Canyon
 Hole in the Rock
 Hot springs by Fillmore
 Calf Creek Falls
 Big Rock Candy Mountain
 Coral Pink Sand Dunes
East
 Nine Mile
– http://www.climb-utah.com/Misc/ninemile.htm
 Dinosaur
 Uintahs
 Smith & Morehouse
 Wolf Creek Pass
 Mount Baldy hike
 Fish in small streams
 Lake Marjorie
West
 Great Basin National Monument & Lehman
Caves
 Geodes
 Ghost towns
 Topaz Mountain
 Simpson Springs
North
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Ice caves up Logan
Promintory point
Bear lake (beach)
Great Salt Lake
Antelope Island
Wheeler Farm
Temple square
Hogle Zoo
Hardware Ranch
Wildlife refuges (bird)
Minetonka cave
Hiking the wind caves up Logan canyon
Tony Grove
Hill Airforce Base Museum
Favorites
 4 day 3 nights trip
– Goblin Valley, Capitol Reef,
Boulder Mountain, Anasai,
Calf Creek, Escalante, Bryce,
Big Rock Candy mountain
 Overnight trip
– Bryce Canyon, Kodachrome
 Counties
Resources
 www.utah.gov
 www.utah.com
 http://www.utah.com/topspots/
 www.utahvalley.org/thing-to-do
 www.utahoutdooractivities.com
 http://utahlinks.org
 www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/ututah.html
 www.uen.org/counties
 www.co.tooele.ut.us/ht00_index.html
 www.nps.gov/state/UT
 www.recreation.gov
 http://utah.citysearch.com
 www.localhikes.com
 http://scenicutah.com/
 100 Hikes in Utah by Steve Mann & Rhett Olson
 Ranger stations – PG,
 BLM, National Forest Service, NPS,
The Beginning
 Find a dirt road and follow it!
Go prepared! Be safe! Have fun!
Leave it better for the next guy!