Utah Natural Park Wonders
National and State Wonders Found in the Beehive State:
National Recreation Trails:
Utah, known as perhaps the state with the most vibrant colors and amazing geographic formations (canyons, arches, spires, buttes, and hoodoos from dolomite, limestone, siltstone), is home to The Great Salt Lake, the Rocky Mountians, and one of the highest concentrations of national parks, monuments, and forests.
Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. Follow the links below to obtain more information, insider tips, and pictures, as well as ideas for where to stay when visiting.
National Parks:
Arches National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Canyonlands National Park Capitol Reef National Park Zion National Park
National Monuments:
Cedar Breaks National Monument. Established: 1933. [Official Site] Dinosaur National Monument. Established: 1915. [Official Site] Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Established: 1996. [Official Site] Hovenweep National Monument. Location: Colorado, Utah. Established: 1923. [Official Site] Natural Bridges National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1908. [Official Site] Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1910. [Official Site] Timpanogos Cave National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1922. [Official Site]
National Recreation Trails:
Cascade Falls National Recreation Trail Fisher Towers Trail Fish Creek Trail Gooseberry Mesa Trail Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Lakeshore - Utah Trail Moab Slickrock Bike Trail Mount Timpanogos Trail Naomi Peak Trail Skyline Trail
National Recreation Areas:
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Location: northeast corner of Utah and the southwest corner of Wyoming, and administered by the Forest Service as part of the Ashley National Forest. [Official Site] Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Location: straddles north central Arizona, south central Utah, including Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon and encompassing more than 1.2 million acres, and administered by the National Park Service. [Official Site]
National Forests:
Ashley National Forest. Location: Vernal, Utah (as well as Wyoming). [Official Site] Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho (as well as Wyoming and Utah). [Official Site] Dixie National Forest. Location: Cedar City, Utah. [Official Site] Fishlake National Forest. Location: Richfield, Utah. [Official Site] Manti-La Sal National Forest. Location: Price, Utah. [Official Site] Sawtooth National Forest. Location: Twin Falls, Idaho (as well as Utah). [Official Site] Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Location: Provo, Utah. [Official Site]
National Wildlife Refuges:
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
National Wilderness Areas:
Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Beartrap Canyon Wilderness Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Blackridge Wilderness Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Canaan Mountain Wilderness Cedar Mountain Wilderness Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Cottonwood Forest Wilderness Cougar Canyon Wilderness Dark Canyon Wilderness Deep Creek Wilderness Deep Creek North Wilderness Deseret Peak Wilderness Doc's Pass Wilderness Goose Creek Wilderness High Uintas Wilderness LaVerkin Creek Wilderness Lone Peak Wilderness
Mount Naomi Wilderness Mount Nebo Wilderness Mount Olympus Wilderness Mount Timpanogos Wilderness Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness Red Butte Wilderness Red Mountain Wilderness Slaughter Creek Wilderness Taylor Creek Wilderness Twin Peaks Wilderness Wellsville Mountain Wilderness Zion Wilderness
National Conservation Areas:
Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area [Official Site] Red Cliffs National Conservation Area [Official Site]
National Scenic Roads and Byways:
Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway Logan Canyon Scenic Byway Nebo Loop Scenic Byway Scenic Byway 12 - A Journey Through Time Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway Trail of the Ancients
Utah State Parks, Campgrounds, Recreational Areas:
Anasazi State Park Antelope Island State Park Bear Lake State Park Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park Dead Horse State Park Deer Creek State Park East Canyon State Park
Edge of the Cedars State Park Escalante State Park Fort Buena-Ventura State Park Fremont Indian State Park & Museum Goblin Valley State Park Goosenecks State Park Great Salt Lake State Marina Green River State Park Gunlock State Park Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park Huntington State Park Hyrum State Park Iron Mission State Park Museum Jordan River State Park Jordanelle State Park Kodachrome Basin State Park Millsite State Park Minersville State Park Otter Creek State Park
Palisade State Park Piute State Park Quail Creek State Park Red Fleet State Park Rockport State Park Scofield State Park Snow Canyon State Park Starvation State Park Steinaker State Park Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum This Is The Place Heritage Park Utah Field House of Natural History Museum Utah Lake State Park Wasatch Mountain State Park Willard Bay State Park Yuba State Park
State Scenic Roads and Byways:
Bear Lake Scenic Byway Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway (U-153) Bicentennial Highway Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway Bull Creek Pass National Back Country Byway Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway (U-148) Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway (U-96) Fishlake Scenic Byway (U-25) Great Salt Lake Legacy Parkway Huntington Canyon Scenic Byway (U-31) Indian Canyon Scenic Byway Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway Kolob Reservoir Road Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway Markaguant High Plateau Scenic Byway (U-14)
Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway Mt. Carmel Scenic Byway Nine Mile Canyon Backway Ogden River Scenic Byway Pony Express Trail National Back Country Byway Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway (U-279) Provo Canyon Scenic Byway Silver Island Mountain National Back Country Byway Smithsonian Butte National Back Country Byway Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway (U-128) Zion Park Scenic Byway (U-9)
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