Antelope Island is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. It is reached via a 7.2 mile causeway.
This former military post quartered the largest troop concentration in the United States from 1858 to 1861. About 400 buildings housed the 3, 500 troops sent West to suppress an assumed Mormon rebellion. The troops returned East in 1861 for Civil War duty.
Twelve miles off U.S. Highway 89 near Kanab, lies the wide-sweeping expanse of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. It is a wonderful place for riding off-highway vehicles, taking photographs or just playing in the sand.
East Canyon Reservoir is a 680-acre boating and year-round fishing delight nestled in the mountains northeast of Salt Lake City on state routes 65 and 66.
Edge of The Cedars State Park is the site of a pre-Colombian Pueblo Indian ruin and a modern museum, which is the regional archaeological repository for southeast Utah.
Scores of intricately eroded creatures greet visitors to Goblin Valley. Hike among intricately eroded rock formations in haunting coves in this photographers' paradise.
The marina is 16 miles west of Salt Lake City on Interstate 80. A marina with 300 slips is available for year-round boating on the lake that seldom freezes. No entrance fee is charged.
In scenic red rock country, 15 miles northwest of sunny St. George lies the 240-acre Gunlock Reservoir where year-round boating, water sports and quality fishing for bass and catfish attract visitors. Facilities include boat launching ramp and pit privies.
This beautifully landscaped state park is 237 acres of boating, swimming and fishing fun. The park is located just outside Huntington on State Route 10 at the base of the Wasatch Plateau.
Hyrum State Park invites boating, year-round fishing, water-skiing, camping and swimming on a 450-acre lake in northern Utah.
Jordanelle Reservoir is located in a picturesque mountain setting near Heber City. The park offers an array of recreational opportunities near the Wasatch Front.
Located in the mountains of northern Utah, Lost Creek is a 365-surface-acre reservoir perfect for boating, fishing and water sports. The park is 10 miles northeast of Croyden.
A secluded 435-acre lake at the mouth of scenic Ferron Canyon awaits visitors who love water-oriented activities. Millsite State Park also offers access to excellent off-highway vehicle and mountain bike riding areas. Fishing is open year-round.
Piute State Park is open year-round for trophy fishing. Popular activities include camping, boating, waterfowl hunting in season and rock hounding. Piute Reservoir is a 3, 360-acre mountain lake 12 miles south of Marysvale just off U.S. Highway 89.
Quail Creek State Park provides excellent year-round camping, picnicking, boating, and trout and bass fishing in sunny southwest Utah. The park is three miles east of the Interstate 15 Hurricane exit on State Route 9.
Nestled among scenic red slick-rock formations, Red Fleet Reservoir offers excellent boating and year-round fishing. This picturesque state park is located 10 miles north of Vernal just off Highway 191.
Starvation Reservoir offers 3, 50-acres of fishing and boating fun four miles northwest of Duchesne on Highway 40. A 54 unit campground, sandy beach, modern rest rooms, showers, group-use area, and fish cleaning and sewage disposal stations are available.
DescriptionStep back in time as you walk through the dinosaur garden. Look up to a full-size replica of a 20-foot tall Tyrannosaurus with six-inch knife-like teeth or look down on a ferocious four-foot meat-eating Coelophysis.
Willard Bay rests atop the Great Salt Lake flood plain in northern Utah. Its 9, 900 acres of fresh water provide boating, waterskiing and year-round fishing for crappie, walleye, wiper and catfish. Camping also is popular at the park.
Warm water and sandy beaches lure visitors to Yuba from April through November for boating, swimming, waterskiing, picnicking and year-round fishing. Fishing is for walleye and yellow perch.
Escalante State Park features colorful deposits of mineralized wood and dinosaur bones. The 130-acre Wide Hollow Reservoir on the park's boundary adds water recreation and fishing. OHV riding areas are closeby. The park is located 1.
Fremont Indian State Park was established to preserve Clear Creek Canyon's treasury of rock art and archaeological sites. Visit the museum in the visitor center where a video program introduces you to the Fremont Indians.
Green River State Park is an oasis on the bank of the Green River where tall cottonwood trees shade well-manicured lawns.
The Iron Mission museum tells the story of development in Iron County when, in the 1850s, Brigham Young sent Mormon missionaries there to mine iron. Museum displays include horse-drawn vehicles used from 1850 to 1920 and a collection of pioneer artifacts.
Kodachrome Basin is a spectacle of massive sandstone chimneys, ever-changing from gray and white to shades of red with the day's mood. Numerous rocks and coves offer solitude, quiet and unique desert beauty.
Year-round fishing and boating on 3, 120-acre Otter Creek Reservoir are the park's featured activities. The park is four miles northwest of Antimony on State Route 22.
Seventy-acre Palisade Reservoir draws swimmers, year-round anglers and non-motorized watercraft enthusiasts. There is also an 18-hole golf course, practice range, professional golf shop and snack bar.
Rockport Reservoir features first-rate, year-round fishing, waterskiing, swimming, sailboarding and sailboating. It is 45 miles east of Salt Lake City near Wanship on State Route 32.
Scofield is both a summer and winter recreation delight. It is situated 7, 600 feet above sea level in the Manti-LaSal Mountains of the Wasatch Plateau. The 2, 800-acre lake offers excellent boating and year-round fishing.
Sandy beaches, swimming, boating and waterskiing top the list of activities at Steinaker. Year-round fishing is for rainbow trout and largemouth bass. The park is seven miles north of Vernal, just off Utah Highway 191 in northeastern Utah.
Utah's oldest existing governmental building is the Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore. In anticipation of Utah's statehood, Brigham Young directed construction of the building as the state's capitol. Only the south wing was ever completed.
At Utah Lake you can fish year-round for channel catfish, walleye, white bass, black bass and several different species of panfish in Utah's largest fresh water lake.
Wasatch Mountain State Park, in beautiful Heber Valley, is Utah's most developed state park. Tucked away in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, the park is both a summer and winter wonderland.
Bear Lake is nestled high in the Rocky Mountains on the Utah-Idaho border. Waterskiing, swimming, scuba diving and sailing are favorite activities. Fishing is for cutthroat, mackinaw and whitefish.
Dead Horse Point is perhaps Utahs most spectacular state park. Towering 2, 000 feet directly above the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands sculptured pinnacles and buttes.
A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation) near Cedar City, Utah.
Natural Bridges protects some of the finest examples of ancient stone architecture in the southwest. Located on a tree-covered mesa cut by deep sandstone canyons, three natural bridges formed where meandering streams eroded the canyon walls.
Arches National Park preserves over two thousand natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.
At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes.
The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell).
Timpanogos Cave National Monument sits high in the Wasatch Mountains. The cave system consists of three spectacularly decorated caverns. Each cavern has unique colors and formations.
Zion is an ancient Hebrew word meaning a place of refuge or sanctuary. Protected within the park's 229 square miles is a dramatic landscape of sculptured canyons and soaring cliffs.
Recreation at East Canyon Dam and reservoir, a feature of the Weber Basin Project, is managed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. The park headquarters phone number is (801) 829-6866.
Huntington North Reservoir, a feature of the Emery County Project, was created by the Huntington North Dam and the East and West Dikes.
The Moon Lake Project is in northeastern Utah on the north side of the Duchesne River about 140 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Red Fleet Dam, a feature of the Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, is on Big Brush Creek about 10 miles northeast of Vernal, Utah.
Flows of Ashley Creek are regulated by Steinaker Dam, Central Utah Project, Vernal Unit, constructed offstream in Steinaker Draw about 3.5 miles north of Vernal, Utah.
Fontenelle Dam, Powerplant, and Reservoir, Seedskadee Project, are located on the Green River 24 miles southeast of La Barge, Wyoming. The reservoir has a surface area of 8, 000 acres.
Upper Stillwater Dam and Reservoir, features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, are are Rock Creek, about 31 miles northwest of Duchesne, Utah.Recreation management at Upper Stillwater Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Willard Bay Reservoir is formed by Arthur V. Watkins Dam, which is a feature of the Weber Basin Project. Recreation management at Willard Bay is performed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Strawberry Dam is on the Strawberry River about 29 miles southeast of Provo, Utah. Strawberry Reservoir is the primary storage facility for the Bonneville Unit, Cental Utah Project.
Recreation facilities at San Luis Lake were constructed under a cost-share agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the State of Colorado during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Currant Creek Dam and Reservoir, on Currant Creek, are features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit. Recreation management at Currant Creek Reservoir, Central Utah Project-Bonneville Unit, is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service.
Recreation at Deer Creek Dam and Reservoir, Provo River Project, is managed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. The park headquarters phone number is 1-800-322-3770.
Recreation at Echo Dam and reservoir, Weber River Project, is managed by Echo Resort under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. Echo Resort can be reached at (435) 336-2247, (435) 336-9894, or (801) 467-9640 or (435) 336-9897 (South Beach).
Hyrum Dam and Reservoir, Hyrum Project, are on the Little Bear River near Hyrum, Utah about 30 miles northeast of Ogden. Hyrum Dam is a rolled earthfill structure 116 feet high and containing 430, 000 cubic yards of material.
Joes Valley Dam, Emery County Project, is an earthfill dam 1, 290, 000 cubic yards in volume, 192 feet above streambed, and 750 feet long at the crest. Recreation management at Joes Valley Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Jordanelle Dam and Reservoir, features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, are on the Provo River about 10 miles north of Heber City, Utah at the 6, 130-foot elevation. The reservoir has a 3, 050 surface area.
Lost Creek Dam and Reservoir, Weber Basin Project, are on Lost Creek, 12 miles upstream from its confluence with Weber River. Recreation at Lost Creek Reservoir is directly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Pineview Dam and Reservoir, Ogden River Project, on the Ogden River east of Ogden, Utah, were constructed in 1937 and later enlarged. Recreation management at Pineview Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Rockport Reservoir, Weber Basin Project, was formed by the construction of Wanship Dam on the Weber River. Recreation management at Rockport Reservoir is performed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Scofield Dam, Scofield Project, is on the Price River, a tributary of the Green River, about 22 miles northwest of Price, Utah.
Starvation Dam and reservoir, Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, on the Strawberry River is filled by surplus winter and spring flows from the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers.
Stateline Dam, Lyman Project, on the east fork of Smiths Fork within the Wasatch National Forest in Utah, is about 1/2 mile south of the Utah-Wyoming State line.Recreation management at Stateline Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Flaming Gorge Dam, Reservoir, and Powerplant, features of the Colorado River Storage Project, are on the Green River in northeastern Utah about 32 miles downstream from the Utah-Wyoming border.
Big Sandy Dam and Reservoir, Eden Project, are on Big Sandy Creek about 15 miles north of Farson, Wyoming. Recreation at Big Sandy Reservoir is directly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Nestled in a pocket of the spectacular Virgin River Gorge, this recreation area is surrounded by colorful cliffs and rocky canyons.
The 84 miles of the Green River that run through Desolation and Gray Canyons provide a premiere wilderness river trip through Utah's deepest canyons. The river traveler encounters approximately 60 Class II and III rapids.
The Grand Gulch/Cedar Mesa Plateau is a unique area for exploring. This is a place where cultural resources are found in primitive and wilderness-like settings. Most canyons and cultural sites can only be reached by hiking or backpacking.
Elevation 8000 ft. 18 campsites. 3 large group, day-use sites available through reservations. There is a self-guided nature walk through the forest of oak, pines, and mountain mahogany to the ridgetop. Fantastic overlooks from the canyon.
An area of limitless opportunity-- hiking, horseback riding and hiking through the redrock country, exploring canyon country geology or taking a leisurely scenic drive along the Needles/ Anticline overlook roads.
5000 foot elevation. 19 campsites by the reservoir formed by the Santa Clara River. Fishing for brown and rainbow trout in a shady camping area.
Elevation 4000 feet. A flat and gentle desert river, flowing through a region of spectacular canyons. A great 4 day canoe trip.
Elevation 6300 feet. 9 campsites in a spectacularly colorful setting, just north of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The campground itself is in a ponderosa forest which borders the unique Coral Pink Sand Dunes.
Elevation 5700 ft. A diverse area, with outlaw hideouts and blue ribbon fishing in the Green River. Located along a wonderful two lane paved road that heads to the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery and Dinosaur National Monument.
A beautiful drive along Cottonwood Creek Drive takes you to this rare double natural arch, one of the most unusual featured of the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument.
Elevation 5000 - 5400 feet. These rolling dunes are comprised of 60, 000 acres of free-moving sand dunes, sagebrush flats, and juniper-covered hills.
There is something for everyone on this remote river in Utah's high-desert country. Bighorn sheep can be viewed along the river's south side, so remember to bring your binoculars.
This area contains 455, 000 acres of diverse ecosystems in a very remote setting, and maintains a "frontier mystique.
Elevation 4000 ft. Primitive camping and picnicking on the banks of the Colorado River.
Elevation 4500 feet. 150 tentsites, which can hold up to 4 tents/2 vehicles each. This area is a veritable mecca for fat tire enthusiasts, so grab your camelback, strap on your helmet, and get on out onto that slickrock for the ride of your life.
Elevation 4000 - 7000 feet. A magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted upright throgh massive geologic upheaval.
Elevation 4700 feet. Pariette is a lush oasis in the middle of the desert, and a birder`s paradise. The complex of freshwater ponds is richly inhabited by wetlands flora and fauna, and surrounded by marshes.
Naturally weathered sandstone rises dramatically from clay beds, exposing fantastically colored and shaped formations 40 miles south of Vernal.
The Canyons of the Escalante--Wonders in Water and Stone.
Located in central Utah, the Fishlake National Forest has mountains rising from the valleys and elevated plateaus holding hidden niches of beauty and solitude. Water is especially important in this semi-arid climate and small streams "feed" the valleys.
Located in northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, lies the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Located in the northeastern portion of Utah and southwestern portion of Wyoming, the Ashley National Forest comprises 1.3 million acres.
Three National Parks and two National Monuments are adjacent to the Forest. The scenic beauty for which these areas were set aside prevails over much of the Forest. Red sandstone formations of Red Canyon rival those of Bryce Canyon National Park.
Located in central and southeastern Utah, lies the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The forest contains over a million acres in three mountain blocks provding islands of green rising above the desert. Find adventure, romance, and unparalleled scenery.
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