Utah Park List

This ancient Indian village in the heart of Utah's canyon country was one of the largest Anasazi communities west of the Colorado River. The site is believed to have been occupied from A.D. 1050 to 1200. The village remains largely unexcavated, but many artifacts have been uncovered and are ...

Antelope Island is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. It is reached via a 7.2 mile causeway. Activities include saltwater bathing, bird watching, camping, hiking, biking, horseback riding, picnicking, sunbathing, exploring historical sites, photography and viewing wildlife in its natural habitat. Watchable wildlife viewing opportunities abound with a ...

Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. In some areas, faulting has exposed millions of years of geologic history. The extraordinary features of the park, including balanced rocks, fins and pinnacles, ...

Located in the northeastern portion of Utah and southwestern portion of Wyoming, the Ashley National Forest comprises 1.3 million acres. The lands are located in three major area: the northern and southern slopes of the Uinta Mountains, the Wyoming Basin, and the Tavaputs Plateau. The heart of the ...

The campground is in the Baker Dam Recreation Area and is located 17 miles due north of St. George, Utah, just off State Route 18. Camping, reservoir fishing, boating, and picnicing are some of the activities available at this site. Much of the land surrounding the reservoir is ...

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. In the winter snowmobilers and ice anglers are drawn to the area. Bear Lake is famous for its annual January ...

Historically, the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge have been an oasis of water for waterfowl and shorebirds surrounded by arid desert lands. As a key part of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, the Refuge provides habitat for more than 200 species of birds making it a ...

Historically, the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge have been an oasis of water for waterfowl and shorebirds surrounded by arid desert lands. As a key part of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, the Refuge provides habitat for more than 200 species of birds making it a ...

Big Bend Campground is located 7.5 miles from the junction of Highway 191. Big Bend can accommodate large RVs, trailers, and tents. Many of the sites are located next to the Colorado River, and all are surrounded by imposing cliffs. Big Bend has a sand beach, a river walkway, ...

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument's vast and austere Map of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument landscape embraces a spectacular array of scientific and historic resources. This high, rugged, and remote region, where bold plateaus and multi-hued cliffs run for distances that defy human perspective, was the last place in the ...

Managed by the BLM as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and Special Recreation Management Area, the Bonneville Salt Flats are a 30,000 acre expanse of hard, white salt crust on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake basin in Utah. "Bonneville" is also on the National Register ...

The Book Cliffs is a mountain range that covers nearly 200 miles from where the Colorado River descends south through De Beque Canyon into the Grand Valley to Price Canyon. This mountain range is largely composed of sedimentary materials. The name of the range comes from the cliffs of ...

The campground located adjacent to the historic John Jarvie Ranch near Browns Park in Utah. At an elevation 5,700 feet, there are 15 campsites, with a put-in for the Green River, for those seeking trophy fish or whitewater fun. The campground is open year round. ...

Explore where the wild west is still wild and where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out from the long arms of the law. This region was filled with outlaws, guns, and traders. In 1880, John Jarvie, a Scotsman built a ranch along the Green River to ...

What is Bryce Canyon? A cave without a ceiling? A forest of stone? Even 'canyon' is misleading since Bryce is carved by freeze-thaw cycles, not a river. Yet, 'world's largest pothole' is neither adequate nor flattering. At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, ...

Nestled in southern Utah is a little known Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campground known as Calf Creek. From Escalante, Utah go east 15 miles on Utah State Road 12. Located among sandstone cliffs, this quaint little campground's main attraction is a trail that leads to a 126 foot ...

The California Trail carried over 250,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840's and 1850's, the greatest mass migration in American history. Today, more than 1,000 miles of trail ruts and traces can still be seen in the vast undeveloped lands ...

Camp Floyd was built when President James Buchanan dispatched 3,500 troops, nearly one-third of the entire U.S. Army, to suppress the rumored rebellion in Utah. No rebellion or war ever took place in Utah. However, the army stayed to monitor the Mormons, explore the western frontier, and provide safety ...

The BLM information centers are located around the periphery of the Monument. BLM personnel at these centers can provide visitors with essential and detailed information. The centers also offer books and maps for purchase through the cooperating interpretive associations. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 7 days a week mid-March to mid-November Closed mid-November ...

An area of limitless opportunity-- hiking, horseback riding and hiking through the red rock country, exploring canyon country geology or taking a leisurely scenic drive along the Needles/ Anticline overlook roads. The recreation area contains campgrounds at Wind Whistle and Hatch Point. The Needles, Anticline, and Minor Overlooks are all ...

Canyonlands National Park preserves a colorful landscape of sedimentary sandstones eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Located in southeast Utah, the park sits in the heart of a vast basin bordered by sheer cliffs of Wingate Sandstone. The Colorado and Green ...

The Canyons of Escalante are spectacular creations of stone and water, where the Escalante River has carved labyrinthine mazes of canyons into the Aquarius Plateau. Burr Trail and the Hole in the Rock Road provide hikers access to miles of remote canyons. Burr Trail also offers access to Deer ...

Capitol Reef National Park is characterized by sandstone formations, cliffs and canyons, and a 100-mile long bulge in the earth's crust called the Waterpocket Fold. Erosion has carved the rock into marvelous shapes. Since its designation as a national park in 1971, the majesty of Capitol Reef has been ...

Recreation management at Causey Dam and reservoir, a feature of the Weber Basin Project, is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service, Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Situated in a timber setting 15 miles northeast of Ogden, Utah at the 5,700-foot elevation, with a 140-acre surface area on the South ...

A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation) near Cedar City, Utah. Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have created a deep canyon of rock walls, fins, spires and columns, that spans some three miles, and is over 2,000 feet ...

Elevation 5800 feet. One of the world`s most impressive collections of dinosaur bones and fossils from the Jurassic Morrison Formation. Over 12,000 bones from at least 70 different prehistoric critters have been excavated. These bones have been reassembled and displayed in museums throughout the world. More to the point ...

At an elevation of 8,150 ft., atop the Blue Mountain Plateau, would-be fliers can enjoy spectacular deep canyons of both the Green and the Yampa Rivers. Approximately 30 miles east of Vernal, Utah, Cliff Ridge Hang Gliding Area offers outdoor excitement and exploration for the boldest of adventurists. If ...

Clover Spring is a cool escape from the desert heat. The clear, bubbling waters of a natural spring gave this site its name. Cottonwoods trees frame the campground that is a popular trailhead for hikers, horseback riders, and hunters. There are sites for traditional campers and day users in ...

The Colorado River Wildlife Management Area was established in 1999. This refuge was established for the primary purpose of recovering four endangered fish species of the Upper Colorado River system: the Colorado pikeminnow, the razorback sucker, and the humpback and bonytailed chubs. The Upper Colorado River system ...

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. The park has a 22 unit pull-through campground, modern rest rooms, showers, ...