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Snow Canyon State Park

Snow Canyon State ParkSnow Canyon State Park is a 7,400-acre scenic park quietly tucked amid lava flows and soaring sandstone cliffs in a strikingly colorful and fragile desert environment. Majestic views and the subtle interplay of light, shadow, and color dancing across canyon walls evoke strong emotional responses from visitors.

Silver Reef - Utah Ghost Towns

Silver Reef - Utah Ghost TownsThe Silver Reef Ghost Town is surrounded by development and most of the towns buildings and old mining equipment have be closed to public access. It's still worth visiting as you can see some of the old ruins right from the road. Sliver Reef is 1/2 miles northwest of Leeds Utah, and there is an exit right off of I-15 marked Silver Reef.

Veyo Pool and Crawdad Canyon Rock Climbing Park

Veyo Pool and Crawdad Canyon Rock Climbing Park
Located approximately 17 miles north of St. George Utah is the Veyo Pool and Crawdad Canyon Rock Climbing Park. The resort is located along the Santa Clara river in a small steep basalt canyon. Here the Santa Clara river has carved its way through 1 and 2 million year old basalt flows creating Crawdad Canyon.

Zion National Park

Zion National ParkZion National Park is world-renowned for its stunning scenery and claustrophobia-inducing slot canyons. But prior to becoming Utah’s first national park in 1919, it was rarely visited because of its remote location. The roads were awful and few automobiles could make it. Accessibility slowly began to improve when President Taft made the area a national monument in 1909.

St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm

St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm
The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm houses exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur tracks, fossil fish and plants, rare dinosaur remains, invertebrates traces and important sedimentary structures. This site is described by many paleontologists as "one of the ten best dinosaur track sites in the world" and is one of the most important discoveries in Early Jurassic paleontological history. Additionally, several uniquely accurate dinosaur reproductions, such as Scelidosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and Megapnosaurus, may also be seen here.

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