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Bear Lake State Park
940 North Bear Lake Boulevard, Garden City, UT
Brilliantly blue waters combined with sandy beaches are what call park visitors to play, fish, boat, and camp here at Bear Lake State Park. Minerals (calcium carbonate) suspended in the lake’s waters are what help create its spectacular aqua-blue color.
The Park’s concession operator, Bear Lake Fun Time, offers a variety of goods and services. So, whether it’s boat rentals, comfortable cabins, fast-food services, or on-the-water fuel at the marina, we can help complete your vacation here at Bear Lake.
Three distinct areas of the Park provide a number of amenities for both day and overnight use:
The State Marina –on the west side of Bear Lake – On the north end of Garden City, approximately 1 mile north of the US 89 and SR 30 junction.
Rendezvous Beach – On the southwest curve of Bear Lake – Approximately 2 miles northwest from Laketown on SR 30 from the Cisco Road and SR 30 junction.
The Park’s Eastside Areas – On the east side of Bear Lake – Includes the areas known as First Point, South Eden, Cisco Beach, Rainbow Cove, and North Eden. Distances vary from four miles to 13 miles north on Cisco Road from Laketown and the Cisco Road and SR 30 Junction.
DISCOVER
Bear Lake was formed 28,000 years ago by earthquake activity. At an elevation of 5,923 feet, Bear Lake is 20 miles long and eight miles wide, 208 feet deep, and covers 112 square miles.
Originally Bear Lake was called Black Bear Lake by Donald Mackenzie, explorer for the North West Fur Company who discovered it in 1819 while scouting for fur-bearing animals. The name was later changed to Bear Lake.
WHY IS IT SO BLUE? Its beautiful and unique green-blue color is the result of calcium carbonates suspended in the lake.
Bear Lake State Park – Rendezvous Beach is named for the famous rendezvous of fur trappers and Indians held in the summers of 1827 and 1828. A thousand or more Native Americans and mountain men – including Jedediah Smith – attended the gatherings. There were so many campfires at the south end of the lake at these trading sessions that one observer called the area “a lighted city.”
East Side areas of Cisco Beach, South Eden, North Eden, Rainbow Cove and First Point: These improved, but primitive areas are located on the east side of the lake and are four to twelve miles north of Laketown. The terrain is rocky and the water depth drops off quickly to 208 feet.
Cisco Beach is famous for its midwinter fishing with dip nets for the small, seven-inch Bonneville Cisco, a member of the white fish family. For 10 days to two weeks at the end of every January, swarms of Cisco come close to the rocky shore to spawn. They are easily scooped up by hardy fishermen wading waist-deep in the icy water or through holes in the ice if the lake is frozen.
Cisco Beach is also known for excellent inland water scuba diving opportunities. The rocky bottom and the steep drop-off close to shore make this location a favorite of divers from the tri-state area.
Opened to the public as a state park in 1962.
Park Elevation: 5,930 feet.
White Pine Lake Trail
Tony Grove Road, Logan, UT
Naomi Peak Trail
Tony Grove Road, Logan, UT
High Creek Sheep Drive Trail
Tony Grove Lake Loop, Logan, UT
Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area
Highway 101/Blacksmith Fork Canyon Road, Hyrum, UT
A visit to the ranch is both fun and educational. During winter months, a trip to Hardware Ranch WMA makes a great outing that will provide the whole family with the memorable experience of viewing wild Rocky Mountain elk up close. During the summer, Hardware Ranch WMA area provides great opportunities for outdoor recreation and wildlife viewing.
Old Juniper Trail
Highway 89, Logan, UT
Crimson Trail
Highway 89, Logan, UT
Antelope Island State Park
4528 West 1700 South, Syracuse, UT
Elevation
4,200 feet at the shore. Frary Peak is the island's highest point at 6,596 feet.
History
John C. Fremont and Kit Carson made the first known Anglo exploration of Antelope Island in 1845. The Island was named after the explorers observed several pronghorn antelope grazing on the rangelands.
Fielding Garr established the first permanent residence on the island in 1848. The ranch house he built is the oldest Anglo-built structure in Utah still on its original foundation.
The island and ranch passed from owner to owner until 1981 when the State of Utah purchased the 28,000-ace island for a State Park.
Deer Creek State Park
Utah 314, Wallsburg, UT
Windsurf, boat, zip line, swim and fish on the cool waters of Deer Creek Reservoir. After a day on the water, camp under the night sky at one of several campgrounds, all with spectacular views of nearby Mount Timpanogos.
Life jackets are required for each person on a vessel – including kayaks and stand up paddle boards. Cold water boating conditions exist, wear your lifejacket!
The Chokecherry Campground is open for summer camping; reservations recommended. See current conditions for more info.
Any boat coming from out of state or Lake Powell must still be inspected and decontaminated before launching into Deer Creek. Please remember to continue to complete, sign and display an Aquatic Invasive Species Certification Form before launching.
DISCOVER
Deer Creek State Park is easily accessible from the Wasatch Front; within one-half hour from Provo and an hour from Salt Lake City. The reservoir and park are extremely popular for recreation and camping. Major park activities are water-based and include boating, water skiing, sailing, windsurfing, swimming, and fishing.
Deer Creek Reservoir is the principle feature of the Provo River Project and was constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in the late 1930s. Because of desperate water shortages along the Wasatch Front, the reservoir was approved by congress in 1935. Construction started in the spring of 1938 and was finished 17 years later in 1955, although water was available for use as early as 1941. Under contract with the BOR, the Provo River Water Users Association agreed to repay the construction costs of the project as well as operate and maintain the facilities. Under early administration of the reservoir, water sports were prohibited on the lake and it was used primarily for fishing. In January 1971, a cooperative agreement was signed delegating the division of Parks and Recreation the responsibility for the administration, development and operation of recreational use on the reservoir and adjoining state lands. Deer Creek State Park was established, and at this time the parks board opened the lake to other recreational uses and programmed expenditures for capital improvements.
The reservoir is approximately six miles long with a maximum surface area of 2,965 acres, a mean depth of 65 feet (maximum depth of 137 feet), and offers 18 miles of shoreline. Deer Creek Reservoir stores water from the Provo River, as well as surplus water from both the Weber and Duchesne rivers. The water is used as supplemental irrigation water and provides municipal and industrial water service for the metropolitan water districts of Salt Lake, Provo, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, American Fork and Lehi.
Opened to the public as a state park in 1971.
Park Elevation: 5,400 feet
Great Salt Lake State Marina
13312 West 1075 South, Magna, UT
Great Salt Lake State Marina is home the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, which boasts the saltiest sailors on earth. Visitors will enjoy the beautiful views of Great Salt Lake, nearby Antelope Island State Park, and Black Rock.
It’s difficult not to notice the nearby Saltair Resort, which is a modern-day remnant in symbol of the original Saltair, which was much more elaborate, and built on pilings over the shore area of Great Salt Lake. The new resort offers concerts and a concession service for souvenirs.
In 1980, the marina was enlarged with new boat docks.
Opened to the public as a state park in 1978.
Park Elevation: 4,200 feet
Goblin Valley State Park
Highway 24, Green River, UT
Cowboys searching for cattle first discovered secluded Goblin Valley. Then in the late 1920s, Arthur Chaffin, owner/operator of the Hite ferry, and two companions were searching for an alternative route between Green River and Cainsville. They came to a vantage point about a mile west of Goblin Valley and were awed by what they saw, five buttes and a valley of strange-shaped rock formations surrounded by a wall of eroded cliffs.
In 1949, Chaffin returned to the area he called Mushroom Valley. He spent several days exploring the mysterious valley and photographing its scores of intricately eroded creatures. The area was acquired by the state of Utah and in 1964 was officially designated a state park.
Goblin Valley State Park is a showcase of geologic history. Exposed cliffs reveal parallel layers of rock bared by erosion. Because of the uneven hardness of sandstone, some patches resist erosion much better than others. The softer material is removed by wind and water, leaving thousands of unique, geologic goblins. Water erosion and the smoothing action of windblown dust work together to shape the goblins.
Bedrock is exposed because of the thin soil and lack of vegetation. When rain does fall, there are few plant roots and little soil to capture and hold the water, which quickly disappears, in muddy streams without penetrating the bedrock.
Opened to the public as a state park in 1974.
Park Elevation – 5,000 feet
Arches National Park
North Highway 191, Moab, UT
About :
Arches National Park features the world's largest concentration of natural stone arches. The park covers over 73,000 acres and is one of Utah's premier travel destinations. Visitors can enjoy hiking, biking, camping, picnic areas and unforgettable scenery.
Dead Horse Point State Park
Utah 313, Moab, UT
From the prominence of Dead Horse Point, 2,000 feet above a gooseneck in the Colorado River, an ever changing landscape unfurls. Immense vertical cliffs meet with canyons carved by ice, water and wind creating a visual masterpiece. Plants and animals surviving on the edge of existence face many challenges of extreme conditions within this high desert environment. Stories of ancient hunters, resting along the cliff tops while knapping chert in preparation for the next hunt, and cowboys of the late 1800’s, chasing wild mustangs onto Dead Horse Point, using the narrow neck to block off the natural corral. What story will you discover on your visit to Dead Horse Point State Park?
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
710 N. Reservoir Road, Escalante, UT
Camp along the shores of Wide Hollow Reservoir, or rent a canoe, kayak or paddle board on its clear waters. Hike along park nature trails through a petrified forest, but remember to take only photographs. Some say the petrified wood is haunted and removing a piece brings the taker nothing but bad luck.
DISCOVER
In 1872, a member of John Wesley Powell’s survey party, Almon Harris Thompson, first explored the Escalante River. He decided to name the area after an explorer named Escalante, which means to escalate upward, like stairsteps, which describes the plateaus surrounding the park.
In 1954, Wide Hollow Reservoir was constructed to provide irrigation for the town of Escalante. The reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout and bluegill, and is popular for water sports.
A visitor center was built in 1991, and features petrified wood, petrified dinosaur bones, ammonite, and shell fossils.
Visitors will enjoy several trails, which wind throughout the park. The Petrified Forest Trail is a one-mile loop, winding through lava flows and thousands of pieces of petrified wood. The Sleeping Rainbows trail is an optional .75-mile loop off the Petrified Forest Trail. This section is much steeper and requires scrambling and climbing over rocks.
In the fall of 2014 the added a 50 ft petrified tree. The entire tree can be viewed from it’s roots to the tip. it is accessible to all visitors.
Opened to the public as a state park in 1976.
Park Elevation: 5,900 feet
Bryce Canyon National Park
1 Park Rd, Bryce, UT
Bryce Canyon is a small national park in southwestern Utah. Named after the Mormon Pioneer Ebenezer Bryce, Bryce Canyon became a national park in 1924.
Bryce is famous for its worldly unique geology, consisting of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved from the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah. The erosional force of frost-wedging and the dissolving power of rainwater have shaped the colorful limestone rock of the Claron Formation into bizarre shapes including lot canyons, windows, fins, and spires called "hoodoos." Tinted with colors too numerous and subtle to name, these whimsically arranged rocks create a wondrous landscape of mazes, offering some of the most exciting and memorable walks and hikes imaginable.
Ponderosa pines, high elevation meadows, and fir-spruce forests border the rim of the plateau and abound with wildlife. This area boasts some of the world's best air quality, offering panoramic views of three states and approaching 200 miles of visibility. This, coupled with the lack of nearby large light sources, creates unparalleled opportunities for stargazing.
Zion National Park
1 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT
About :
Zion National Park shines brightest amid an impressive Southern Utah collection of National Parks and National Monuments as the most visited, hiked, camped, enjoyed entertaining its visitors with vertical enormity opposite of the vast depths of the Grand Canyon of Northern Arizona. Zion National Park is an eight layered sandstone masterpiece of towering cliffs, deep red canyons far different from those of Arizona with attached mesas, buttes and massive monoliths. It took eight-hundred-million years of Earth time to carve and mold Southern Utah and attached Northern Arizona as both make up the grand staircase geology as well as Utah's Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park. While most visitors just travel the vast system of Southern Utah scenic byways, including highway 9 also called Zion-Mt. Carmel Scenic Byway, others jump into slot canyons, trails, routes and backpacking to locate the treasure at the end - often a desert waterfall or high-end viewpoint of expanse to see what cannot be viewed without getting out on your own two feet.
Sand Hollow State Park
3351 South Sand Hollow Road, Hurricane, UT
With its warm, blue waters and red sandstone landscape, one of Utah’s newer state parks is also one of its most popular. Boat, fish, and dive at Sand Hollow Reservoir, explore and ride the dunes of Sand Mountain on an off-highway vehicle, then RV or tent camp in a campground or the beach.
DISCOVER
The sprawling 20,000-acre park, which rests mostly on USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, rivals Utah’s two largest state parks – Wasatch Mountain and Antelope Island. Sand Hollow already one of the most visited destinations in the Utah State Park system, with recreation opportunities for nearly every user from boaters to bikers, and OHV riders to equestrians.
A favorite destination for local off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, Sand Mountain provides 15,000 acres of perfectly sculpted dunes. The red sand is an incredible backdrop for Sand Hollow reservoir. At nearly twice the size of nearby Quail Creek Reservoir, Sand Hollow offers boating and other water recreation in a spectacular setting.
Sand Hollow is located approximately 15 miles east of St George and seven miles east of the I-15 Hurricane Exit. Visitors should exit I-15 at Exit 16 (Highway 9), travel east for about four miles and turn right on Sand Hollow Road, travel south for about three miles and turn left at the park entrance.
Opened to the public as a state park in 2003.
Park Elevation: 3,000 feet
Park Acreage: 20,000
Surface Water Acreage: 1,322
Sand Mountain OHV Acreage: 6,000
Snow Canyon State Park
1002 N. Snow Canyon Rd, Ivins, UT
Snow 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.
Located in the 62,000 acre Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, established to protect the federally listed desert tortoise and its habitat, the park offers opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages. Activities include hiking, nature studies, wildlife viewing, photography, camping, ranger talks and junior ranger programs. There are more than 38 miles of hiking trails, a three-mile paved walking/biking trail and over 15 miles of equestrian trails.