State & National Parks
Utah is truly nature's playground—and Salt Lake is the perfect base camp. With 21 National Parks and Monuments within a few hours' drive, Salt Lake is the perfect gateway for some of the world's most acclaimed outdoor escapades. And nearly 80% of of Utah is managed for public use by federal and state agencies — meaning there are miles and miles of natural playground just waiting for hiking, biking, boating, floating, camping and other outdoor fun. So gear up and get out there already.
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UTAH NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS
1. Wasatch-Cache National Forest - 30 minutes
2. Timpanogos Cave National Monument - 45 minutes
3. Golden Spike National Historic Site - 1.5 hours
4. Dinosaur National Monument - 3 hours
5. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area - 3.5 hours
6. Arches National Park - 4 hours
7. Canyonlands National Park - 4 hours
8. Capitol Reef National Park - 4 hours
9. Cedar Breaks National Monument - 4 hours
10. Bryce Canyon National Park - 4 hours
11. Zion National Park - 4.5 hours
12. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - 5 hours
13. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area - 5.5 hours
14. Rainbow Bridge National Monument - Accessible only by water
15. Natural Bridges National Monument - 5.5 hours
16. Hovenweep National Monument - 5.5 hours
17. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park - 6.5 hours
WESTERN REGION NATIONAL PARKS
18. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - 5 hours
19. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming & Montana - 5 hours
20. Mese Verde National Park, Colorado - 6 hours
21. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - 6.3 hours
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 801-773-2941
Antelope Island, the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, is accessed via a 7.2-mile causeway. Its 28,022 acres are home to a unique variety of wildlife. Also featured are
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-719-2299
The largest concentration of natural stone arches in the world is found in Arches National Park. Over 2,000 of these "miracles of nature" grace the 119 square- mile area. A
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-834-5322
Delicately carved spires rise in brilliant color from the amphitheaters of this national park. Visitors may take a 37-mile round-trip drive to Bryce's most famous viewpoints
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-719-2313
Views down to the Green and Colorado Rivers, or up to red rock pinnacles, cliffs, and spires, creating the incredible beauty of Utah's largest national park. This rugged
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-425-3791
Within its 75-mile length from north to south, Capitol Reef National Park splashes color in an inviting wilderness of spires, formations, and cliffs. In the midst of its red
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-586-9451
Shaped like a giant coliseum, Cedar Breaks is a circle of painted cliffs and colorful rock spires and columns. There are hiking trails around the rim for use during the open
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 970-374-3000
The largest quarry of Jurassic Period dinosaur bones ever discovered is on this site 20 miles east of Vernal. A year-round visitor center has been built over the quarry to
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-784-3445
The lake is famous for its trophy-sized trout and the beautiful red rock mountains rising around it. Below the lake, the Green River is renowned for trout fishing and rafting.
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 928-608-6404
Glen Canyon is home to Lake Powell, the second largest reservoir in North America. Hundreds of side canyons, inlets, and coves sheltering Indian ruins and natural wonders make
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-471-2209
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads joined here to complete the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Enjoy reenactments, trackside talks, and live
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 928-638-7888
Located about two hours south of the southwestern Utah town of Kanab, the north rim of the Grand Canyon has lodging and camping facilities that are typically open from May to
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-826-5499
This vast tract of land (1.9 million acres) connects Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks. This mostly desert wilderness
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 307-739-3300
Towering more than a mile above the valley of Jackson Hole, the Grand Teton rises to 13,770 feet. Twelve Teton peaks reach above 12,000 feet and support a dozen mountain
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 775-234-7331
Less than 20 miles over the Utah/Nevada border, west of Delta, Utah. Great Basin is home to streams, lakes, alpine plants, wildlife, ancient bristlecone pine forests, and
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 970-562-4282
Protects five prehistoric, Puebloan-era villages spread over a twenty-mile expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border. The multi-story towers perched on
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-727-5870
Monument Valley continues to be home to the Navajo who live among the red rock buttes and eroded pillars and spires for which the valley is famous. Panoramas and Navajo guided
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-692-1234
Established in 1908, Utah's oldest National Park Service site is among the finest examples of ancient stone architecture in the Southwest. Where meandering streams cut through
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 928-608-6404
Considered sacred to neighboring Native American tribes, the world's largest natural bridge is located in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and is acessible only by
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 801-756-5238
Helicites and anthodites are just a few of the many dazzling formations to be found within 3 spectacularly decorated caverns. The strenuous climb to the cave entrance, a hike
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Mountain Resorts
Phone: 801-236-3400
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest encompasses 1,300,000 acres of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Scenic highways provide easy access to most of the forest's campgrounds,
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Salt Lake City
Phone: (801) 538-8400
Host your event, large or small, indoors or outdoors at the State Fairpark. Historic buildings and spacious grounds year round.
Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Provides service across
the Salt Lake area
Phone: 801-538-7220
Steward of Utah's boating and off-highway vehicle education and safety programs, and more than 42 state parks, including museums, scenic areas, and water-based recreation
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 307-344-7381
Yellowstone, the world's first national park, contains more than 2 million acres of steaming geysers, thundering waterfalls, crystalline lakes, and panoramic vistas. The
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Type: National & State Recreation Areas
Area:
Outside Salt Lake
Phone: 435-772-3256
One of the nation's oldest national parks, Zion is a masterpiece carved from Navajo sandstone by wind, water, and time. Entrances to Zion are located 33 miles east of I-15,
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