Utah is known for its stunning and diverse landscapes, making it a fantastic destination for hiking enthusiasts.
The locations listed below are conveniently organized by region and the town closest to them.
Central Utah:
Southern Utah:
The Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park has a lot to offer. Some of my favorite adventures include riding ATVs, hiking to ancient ruins and pictographs, and sledding down giant dunes!
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Cottonwood Canyon Road is a geologist’s dream! It is an unpaved, scenic road that leads travelers through part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The rocks and landscape here are like none other. The road is 46 miles one way, and there are no services, so ensure you are equipped with food, water, and a full gas tank before you go!
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Cobra Arch is one of my all-time favorite arches! The hike is beautiful, and the arch itself is really cool. The arch rises up 30 feet from the ground and spans 35 feet from end to end, and it actually looks like a huge, venomous, hooded stone cobra from the right angle!
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Cedar Breaks National Monument is a great place to visit. Its main attraction is the large, eroded amphitheater of unusual rock formations similar to those of Bryce Canyon. The views at the amphitheater are amazing, especially during sunset!
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Bryce Canyon National Park is one of my favorite places to visit for many reasons. One really cool thing about Bryce Canyon is that it can accommodate all types of visitors. For the adventurous type, the park offers various lengths and levels of hiking trails, but it also has easy-access overlooks for those who can’t hike or only have a short period of time to explore. Some of the best pictures I have taken in Bryce Canyon were on the rim, only a few feet from the car, while some of my most memorable experiences involved long hikes within the canyon’s high walls.
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Buckskin Gulch is an awesome 13-mile slot canyon with walls reaching a height of 500 feet. I love this canyon for a lot of reasons. First of all, it is the longest slot canyon in the United States and possibly the world, which is really cool!
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Blue Pool Wash is a slot canyon located in Big Water, Utah, which is just outside of Page, Arizona.
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The trail to Birthday Arch is beautiful, and there are a lot of cool rock formations all around. Depending on the time of year, there are a lot of flowers along the hike too.
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The Belly of the Dragon is a short walk through a man-made tunnel. The tunnel was created as a water culvert under Highway 89. Years of flowing water has created ripples in the walls making it cool to look at.
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If you’re up for a challenge, check out Angels Landing. It’s a 5.4-mile round-trip hike located in Zion National Park in Utah. The trail is considered challenging and climbs approximately 1,500 vertical feet to reach a top elevation of 5,790 feet.
