Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Utah

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Facility Name Description Activities Capitol Reef National Park The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell). Capitol Reef National  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Climbing , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Wildlife Viewing Cedar Breaks National Monument 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  more... Autotouring , Camping , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry 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  more... Museum/Visitor Center Clover Springs Campground 6000 ft. elevation. 11 campsites at the northeast end of the Onaqui Mountains. The clear, bubbling waters of a natural spring gave this site its name. Cottonwood trees frame this campground which  more... Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Picnic Cyns Of Escalante-Burr Tr Recreation Management Area The Canyons of the Escalante--Wonders in Water and Stone. The Escalante River, the last major river system to be mapped in the continental United States, cascades off the southern flank of the  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Climbing , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Offhighway Vehicles , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Desert Experimental Range The Desert Experimental Range is one of a few dozen ecologically unique areas in the nation that have been set aside under international treaties for research. This area is preserved as an example of  more... Desolation Canyon Recreation Management Area The 84 miles of the Green River that run through Desolation and Gray Canyons provide a premiere wilderness river trip through Utah's deepest canyons. The river traveler encounters approximately 60  more... Biking , Camping , Fishing , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Offhighway Vehicles , Picnic , Water Sports Dixie National Forest Three National Parks and two National Monuments are adjacent to the Forest. The scenic beauty for which these areas were set aside prevails over much of the Forest. Red sandstone formations of Red  more... Autotouring , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Pets , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located at the southern end of the Great Salt Lake Desert, was established in 1959 to provide habitat for migrating and wintering birds. Totaling 17,992  more... Autotouring , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Fishlake National Forest Located in central Utah, the Fishlake National Forest has mountains rising from the valleys and elevated plateaus holding hidden niches of beauty and solitude. Water is especially important in this  more... Autotouring , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Offhighway Vehicles , Pets , Picnic , Recreational Vehicles , Restaurants and SnackBar , Wildlife Viewing

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