Southeastern Utah
A Salvador Dalí–esque melted-rock fantasy, a valley of giant stone mushrooms, an otherworldly alien landscape or the results of a cosmological acid trip?…
Must-see attractions in Southeastern Utah
Southeastern Utah
Blanding's Dinosaur Museum is fascinating and highly ambitious; it's aim is to cover the complete history of the world’s dinosaurs. Mummified remains and…
Southeastern Utah
Covering 527 sq miles, Canyonlands is Utah's largest and wildest park. Indeed, parts of it are as rugged as almost anywhere on the planet. Arches, bridges…
Southeastern Utah
One of the Southwest's most gorgeous parks, Arches boasts the world's greatest concentration of sandstone arches. Just 5 miles north of Moab on Hwy 191,…
Southeastern Utah
Up and over, through and around: the 17-mile unpaved road (County Rd 242) that leads through Valley of the Gods is like a do-it-yourself roller coaster…
Southeastern Utah
You'll comprehend space in new ways atop the appropriately named Island in the Sky. This 6000ft-high flat-topped mesa drops precipitously on all sides,…
Southeastern Utah
Way far west of Island in the Sky, Horseshoe Canyon shelters one of the most impressive collections of millennia-old rock art in the Southwest. The…
Southeastern Utah
A 30-sq-mile jumble of high-walled canyons, the Maze is a rare preserve of true wilderness for hardy backcountry veterans. The colorful canyons are rugged…
Southeastern Utah
Designated as a National Monument in December 2016 as one of President Barack Obama's last acts, Bears Ears originally covered a large 1.35-million-acre…
Southeastern Utah
Named for the spires of orange-and-white sandstone jutting skyward from the desert floor, the Needles District is so different from Island in the Sky that…
Southeastern Utah
If you head north of Mexican Hat on Hwy 261, you'll come to a 4-mile paved road that turns west to Goosenecks. The attraction here is the mesmerizing view…
Southeastern Utah
A tiny but stunning state park, Dead Horse Point has been the setting for numerous movies, including the opening scene from Mission Impossible II and the…
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Southeastern Utah
Rainbow Bridge is the largest natural bridge in the world, at 290ft high and 275ft wide. A sacred Navajo site, it resembles the graceful arc of a rainbow…
Natural Bridges National Monument
Southeastern Utah
Forty miles west of Blanding via Hwy 95, this monument became Utah's first National Park Service land in 1908. The highlight is a dark-stained, white…
Southeastern Utah
The BLM Canyon Rims Recreation Area to the east of Canyonlands National Park has two interesting overlooks, undeveloped hiking and backcountry driving…
Southeastern Utah
Meaning ‘deserted valley’ in Ute language, Hovenweep is a remote area of former Ancestral Puebloan settlements straddling the Colorado–Utah border that…
Southeastern Utah
Popular with backcountry hikers, this BLM-administered area also contains hundreds of Ancestral Puebloan sites, many of which have been vandalized by pot…
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
Southeastern Utah
More a museum than a park, with ancient Native American artifacts and the best pottery collection in the Southwest. Informative displays provide a good…
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Southeastern Utah
Recreation area that encompasses Lake Powell, the country's second-largest artificial reservoir, in Utah and Arizona. Boating and water sports enthusiasts…
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
Southeastern Utah
This tiny recreation area showcases a single large sandstone rock panel packed with more than 300 petroglyphs attributed to Ute and Ancestral Puebloan…
Moab
This paleo-amusement park features giant life-size replica dinosaurs, walking trails, 3D videos that might even bring you to a fourth dimension in some…
Southeastern Utah
Hundreds of trail miles crisscross this 1.4-million-acre park. In alpine terrain, the spruce- and fir-covered slopes offer respite from the heat (expect…
Canyon Country Discovery Center
Southeastern Utah
As part of the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, this hands-on, child-friendly learning exhibit center also offers field trips, workshops,…
Southeastern Utah
Pretty cool that they named the town after this sombrero-shaped rock formation. It's about 2 miles north off Hwy 163.
Moab
Regional exhibits feature everything from paleontology and archaeology to local crafts and Native American art.
Moab Museum of Film & Western Heritage
Moab
Head out to the Moab Museum of Film & Western Heritage, based at Red Cliffs Lodge, 15 miles north of town, to see Hollywood memorabilia from films shot…
Southeastern Utah
On BLM land 3 miles west of Bluff, these freely accessible petroglyphs were created between 800 and 2500 years ago. The nearby campground boat launch is…
John Wesley Powell River History Museum
Southeastern Utah
Learn about John Wesley Powell's amazing travels at this comprehensive museum, with a 20-minute film based on his diaries. It has good exhibits on the…
Southeastern Utah
Descendants of the original pioneers have re-created the original log cabin settlement near the few remaining historic buildings in Bluff.
Southeastern Utah
The Halls Crossing marina has a store, boat launch, campground and a great playground for kids.
Southeastern Utah
Shady Green River State Park has picnic tables, a boat launch, a nine-hole golf course, an 18-hole disc golf course, but no trails.
Moab
For some no-frills wine tasting, visit the surprisingly good Spanish Valley Winery, 6 miles south of Moab on Hwy 191.
Moab
An unabashed tourist trap 12 miles south of Moab, Hole ’n the Rock is a 5000-sq-ft home-cum-cave carved into sandstone and decorated in knockout 1950s…
Moab
To fill up on fresh spring water, take Hwy 191 north to Hwy 128 east and continue 100yd to Matrimony Springs, on the right.
