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Canyon Trail Rides, Zion Canyon

Southern Utah

You'll feel like pioneers riding through undiscovered territory as you wind through the canyon, led by friendly local cowboys who chat with you along the way....

Horseback Riding

Capitol Theatre

Salt Lake City, Utah

Pre-WWI grandeur complete with gilded embellishments and a multicolored stone façade make this theater a beautiful (in a vaudeville, beaux arts kind of way) place to see a show....

Live Music Venue
Theater
Stage

Clark Planetarium

Salt Lake City, Utah

the coolest exhibit at the Clark Planetarium is the Lunar Gravity Simulator, which starts with a 10-minute lesson followed by 3 minutes of gravity defiance (for kids of all ages up to 250 pounds)....

Movie Theater
Other Thing To Do
Science & Nature Museum

Discovery Gateway Mall

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Gateway is every shopper's dream and every family's fun entertainment zone. There's something for everyone here, from expensive jewelry to cheap Salt Lake souvenirs....

History Museum
Special Collection
Live Music Venue
Outlet
Boutique

Choose between three paths to the lower pool, middle pool, or upper pool, and take a nice hike to a fascinating and bizarre geological formation where water cascades out of the rocks into a basin below and tree frogs (found only here!)....

Park
Hiking

Fairyland Loop

Southern Utah

Straight out of Cinderella, the part of Bryce Canyon known as Fairyland Loop has thousands of pink and orange sandstone spires jutting up out of the canyon....

Park
Hiking

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Canyonville Visitor Center

Southern Utah

This center offers much more than maps and current information about Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. There's a hadrosaur dinosaur skull on display, oral histories of early settlers and Native Americans to listen to on headphones....

Science & Nature Museum
Special Collection

Junior Ranger Program, Zion National Park

Southern Utah

Designed with ages 6 to 12 in mind, these educational programs take place at the Zion Nature Center (near the entrance to South Campground, half a mile north of the south park entrance) and include a variety of activites that teach kids about the park....

Park
Hiking

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Southern Utah

The rocks at Kodachrome Basin State Park record 180 million years of geological history. Here, in a dramatic, Old West cowboy movie setting, red and white colored cliffs and large columns of sedimentary pipe-shaped rocks jut out from the ground. ...

Scenic Landmark
Park
Bicycling
Skiing
Hiking

Lake Powell

Southern Utah

Located at the heart of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, the 186-mile long Lake Powell is a prime destination for families interested in renting houseboats and locals from Arizona and Utah looking for water relief during the hot summer months....