Things to Do in Utah
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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....
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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
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Rainbow Point
Southern Utah
The views at Rainbow Point are as astonishing as those in the Grand Canyon but represent just a tiny fraction of southern Utah's awe-inspiring plateaus. At the southernmost tip 18 miles into the park, Rainbow Point stands at an elevation of 9,115 feet....
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Hiking
Zion National Park
Southern Utah
Zion National Park is as awe-inspiring as the Grand Canyon, with its massive cliffs and gleaming sandstone. Wildlife and wildflowers abound in the springtime, when water rushes off cliff faces and small waterfalls crop up out of the rock....
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Swimming
Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City, Utah
This welcoming zoo with hundreds of animals has something for everyone: a pachyderm program for elephant lovers, and clever exhibits like one where children stick their heads up from an underground cave to look at marmots, gophers, and skunks....
Petting Zoo
Zoo
Boutique
Train
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
History Museum
Science & Nature Museum
Emerald Pools
Southern Utah
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
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....
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Bicycling
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Boating
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