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Bike Zion
Southern Utah
Since many of the roads in Zion are now closed to cars, biking is a fun activity for families to do inside the park on the main roads, on the 3-mile roundtrip Pa'rus Trail, and even in the rather quaint town of Springdale....
Bicycling
Bryce Canyon National Park
Southern Utah
The question is not if your family should visit Bryce Canyon National Park on your trip to southern Utah, but how many days you will spend there enjoying the outdoors while skiing, hiking, biking, and horseback riding....
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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
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!)....
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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....
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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....
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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. ...
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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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Boating
Mossy Cave Trail
Southern Utah
Park and hike up the nearly half-mile trail to visit a dripping cave with moss growing on the sides and ceiling, and a small but magnificent waterfall....
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Hiking
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Swimming
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