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Rim Trail
Southern Utah
The Rim Trail is the flattest and easiest in Bryce Canyon. The entire trail is 11 miles long, but visitors can walk a flat section as short as a mile between bus shuttle stops....
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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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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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Zion Shuttle Bus
Southern Utah
The best way to get around in the park (and the only way to get up the scenic drive into the heart of canyon itself; now off-limits to cars), the Zion shuttle has charming drivers who provide just the right amount of commentary to highlight the views....
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Roadside Landmark
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....
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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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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
West Rim Trail to Angel's Landing
Southern Utah
Not for the faint of heart or for anyone afraid of heights, the West Rim Trail to Angels Landing is one of the highlights of Zion National Park. But the effort is worth it—you'll see why when you get to the top....
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