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Things To Do

Championship Series Golf Courses (full course list)

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Anasazi State Park Museum

Anasazi State Park Museum is in the state park on the northeastern end of Scenic Byway 12. Visitors here will have a chance to learn more about the ancient Indians that lived in this area as long back as 1050 A.D. The museum has artifacts and exhibits that will help visitors understand ancient Indian culture and life. Visitors can also take a self-guided tour of a partially excavated village.

Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park is about two and half hours away from St. George. It is best known for its natural amphitheaters with human-like spires of red rock with green pine trees lining the rims.

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park is along Utah’s Scenic Byway 12. It is full of mountains and ridges of multi-colored rock.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Cedar Breaks National Monument is near Cedar City. It has multicolored rock formations and mountains that span almost three miles and reach depths of 2,000 feet.

Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Coral Pink Sand Dunes is a Utah State Park near Kanab which is east of St. George. The sand dunes are formed by rust colored sand and accented by desert shrubs and plants.

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

The Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is near Escalante along Scenic Byway 12. Pieces of petrified wood, bones, and other materials are scattered throughout the area.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Escalante along Scenic Byway 12 is a relatively new area designated as a national monument. It features cliffs that appear as a stairs as they descend from the Aquarius Plateau to the Grand Canyon.

Iron Mission State Park

The Iron Mission State Park in Cedar City commemorates history of the area during the mid to late 1800s. Originally Mormon settlers were sent here to mine iron, and the park features equipment and information about this history.

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Kodachrome Basin State Park is near Bryce Canyon National Park and is best know for its petrified geysers that were preserved as they blasted through layers of sediment and were filled up again by rock while the surrounding material eroded away. The National Geographic Society helped give the area the name of Kodachrome because it felt that it is a gorgeous area.

Kolob Canyon

Kolob Canyon is the western canyon of Zion National Park; it is accessed by Interstate 15 north of St. George. Wondrous rock hoodoos with whimsical shapes are found throughout this beautiful canyon.

North Rim of the Grand Canyon

A good portion of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is actually in Utah. Since it is harder to access than the typical tourist sites, it is a great place to admire the beauty of the area without the crowds.

Pipe Springs National Monument

Pipe Springs National Monument is in Arizona. It mainly commemorates the history of Ancestral Puebloans and Kaibab Paiute Indians along with some Mormon pioneer history since these groups had significant influence on the development of the area.

Snow Canyon State Park

Snow Canyon is one of Utah’s most beautiful state parks. Both ends of the canyon are a few minutes away from downtown St. George to the north and west of town. The canyon is known for its red, orange, and pink rocks. It even has an arch. People enjoy exploring the park by foot and bike using its pathway system.

Zion National Park

Zion National Park is northeast of St. George. The entrances to Zion Canyon near Springdale and Kolob Canyon on Interstate 15 are both between 45 minutes to an hour away from the city. The national park is one of the top ten most visited in the National Park Service system since about 3 million people visit it annually.