December 30, 2024 A nearly complete skeleton of a 26,000-year-old red fox was collected from deep in Whiterocks Cave. It is the most complete Ice Age mammal found in northeastern Utah. VERNAL, Utah — A team of scientists from the Utah Division of State Parks and the USDA Forest Service Ashley National Forest, along with […]
Deer Creek
Windsurf, boat, and fish on the cool waters of Deer Creek Reservoir. After a day on the water, camp under the night sky at one of several campgrounds, all with spectacular views of nearby Mount Timpanogos.
Kodachrome Basin
67 monolithic stone spires, called sedimentary pipes, accentuate multihued sandstone layers that reveal 180 million years of geologic time. The color and beauty found here prompted a National Geographic Society expedition to name the area Kodachrome, after the popular color film, in 1948.
Goosenecks
Gaze at the results of 300 million years of time, where the San Juan River winds and carves its way through the desert 1,000 feet below. This primitive park offers a spectacular view of this amazing and rare geologic formation, known as an entrenched meander.
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