IVINS, UTAH — Grab your telescope and red-light flashlight, Snow Canyon State Park is now officially an International Dark Sky Destination. DarkSky International designated Snow Canyon as an Urban Night Sky Place after the staff’s extensive work to ensure the park has dark-sky-friendly lighting, dark sky educational programs, and is an accessible place for people to […]
- Jordanelle
Above the beautiful Heber Valley and along the shores of Jordanelle Reservoir are three distinct recreation areas, Hailstone, Rock Cliff, and Ross Creek, which offer a variety of recreational opportunities. Spend a day or weekend picnicking, camping, boating, or hiking at either or both destinations.
- 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.
- Dead Horse
From the prominence of Dead Horse Point, 2,000 feet above a gooseneck in the Colorado River, an ever changing landscape unfurls. Immense vertical cliffs meet with canyons carved by ice, water and wind creating a visual masterpiece. Plants and animals surviving on the edge of existence face many challenges of extreme conditions within this high desert environment.
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