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Are you interested in learning more about Snow Canyon State Park? You’ve come to the right place! Below are videos, activities, and handouts to make your next visit spectacular.
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Jr. Rangers
Are you interested in becoming a Snow Canyon Jr. Ranger? Stop by our Visitor Center and pick up a ROCKIN’ Jr. Ranger Activity Book to start your adventure!
- If you are ages 6-8, complete at least six activities. Older than 9, complete at least ten activities.
- Pick up one bag of litter (rangers can give you a plastic bag if needed).
Once you’re done, take your booklet to a park ranger at our Visitor Center to get sworn in as an official Jr. Ranger!
Desert Tortoise Awareness
Watch Ann McLuckie, Wildlife Biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, take a morning hike in Snow Canyon State Park and look for signs of tortoise. Learn more about the Desert Tortoise and their unique desert adaptations.
Dark Sky Resources:
- What is Light Pollution?
- Utah State Parks are Ideal for Stargazing
- Wild Areas Need Natural Darkness
- Bring Dark Skies Home
- Find an IDA International Dark Sky Place
- What’s Up in the Night Sky Tonight?
Find more resources on Dark Skies under the Publications tab.
Nature’s Bounty
(activity/handout)
To live in this region, earliest inhabitants of the area learned to use the natural resources available to them. From West Canyon Road, learn to identify a few of the canyon’s native plants and some of their traditional uses. Use link below to download the activity:
https://stateparks.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/09/Natures-Bounty-handout-1.pdf
Sand Dunes Bingo
(activity/handout)
Visit the Sand Dunes area and see how many features you can find. Four in a row is Bingo! Use link below to download the activity:
https://stateparks.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Sand-Dunes-Bingo.pdf
Make a ‘Big Dipper Star Clock’
(activity/handout from Big Dipper Star Clock 2006, Astronomy From the Ground Up)
You don’t need a watch to tell what time it is at night as long as you can find the Big Dipper. Long before digital watches or even grandfather clocks, people used the sky to tell time at night. Follow their example and build a star clock that you can use to tell time by the stars. Use link below to download the activity:
https://stateparks.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/09/BigDipperStarClock.pdf
Family Activities:
Rocky Rendezvous – Virtual 2nd Grade Program
Tag along with one of our Park Naturalists to learn more about Snow Canyon State Park.
Our backyard in Southern Utah is considered one of the most unique landscapes in the world – the desert. Sandstone is the foundation of many types of desert landforms, such as arches, plateaus, and sand dunes. Once you can learn to interpret the natural forces that shape these landforms, you will be able to better appreciate this dry landscape, even down to the rocks.