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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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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: