Utah National Parks, National Monuments and More in Utah
National Parks
Arches National Park
Arches National Park preserves over two thousand natural sandstone arches, including the
world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and
formations. In some areas, faulting has exposed millions of years of geologic history.The
extraordinary features of the park, including balanced rocks, fins and pinnacles, are
highlighted by a striking environment of contrasting colors, landforms and textures.
Bryce Canyon National Park
At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones,
and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes.
Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park preserves a colorful landscape of sedimentary sandstones eroded
into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries.
Capitol Reef National Park
The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline,
extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell). Capitol
Reef National Park was established to protect this grand and colorful geologic feature, as
well as the unique historical and cultural history found in the area.
Zion National Park
Protected within the park's 229 square miles is a dramatic landscape of sculptured
canyons and soaring cliffs.
National Monuments
Cedar Breaks National Monument
A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron
Formation) near Cedar City, Utah. Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have
created a deep canyon of rock walls, fins, spires and columns, that spans some three miles,
and is over 2,000 feet deep. The rim of the canyon is over 10,000 feet above sea level, and is
forested with islands of Englemann spruce, subalpine fir and aspen; separated by broad meadows
of brilliant summertime wild flowers.
Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument protects five prehistoric, Puebloan-era villages spread over
a twenty-mile expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border.
Natural Bridges National Monument
Natural Bridges protects some of the finest examples of ancient stone architecture in the
southwest. Meandering streams cut through the canyon walls where three natural bridges formed:
Kachina, Owachomo and Sipapu.
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
From its base to the top of the arch, it is 290 feet-nearly the height of the Statue of
Liberty-and spans 275 feet across the river; the top of the arch is 42 feet thick and 33 feet
wide. Rainbow Bridge National Monument preserve the "extraordinary natural bridge, having an
arch which is in form and appearance much like a rainbow, and which is of great scientific
interest as an example of eccentric stream erosion."
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Timpanogos Cave National Monument sits high in the Wasatch Mountains. The cave system
consists of three spectacularly decorated caverns.
Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
National Park Service
California National Historic Trail
The California Trail carried over 200,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and
rich farmlands of California during the 1840's and 1850's, the greatest mass migration in
American history. Today, more than 1,000 miles of trail ruts and traces can still be seen in
the vast undeveloped lands between Casper Wyoming and the West Coast.
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad was celebrated here where the
Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,0000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Pioneer Trail in
order to escape religious persecution. The general route is from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt
Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles.
Oregon National Historic Trail by NPS
The Oregon Trail was the pathway to the Pacific for fur traders, gold seekers,
missionaries and others. The 2,170 mile long trail passes through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon.
Pony Express National Historic Trail
The Pony Express National Historic Trail was used to carry the nation's mail across the
country, from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, in the unprecedented time of
only ten days.
USDA Forest Service
Flaming Gorge National Rec. Area
Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
Wasatch-Cache National Forests
Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
Bureau of Land Management
Baker Dam Reservoir Campground
Browns Park Recreation Management Area
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
Cyns Of Escalante-Burr Tr Recreation Management Area
Desolation Canyon Recreation Management Area
Dominguez Escalante Interpretive Site
Grand Gulch Plateau Recreation Management Area
Labyrinth Canyon Recreation Area
Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site
North Fork Virgin River Merriam's Turkey Viewing Area
Oregon National Historic Trail
Otter Creek Reservoir Recreation Area
San Juan River Recreation Management Area
San Rafael Swell Recreation Area
Sunshine Loop and Dutchman Mountain Bike Trails
Topaz Mountain Rockhound Recreation Area
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Management Area
Woolsey Ranch Rio Grande Turkey Viewing Area
Yuba Reservoir Recreation Area
Utah State Parks
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Flight Park State Recreation Area
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum
Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail
Jordan River Off-Highway Vehicle Park
Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum
This Is The Place Heritage Park
Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum
Bureau of Reclamation
Flaming Gorge National Rec. Area
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
US Department of Transportation
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