Arches National Park
Arches National Park is a national park of the United States in eastern Utah. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. The p…
National Park System · Utah
National parks in Utah
63 destinations across the National Park System call Utah home — from headline parks to lesser-known historic sites worth a detour.
The parks listed below cover everything the National Park Service maintains within Utah. They include flagship parks (the names most travelers come for), plus the smaller monuments, historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas that round out a serious itinerary. If you're putting together a state-focused trip, working from this list — rather than a generic top-five — will surface places you'd otherwise miss.
Each link below opens a full visitor guide: hikes, camping, nearby attractions, and visitor tips for that specific destination. Read them in any order — they're written to be standalone.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park () is a national park of the United States located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which, despit…
Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape er…
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Utah. The park is approximately 60 miles (100 km) long on its north–south ax…
Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park is a national park of the United States located in White Pine County in east-central Nevada, near the Utah border. Established 40 year…
Zion National Park
Zion National Park is a national park of the United States located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Pla…
Manti–La Sal National Forest
The Manti–La Sal National Forest covers more than 1.2 million acres (4,900 km2) and is located in the central and southeastern parts of the U.S. state of Utah a…
Bears Ears National Monument
Bears Ears National Monument is a United States national monument located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, established by President Barack Obama by pres…
Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument is located on land in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, between Cortez, Colorado and Blanding, Utah on the Cajon Mesa of …
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Cedar Breaks National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the U.S. state of Utah near Cedar City. Cedar Breaks is a natural amphitheater, stretching…
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the…
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Ca…
Fossil Butte National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument is a United States National Monument managed by the National Park Service, located 15 miles (24 km) west of Kemmerer, Wyoming, Un…
Jurassic National Monument
Jurassic National Monument, at the site of the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, well known for containing the densest concentration of Jurassic dinosaur fossils…
Natural Bridges National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the we…
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Rainbow Bridge is a natural arch in southern Utah, United States. With a span of 275 feet (84 m), as reported in 1974 by the Bureau of Reclamation, and height o…
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a United States National Monument protecting the Timpanogos Cave Historic District and a cave system in the cliffs of Ameri…
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is located in northern Coconino County, Arizona, United States, immediately south of the Utah state line. This national monum…
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pearl Harbor National Memorial is a unit of the National Park System of the United States on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, M…
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Golden Spike National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in east-central Box…
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (shortened to Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA) is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National P…
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area in Wyoming and Utah. Its centerpiece is the 91 miles (146 km) long Flaming Go…
City of Rocks National Reserve
The City of Rocks National Reserve, also known as the Silent City of Rocks, is a United States National Reserve and state park in south-central Idaho, approxima…
List of Utah State Parks
Utah State Parks is the common name for the Utah Division of State Parks; a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. This is the state agency that …
Anasazi State Park Museum
Anasazi State Park Museum is a state park and museum in southern Utah, United States, featuring the ruins of an ancient Anasazi village referred to as the Coomb…
Camp Floyd State Park Museum
Camp Floyd State Park Museum (formerly known as Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum) is a state park in the Cedar Valley in Fairfield, Utah, Unite…
Antelope Island
Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (109 km2), is the largest of ten islands located within the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The island lies in the sou…
Dead Horse Point State Park
Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park in San Juan County, Utah in the United States, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands N…
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a state park in southwestern Utah, United States, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, south and west of U.S. H…
Bear Lake State Park (Utah)
Bear Lake State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, along the shore of Bear Lake on the Idaho border. It offers three recreation areas: Rendezvous Beach, Bear L…
Deer Creek State Park (Utah)
Deer Creek State Park a state park in south western Wasatch County, Utah, United States, featuring large Deer Creek Dam and Reservoir. The park is located near …
East Canyon State Park
East Canyon State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, featuring a 608-acre (246 ha) reservoir. The park is located northeast of Salt Lake City in Morgan County,…
Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation
Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation (formerly Starvation State Park) is a state park in Duchesne County, Utah, United States, featuring the 3,495-acre (1,414 ha…
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is a state park and museum of Utah, USA, located in Blanding. It is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site, a museum, an…
Flight Park State Recreation Area
Flight Park State Recreation Area is a state park in northern Utah, United States, dedicated to hang gliding and paragliding.
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park (also known as Escalante State Park) is a state park in Utah, United States, located 0.8 km north of Escalante. The park f…
Echo State Park
Echo State Park is a state park on the Echo Reservoir in northwestern Summit County, Utah, United States, just west of the city of Coalville.
Kodachrome Basin State Park
Kodachrome Basin is a state park of Utah, United States. It is situated 5,800 feet (1,767.8 m) above sea level, 12 miles (19 km) south of Utah Route 12, and 20 …
Goblin Valley State Park
Goblin Valley State Park is a state park in Emery County, Utah in the United States. The park is known for its thousands of hoodoos, referred to locally as gobl…
Goosenecks State Park
Goosenecks State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Utah, overlooking a deep meander of the San Juan River. The park is located near the southern border…
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is a state park in Utah, US, which interprets archaeological remains of the Fremont culture. The park is located in Sevier…
Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park
The Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park is a recreational trail that follows abandoned railroad lines in Summit County, Utah, United States. The Histor…
Great Salt Lake State Park
The Great Salt Lake State Park is a state park on the south short of the Great Salt Lake in Magna, Utah, United States.
Jordan River Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area
Jordan River Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area is a Utah State Park located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The park is dedicated to recreation with off …
Green River State Park
Green River State Park is a state park on the west shore of the Green River in Green River, Utah, United States.
Huntington State Park
Huntington State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, featuring a warm-water reservoir. The state park is located near the town of Huntington.
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum is a state park and museum of in Cedar City, Utah, United States.
Gunlock State Park
Gunlock State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, adjoining the 266-acre (108 ha) Gunlock Reservoir that impounds the Santa Clara River. The park is located app…
Utah Lake State Park
Utah Lake State Park is a state park in Provo, Utah, United States. The park is located at the west end of Provo Center Street on the east shore of Utah Lake (t…
Snow Canyon State Park
Snow Canyon State Park is a state park in Utah, located in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The park features a canyon carved from the red and white Navajo sandst…
Sand Hollow State Park
Sand Hollow State Park is a state park located in Utah, USA, featuring a 1,322-acre (535 ha) reservoir and an extensive off highway vehicle recreation area on S…
Red Fleet State Park
Red Fleet State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, featuring a 750-acre (300 ha) reservoir and a fossil trackway of dinosaur footprints. The park is …
Steinaker State Park
Steinaker State Park is a state park and reservoir in Uintah County, Utah, United States, located 7 miles (11 km) north of Vernal. Steinaker State Park opened t…
Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum
The Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum is a museum and state park in Vernal, Utah, United States.
Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park is a state park on the south end of Millsite Reservoir at the mouth of Ferron Canyon in western Emery County, Utah, United States, just west…
Palisade State Park
Palisade State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, located just outside the small town of Sterling. The park offers tent, RV, and cabin camping, along…
Piute State Park
Piute State Park is a Utah state park. It is located just north of Junction. This park is a primitive area; there are no facilities. Piute offers camping, swimm…
Quail Creek State Park
Quail Creek State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, featuring a 600-acre (240 ha) reservoir. The park is located within Hurricane, Utah, 9 miles (14 …
Utahraptor State Park
Utahraptor State Park is a state park in Grand County, Utah, United States, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Moab.
Lost Creek State Park (Utah)
Lost Creek State Park is a state park in northeastern Morgan County, Utah, United States, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of city of Henefer and about 10 miles…
Wasatch Mountain State Park
Wasatch Mountain State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state within the Wasatch Back area on the north and west edges o…
Yuba State Park
Yuba State Park is a state park on the Sevier Bridge Reservoir (also known as Yuba Reservoir) in Juab and Sanpete counties in central Utah, United States.
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area is a Minnesota state park located east of Lake Ore-be-gone in Gilbert, Minnesota. The recreation area consi…