Must-see attractions in Utah

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    Bryce Point

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    If you stop nowhere else along the scenic drive, be sure to catch the stunning views from Bryce Point. You can walk the rim above Bryce Amphitheater for…

  • Buffalo in Antelope Island State Park.

    Antelope Island State Park

    Utah

    White-sand beaches, birds and buffalo are what attract people to the pretty, 15-mile-long Antelope Island State Park. That’s right, the largest island in…

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    Museum of Ancient Life

    Salt Lake City

    A family-friendly museum at Thanksgiving Point that houses one of the world's largest displays of mounted dinosaurs. The exhibits, many of which are hands…

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    Natural History Museum of Utah

    Salt Lake City

    Rio Tinto Center's stunning architecture forms a multistory indoor 'canyon' that showcases exhibits to great effect. Walk up through the layers as you…

  • Utah Olympic Park

    Park City

    Visit the site of the 2002 Olympic ski jumping, bobsledding, skeleton, Nordic combined and luge events, which continues to host national competitions…

  • Maynard Dixon Living History Museum

    Southwestern Utah

    In Mt Carmel, the Architectural Digest–noted Maynard Dixon Living History Museum is where renowned Western painter Maynard Dixon (1875–1946) lived and…

  • Zion National Park

    Southwestern Utah

    A bold desert beauty, this 230-sq-mile park is a highlight of southern Utah. Hikes range from trails traipsing the ridge lines to river wading under steep…

  • Park City Museum

    Park City

    A well-staged interactive museum touches on the highlights of the town's history as a mining boomtown, hippie hangout and premier ski resort. There are…

  • Discovery Gateway

    Salt Lake City

    This enthusiastic, hands-on children's museum is possibly the best city attraction for families. The 'Saving Lives' exhibit features a real helicopter,…

  • Woman walking in the gardens at Thanksgiving Point.

    Thanksgiving Point

    Salt Lake City

    Fifty-five acres of gardens, a petting farm, golf course, giant movie theater, dining and shopping: what doesn’t the Thanksgiving Point infotainment…

  • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - July 30, 2019: Family History Library,  a genealogical research facility in Salt Lake City, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Family History Library

    Salt Lake City

    Thousands of people come to Salt Lake City every year to research their family history here, the largest genealogical resource on earth. Because the LDS…

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Salt Lake Temple

    Salt Lake Temple

    Salt Lake City

    Lording over Temple Sq is the impressive 210ft-tall Salt Lake Temple. Atop the tallest spire stands a statue of the angel Moroni, who appeared to LDS…

  • Walking the Bryce Canyon Trail.

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    Southwestern Utah

    The Grand Staircase – a series of steplike uplifted rock layers stretching north from the Grand Canyon – dramatically culminates in the Pink Cliffs…

  • Temple Square dominates the downtown neighborhood of Salt Lake City

    Temple Square

    Salt Lake City

    The city's most famous sight occupies a 10-acre block surrounded by 15ft-high walls. LDS docents give free, 30-minute tours continually, leaving from the…

  • Cedar Breaks National Monument

    Southwestern Utah

    Sculpted cliffs and towering hoodoos glow like neon tie-dye in a wildly eroded natural amphitheater encompassed by Cedar Breaks National Monument. The…

  • Utah State Capitol Building and the mountains of the Wasatch Range beyond, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Utah State Capitol

    Salt Lake City

    The grand, 1916 State Capitol is set among 500 cherry trees on a hill north of Temple Sq. Inside, colorful Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals of…

  • Spiral Jetty in the smmer with views of the Great Salt Lake.

    Spiral Jetty

    Utah

    Created by Robert Smithson in 1970, this beyond-cool art installation is a 1500ft coil of rock and earth spinning out into the water. It's a little hard…

  • A girl watches the pendulum exhibit at Clark Planetarium at the Gateway Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah USA. (Photo by: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    Clark Planetarium

    Salt Lake City

    You'll be seeing stars at Clark Planetarium, home to the latest and greatest 3-D sky shows. There are free science exhibits and an IMAX theater, too. The…

  • Salt Lake City Pioneer Memorial Museum, Utah

    Pioneer Memorial Museum

    Salt Lake City

    You'll find relics from the early days at Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) museums throughout Utah, but the Pioneer Memorial Museum is by far the biggest…

  • The Castle, Capitol Reef National Park.

    Capitol Reef National Park

    Southwestern Utah

    Termed 'the land of the sleeping rainbow' by Native Americans, this colorful desert landscape encompasses buttes and canyons replete with rock art, Mormon…

  • Salt Lake City, Utah - Aug 2016: Colorful Bird, at the Tracy Aviary

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    Tracy Aviary

    Salt Lake City

    Located in the southwest corner of Liberty Park, this aviary delights bird-lovers with winged creatures from all over the world. Kids can feed pelicans…

  • Fruita Rural Historic District

    Southwestern Utah

    Fruita (froo-tuh) is a cool, green oasis, where shade-giving cottonwoods and fruit-bearing trees line the Fremont River's banks. The first Mormon…

  • Pine Valley Wilderness Area

    Southwestern Utah

    Mountains rise sharply in the 70-sq-mile Pine Valley Wilderness Area in the Dixie National Forest, 32 miles northwest of St George off Hwy 18. The highest…

  • Swamp Canyon

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    The overlook at Swamp Canyon sits in a forested dip between two ridge lines that extend into the canyon as fins, dropping to hoodoo formations. From the…

  • Mountain Meadows Massacre Monument

    Southwestern Utah

    About 12 miles north of Veyo on Hwy 18 stands a remote monument to one of the darkest incidents in the Mormon settlement of Utah. In 1857, for reasons…

  • Banksy Art

    Park City

    British street-artist Banksy left behind several cool works of art off Main St when his acclaimed documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop premiered in Park…

  • Agua Canyon Viewpoint

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    One of the best stops at the southern end of the park, the Agua Canyon viewpoint overlooks two large formations of precariously balanced, top-heavy…

  • Human History Museum

    Zion National Park

    A half-mile from the park's southern entrance station, the Human History Museum presents a modest exhibit of the geological and human history of Zion. A…

  • Grafton Ghost Town

    Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks

    The freely accessible Grafton ghost town, outside Rockville, achieved its 15 minutes of fame in 1969 as the setting for the bicycle scene in Butch Cassidy…

  • Sunrise Point

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    Marking the north end of Bryce Amphitheater, the southeast-facing Sunrise Point offers great views of hoodoos, the Aquarius Plateau and the Sinking Ship,…

  • Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

    Utah

    A recreation area named for its fiery red sandstone canyon, with 375 miles of shoreline around Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which straddles the Utah–Wyoming…

  • Farview Point

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    A grand view of the tree-studded rises and benches, giant plateaus, blue-hued mesas and buttes that extend from the skirts of Bryce into the Grand…

  • Paria View

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    Three miles north of Swamp Canyon, signs point to the Paria View viewpoint, which lies 2 miles off the main road. This is the place to come for sunsets…

  • Sunset Point

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    This is the nexus of the park, with easy access to the lodge, trails and other services. Aside from great views of the Silent City, this point is known…

  • Natural Bridge

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    Natural Bridge is an extremely popular stop, and with good reason: a stunning span of eroded, red-hued limestone juts from the edge of the overlook…

  • High Uintas Wilderness Area

    Utah

    The Uinta Mountains are unusual in that they run east–west, unlike all other major mountain ranges in the lower 48. Several peaks rise to more than 13…

  • Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation

    Utah

    The original name (Starvation) comes from the theft of buried provisions, left either by trappers or Native Americans. In different versions of the story,…

  • Hole 'n the Rock

    Moab

    An unabashed tourist trap 12 miles south of Moab, Hole ’n the Rock is a 5000-sq-ft home-cum-cave carved into sandstone and decorated in knockout 1950s…

  • Yovimpa Point

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    Accessed by a paved path from the same parking lot as Rainbow Point, Yovimpa Point is one of the park’s windiest spots. The southwest-facing view reveals…

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