The best time to visit Park City is late January through early March if you’re skiing, and mid-September through early October if you’re not — and the price gap between those two answers is enormous. Federal per-diem lodging rates for Park City run $483 a night from December through March and $221 a night from…
No fish live in the open water of the Great Salt Lake. The main south arm runs roughly 9 to 15 percent salt — three to five times saltier than the ocean — and almost no fish species can survive past about 10 to 12 percent. What the lake holds instead is trillions of brine…
Yes, but only on established front-country roads, in parking areas, in the front-country campgrounds, and in picnic areas — and always on a leash 6 feet or shorter. Dogs are banned from every hiking trail, from anywhere off-trail even inside a carrier, from every overlook, from all buildings, and from the entire backcountry, including inside…
Payson is a small city of about 25,400 at the south end of Utah Valley, and its wedge is that it’s the northern trailhead for the Nebo Loop Scenic Byway — a 37-mile paved mountain road that tops out above 9,000 feet and delivers one of the best fall-color drives in the state. Add Payson…
Springville is a small city of about 35,800 that calls itself “Art City,” and it earns the nickname on exactly one attraction: the Springville Museum of Art, Utah’s first and oldest art museum (founded 1903), with a permanent collection of over 3,000 works and free admission year-round. Add Hobble Creek Canyon (a shady, low-drama alternative…
Pleasant Grove is a suburb of about 37,800 at the base of Mount Timpanogos, and its wedge is two accessible waterfall hikes inside 15 minutes of town — Battle Creek Falls (about a mile round-trip, family-easy) and Grove Creek Falls (about 2.5 miles round-trip, moderate) — both of which most Utah County visitors drive past…
American Fork is a small city of about 42,900 whose wedge is that it’s the practical entrance to two of the best day trips on the Wasatch Front: Timpanogos Cave National Monument (a National Park Service site with three connected limestone caves, guided-tour access only) and the Alpine Scenic Loop up American Fork Canyon. The…
Spanish Fork is a small city of about 50,050 at the south end of Utah Valley, and its wedge is one of the most surprising destinations in the state: the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, an ornate Vedic temple that hosts the biggest Holi Festival of Colors and Diwali Festival of Lights celebrations in the…
Saratoga Springs is a lakeside suburb of about 66,100 on the west shore of Utah Lake — the fastest-growing city on this list at 7.7% annually — and its wedge is the largest municipal water access on Utah Lake: a public marina, three lakefront parks, and the paved Jordan River Parkway Trail extension that runs…
Eagle Mountain is a fast-growing city of about 70,800 (up 6.3% annually — one of the fastest-growing in the country) that sits in Cedar Valley on the west side of Utah Lake, and its wedge is that it’s one of the darkest night skies inside 45 minutes of a major U.S. metro area. Eagle Mountain…
