Whether you’re a longtime resident or one of the tens of thousands of people who recently moved to Utah, you’re likely to realize some of the things that make Utah a very smart state. But beyond the crowds in Temple Square and Zion National Park, there are other amazing attractions and sites that don’t get much traffic.
With five national parks, more than a dozen national monuments and recreation spaces and 44 state parks, Utah still has many other places to see. The five on this list are representative of the lesser known but still impressive options of this state.
All of these positions are available in a circle of familiar sedans, but some are remote. So, if you leave, make sure you travel ready and let someone know your schedule.
Castle Valley
Despite their proximity to Moab, many visitors to Arches, Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point never travel the additional 16 miles that allow them to see some of Utah’s most picturesque and iconic red rock arrows and fins.
You’ve noticed images of Castle Valley, as its unique rock formations are popular backgrounds for ads and ads. In fact, in 1964, Chevrolet placed its new Impala convertible over one of the towers for a striking television ad.
You can see Castle Valley’s stunning rock formations from the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle coming out of the black roof. Or if you prefer a closer, non-public view, you can walk to the towers and even scale them as long as you have the necessary skills and experience.
There is no in Castle Valley, so be sure to collect the materials you want in Moab before you leave. Even mobile phone service is fragmentary, so be careful.
Les Toadstools
“A land of balanced fungal-like rock formations, The Toadstools is a charming desert available through a simple to moderate 1.5-mile circular journey,” VisitUtah.com reports. But this description doesn’t reflect the uniqueness of this amazing place.
The Toadstools are part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument about forty-five miles east of Kanab on Highway 89. Toadstools are remote but accessible. The formations are really visual from the road, but they’re far away, so passers-by don’t recognize them.
There is no front post, no guest center, no permanent bathrooms, no water, and the only sign that the Toadstools is easy to lose. Millions of others pass by as they head to some of Utah’s best-known attractions.
You can’t enjoy the Toadstools until you walk. Fortunately, it’s a simple walk on a necessarily flat terrain. It’s hard to explain the feeling you feel as you traverse a landscape that is from another world.
In addition to the classic red sandstone of southern Utah, The Toadstools has bright white sandstone spaces, creating a contrast.
Salinas de Bonneville
If you crossed the west coast of Utah on Interstate 80, you saw the marshes. They are unlikely to get lost as they cover more than 30,000 acres and stretch for miles on both sides of the busy road. But to actually appreciate the uniqueness of this geological wonder, you’ll want to do more than just pass through there.
The white salt crust is so large, flat, hard and smooth that it can serve as an ideal surface for motor racing. Since 1914, runners have been coming to the marshes every and every summer and fall to check and set speed records for almost every vehicle you can believe (including pedal go-karts and bar stools, according to BonnevilleRacing. Com.
For much of the year, the apartments are covered with bracked water, which deposits salt. When dried, the surface of the salt looks hard, but beneath the most sensitive crunchy layer there may be viscous mud. In some spaces of the apartments you can see deep grooves where other people have made the decision to check their cars on the surface at the wrong time to get in the salty mud.
The domain is named after Captain B.L.E. Bonneville, whose expeditions in the 1830s demonstrated that the domain component of an ancient basin, according to Utah.com. Interestingly, Bonneville has never noticed the salt flats that bear his name.
Crown Arch
Delicate Arch is arguably Utah’s most popular and well-known ark; it looks like on the license plates, for God’s sake. With nearly 1.7 million visitors to Arches National Park in 2019, walk with a crowd no matter when you make the decision to move to the sensitive 52-foot-tall arch.
A few miles away there is another arch of herbs that takes your breath twice as giant and comparable in terms of impressive (not a word, but it deserves to be for places like this). Better yet, it’s outside the park, so there’s no rate and there’s a lot less people.
You succeed in the ark through a 1.5-mile trail through Utah’s characteristic red sandstone. The walk to Corona is more picturesque and attractive than the road to Delicate Arch.
You’ll also get an extra arc for your efforts. You pass Bowtie Arch before you reach Corona, which probably carries the ring call around the sun that the virus, across the way.
Once there, get ready to be impressed. A YouTube search shows many videos of other people swinging from Corona Arch (illegal and uns advised) and even flying through the ark on an ultralight aircraft (neither legal nor advised).
Devil’s Yard
Few citizens of Beehive State are familiar with the unique rock formations of Box Elder County, known as Devil’s Playground. Located west of the Great Salt Lake, it is easily accessible, but also incredibly remote.
“The altered red tape of the granite rock has fantastic shapes and shapes. Devil’s Playground is a remote and relatively unknown geological curiosity,” explains the Bureau of Land Management. In Utah, this exclusive site is rarely mentioned. If it could be transported in any way to any state east of the Mississippi River, other people would claim that it obtains the national designation of park or monument.
Basically located in BLM and on state lands, it’s simple to see how the domain gets its name. In summer, the domain is warm, dry and probably uninhabitable. At the same time, rocks are an impossible-to-resist drawing.
The way to get from Salt Lake City or Utah Valley is to head west on Interstate 80 to Oasis, Nevada, then head northeast on Highway 223 toward Utah, where Highway 30 becomes Utah State Route 30. It’s about 95 miles away. Wendover. From Layton North, the preferred address is to take Interstate 84 West to National Highway 30 and then southwest. It is located about 145 miles from Ogden.
If you go, make sure you are well stocked with food, water, fuel and anything else you may need, as it is not available. One caveat: the symptoms on the main road that marks the exit to Devil’s Playground are safely overlooked.