A local Utah guidebook author shares the best Utah state parks—in her opinion—from Snow Canyon to Bear Lake, ranked.

Subscribe today. The national parks of Utah usually steal the thunder, but don’t forget about its state parks. Utah has 46 state parks, and there are some serious gems among them. I’ve rounded ...

Places like Monte Cristo and San Rafael Swell could also be looked at as future state parks, monuments or campgrounds. Utah could overtake major deferred maintenance projects at federal recreation ...

“There’s a ton of potential here, but the low-hanging fruit is the trails — bringing them up to Utah State Parks standards,” Walker said. “And as we get our feet under us, we’ll lean ...

Given the choice between a rafting trip through the red-rock canyons of the Colorado River and a whirl through the ...

Another 45-day legislative session is in the books, dominated early by rancor over a bill stripping public unions of ...

A young condor released into Redwood National and State Parks in 2023 has been found dead, with lead poisoning being the likely cause of death.

In a tourist town still struggling to climb out from pandemic restrictions, tourists are canceling trips to Arches and ...

Eliason clarified that the state would not pry its national parks away from the National Park Service under the financial provision. Instead, it would enter a partnership to help fund deferred ...

Where is this federal land? The ownership ranges from a low of 4% in Morgan County to a high of 90% in Garfield County. Counties in northern Utah and along the Wasatch Front have some of the lowest ...

Sea ducks such as Common eiders, grassland birds such as Western meadowlarks and Lark buntings, and forest species such as ...