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Goblin Valley is my favorite state park. If you could do me a solid and stay away, I’d appreciate it. This incredible place makes you feel like a five-year-old again. Most folks drive past the turn-off on their way from Capitol Reef to Arches or on their way to Lake Powell. It’s well worth a a stop and a long weekend.
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The Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. Its ever-changing shores and multitude of islands offer a unique adventure. Take a few hours to launch a boat, float in the water, or walk the beaches. (That pile of white stuff isn’t snow; it’s salt!)
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Dead Horse Point is far more than a panoramic selfie-setting, it’s a jaw-dropping backdrop for camping, hiking, and mountain biking. The views up there are a million years in the making. With a drive 2,000 feet up from the Colorado River below, the temperatures cool and offer respite from the desert below.
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Gunlock State Park may appear as an oasis in the desert, but it’s more of a mirage. Blink and you’ll miss it. This usually quiet and small reservoir in southwestern Utah, turns into a water park for a short time of year in the spring and some years not at all. It’s well worth the trip when it’s running.
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If you want to avoid the crowds of Dead Horse Point but still want to see the majesty of a river carving through the desert, visit Goosenecks State Park. This little park in southeastern Utah is a beautiful footnote in the red rock landscape. Its remote location makes it a good stop but not a destination.
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In the southeast corner of Utah, lies this gem of a museum. Built in the city of Blanding, the park sits on the site of an ancient pueblo settlement. The museum contains a large collection of ancient artifacts and outside are a few pueblos. One of which has a ladder leading into a 1,000-year-old kiva.
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There are parks you go to commune with nature, but this is not one of those. This is a park you go to for a bitchin’ good time. Acres of red sand dunes make for an awesome four-wheeler adventure. If you got a boat or any kind of watercraft, bask in the bright blue waters and red sandy beaches.
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Historic Camp Floyd in Utah hosts ghost hunts three weekends a year in October, opening their hundred-year-old inn, museum, and cemetery to prying eyes and cameras. The night started off with instructions on how to spot the ghosts; then the lights were extinguished and off we went to find the spooky specters.
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Escalante Petrified Forest State Park sits on the edge of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument next to a large reservoir and surrounded by a petrified forest at least a million years old. The peaceful campground is the perfect base camp to visit the hundreds of surrounding slot canyons.
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There are waterfalls worth hiking to and there are falls worth driving hours, hiking through deep sand, and dodging flying caterpillars to get to. Lower Calf Creek is one of these. The only maintained trail and campground in Grand Staircase-Escalante, this trail is worthwhile before you even get out of your car.
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