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Accessible

13 destinations along 11 roads

Accessibility in this country is uneven and worth being honest about: a graded overlook and a boardwalk in one park, a mile of loose sand and a curbless trailhead in the next. These are the stops with real access — paved paths, viewpoints reachable from the car, visitor centers and rest areas built to standard, big country you can take in without a hard hike. Details change, so call ahead when it matters. But a great deal of the West's best is reachable by everyone, and this is where.

I-152

Hill Aerospace Museum

Roy

Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac

Temple Square

Salt Lake City

The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

I-171

Montezuma Castle

Camp Verde

A five-story Sinagua cliff dwelling, misnamed for an emperor who was never here

I-191

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Tumacácori

Arizona's first mission, on O'odham ground along the Santa Cruz River.

CA-49 / Parrotts Ferry Road1

Columbia State Historic Park

Sonora

The Gem of the Southern Mines, still open for business on a car-free Gold Rush main street.

Badwater Road (CA-178)1

Badwater Basin

Furnace Creek

The lowest ground in North America, a salt pan 282 feet below sea level under two miles of mountain.

US-1911

Flaming Gorge Dam

Dutch John

A 502-foot concrete dam with a free guided tour inside

US-3952

Manzanar National Historic Site

Independence

A concentration camp on twice-taken ground, where the United States imprisoned more than eleven thousand of its own.

Owens Lake

Lone Pine

Patsiata, the lake Los Angeles drank, and the most expensive dust in America.

700 East1

Liberty Park

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

Foothill Drive1

Natural History Museum of Utah

Salt Lake City

A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City

Jordan River Parkway1

International Peace Gardens

Salt Lake City

A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature

Wakara Way1

Red Butte Garden

Salt Lake City

A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

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