Activity
Swimming
13 destinations along 11 roads
Water is scarce enough out here that finding it is half the pleasure — a reservoir gone turquoise against the desert, a hot spring at the end of a dirt road, a green pool at the foot of a slot canyon. Almost none of it is lifeguarded, most of it is colder or deeper than it looks, and the prettiest slot pools are exactly where a flash flood would funnel. Check the upstream weather, know your exit, and then enjoy the rarest thing in this country: a place to get wet.