Utah
From the red-rock canyon country of the south to the alpine Wasatch in the north — five national parks, a hundred ghost towns, and more empty road than almost anywhere left in the country.
All of Utah, One Map
Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.
Regions of Utah
Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.
Bryce Canyon Country
The high-plateau heart of Scenic Byway 12 — Bryce Canyon's hoodoos, the Grand Staircase–Escalante, and the string of towns and parks along one of America's great drives.
Cache Valley & Bear Lake
Utah's green northern corner — the dairy-and-college town of Logan, the Logan Canyon scenic byway, and the turquoise water of Bear Lake.
Capitol Reef Country
Utah's quietest red-rock park and the country around it — Capitol Reef, the Waterpocket Fold, the orchards of Fruita, and the desert towns of Highway 24.
Castle Country & the San Rafael Swell
The empty heart of east-central Utah — the San Rafael Swell, the richest dinosaur quarry on earth, the rock art of Nine Mile Canyon, and the coal town of Price.
Cedar Breaks & Brian Head
The high, cool plateau above Cedar City — Cedar Breaks' wildflower amphitheater, the ski town of Brian Head, and the ancient rock art at Parowan Gap.
Central Utah
The heartland between the Wasatch Front and the red-rock south — pioneer towns along I-15, Cove Fort, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Fish Lake, and the Manti Temple.
Dinosaurland & Flaming Gorge
Utah's far-northeast corner — the dinosaur fossil beds around Vernal and the red-rock canyon country of Flaming Gorge, deep in the Uinta Basin.
Greater Zion
Utah's red-rock southwest corner — Zion National Park and the canyons, ghost towns, and desert parks of Washington County around it.
Kanab & the Grand Staircase
The red-rock crossroads of southern Utah — the movie-history town of Kanab, the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, and the largest animal sanctuary in the country.
Moab & Canyon Country
Utah's red-rock basecamp on the Colorado River — Arches, Canyonlands, and a dense web of overlooks, river roads, and slickrock around the town of Moab.
Monument Valley & the Trail of the Ancients
Utah's remote far southeast — Monument Valley, the San Juan River canyons, and the Ancestral Puebloan country of the Trail of the Ancients.
Park City & the Wasatch Back
Salt Lake's high-country playground — Park City's ski resorts and silver-mining history, the Mirror Lake Highway into the Uintas, and the Heber Valley.
Salt Lake & the Wasatch Front
Utah's capital and the urban corridor along the mountains — Temple Square, the Great Salt Lake, the Cottonwood ski canyons, Ogden, and the Golden Spike.
Utah Valley
The valley between Utah Lake and Mount Timpanogos — Provo's canyons and waterfalls, Sundance, Timpanogos Cave, and the family attractions of Lehi.
Stories from Utah
The histories behind the places — the people, the disasters, the inventions, and the long memory of the land.
Scenic Drives
The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.
Alpine Loop Scenic Byway
Twenty hairpin miles over the shoulder of Mount Timpanogos — UT-92 from American Fork Canyon into Provo Canyon, past Timpanogos Cave, Cascade Springs, and Sundance. Paved and narrow, closed in winter, unbeatable in fall.
Highway 12 Scenic Byway
A 124-mile All-American Road through southern Utah's red-rock canyons, alpine forests, and slickrock wilderness — widely regarded as one of the most scenic drives in America.
Highway 20
Twenty unsigned miles between I-15 and US-89 over Bear Valley — the Old Spanish Trail crossing that carried Panguitch's founders and the Quilt Walk of 1864.
Highway 24 Scenic Byway
A 47-mile drive through the Waterpocket Fold — the geological wave that defines Capitol Reef — from Torrey at Highway 12's eastern terminus to the desert crossroads of Hanksville.
Highway 9 Scenic Byway
A 57-mile drive from the I-15 gateway through Springdale and Zion National Park to Mount Carmel Junction — climbing the cliff-face switchbacks and the 1930 Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel along the way.
Logan Canyon Scenic Byway
US-89 climbs forty-one miles from Logan up its limestone canyon to a pass near 7,800 feet, then drops to the turquoise water of Bear Lake — a National Scenic Byway, glorious in fall and open year-round.
Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
UT-150 climbs from Kamas into the Uintas over Bald Mountain Pass — at 10,715 feet, Utah's highest paved road — to the glassy alpine water of Mirror Lake. A short, spectacular season, roughly late June through early October.
Nebo Loop Scenic Byway
Thirty-eight winding miles over the back of Mount Nebo, the highest peak in the Wasatch — a CCC-built byway from Payson to Nephi, past alpine lakes, a 9,300-foot overlook, and a pocket of red-rock hoodoos. Closed in winter, unforgettable in fall.
Nine Mile Canyon Backway
The old freight road up the world's longest art gallery — a slow drive past a thousand years of Fremont and Ute rock art, from Wellington toward the Uinta Basin.
Scenic Byway 143
Utah's Patchwork Parkway — 51 miles from Parowan to Panguitch, climbing 4,400 feet out of the desert to a 10,000-foot rim past Brian Head, Cedar Breaks, and Panguitch Lake.
US-89 Heritage Highway
Forty-some miles down the floor of Sanpete Valley, US-89 threads the best-preserved string of pioneer Mormon towns in Utah — the "Little Denmark" heart of the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, from Fairview's Ice Age mammoth past Manti's 1888 temple to Gunnison's century-old Casino Star Theatre.
UT-128 Colorado River Road
A 44-mile scenic drive along the Colorado River through towering red-rock canyons — locals' choice for the most beautiful road in Utah.