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.
Plan a Trip
Day-by-day plans — real drive times, honest overnights, and the permit fine print sorted before you leave.
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.
I-15: The Virgin River Gorge
Three states in twenty-nine Arizona miles — I-15 threads the Virgin River Gorge, the most expensive rural interstate ever built, following the desert water that drew every road here from the Old Spanish Trail to the Las Vegas Springs.
Interstate 80: The Bonneville Crossing
A hundred and thirty miles across the bed of a vanished sea, from Elko to the Bonneville Salt Flats — the crossing that nearly ended the Donner Party and, a century later, rehearsed the atomic bomb.
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.
U.S. 163: The Monument Valley Crossing
Sixty-eight miles up US-163 out of the Navajo Nation — from Kayenta and the Code Talkers past sacred Agathla and the buttes the world mistakes for the West, across the reservation's edge into Utah's free-roaming canyon country.
U.S. 50: The Great Basin Crossing
The far end of the Loneliest Road: 150 empty miles from Ely across the Great Basin to Delta and the Topaz camp.
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.
US-89: Climbing the Grand Staircase
The climb from Lake Powell to Bryce Canyon — up the Grand Staircase, where each step north is younger rock and higher ground, from the slickrock desert to the Pink Cliffs and their hoodoos.
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.
Trails Across the West
Themed journeys that thread Utah into the wider West — one story, told state to state.
Ghost Towns of the West
The boom-and-bust West in thirteen towns — the silver, the gold, the copper, and every kind of ending.
Dark Skies of the West
The last of the natural night in thirteen stops — from the town that wrote the world's first lighting law to the monument that measured the darkest sky in the system.
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.
Historical Markers
Roadside history, plaque by plaque — every marker in Utah, grouped by county and searchable.
Markers of Utah
Browse every historical marker across Utah — organized by county, each with its full plaque text.