Best places to visit in Utah

Utah Essentials

Utah's geography features the "Mighty 5" National Parks, including the sandstone arches of Arches and the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon. Salt Lake City serves as the cultural hub, home to the 19th-century Salt Lake Temple and the Utah State Capitol. The southern region contains iconic desert landmarks like Monument Valley’s buttes and the Four Corners Monument, while Lake Powell offers a 186-mile-long reservoir for water activities.

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Monument Valley

A scenic valley known for its iconic sandstone formations and striking desert landscape within Navajo tribal lands.

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Zion Canyon Scenic Drive

It takes about an hour and a half to drive this 54-mile road by the Virgin river.

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Bryce Amphitheater

The most visited part of Bryce Canyon National Park. No wonder - the vastness of the maze with abundance of spires and pinnacles is simply…

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Arches National Park

Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi north of Moab, Utah.

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Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint

Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States.

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Mesa Arch

Mesa Arch is a pothole arch on the eastern edge of the Island in the Sky mesa in Canyonlands National Park in northern San Juan County,…

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Forrest Gump Point

A roadside pull-off on U.S. Route 163 offering a straight-line view of Monument Valley’s buttes. It is the filming location where the character Forrest Gump ended his cross-country run in the 1994 movie.