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Hiking Southern Utah: Butterfly Trail in Snow Canyon State Park is embedded with lava rocks, so watch your step to avoid nasty falls.

Hiking Southern Utah: Butterfly Trail in Snow Canyon State Park

Hiking Southern Utah: Butterfly Trail in Snow Canyon State Park is embedded with lava rocks, so watch your step to avoid nasty falls.
Hiking Southern Utah: Kodachrome Basin State Park

Hiking Southern Utah: Kodachrome Basin State Park

With red tinged rock formations and incredible blue skies, Kodachrome Basin State Park is an area just begging to be photographed.
Tuacahn Saddle

Hiking Southern Utah: Tuacahn Saddle

Tuacahn Saddle, also known as Padre’s Canyon trail, is a gorgeous but moderately strenuous scenic trail that takes hikers up behind Tuacahn amphitheater and down into Snow Canyon State Park with spectacular views all along the way.
Hiking Southern Utah: Kanab's toadstools are cool. If you haven't the Red Toadstool in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, you're in for a treat.

Hiking Southern Utah: Kanab’s Toadstools Are Cool

A toadstool is a fungus with an umbrella-shaped top that is often poisonous. Not for me or thee. There is, however, a type of toadstool (aka hoodoos, goblins, mushrooms, and rimrocks) that everyone should experience.
Hiking Southern Utah Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

Hiking Southern Utah: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

Tucked away in Kanab near the Utah/Arizona border is Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
Hiking Southern Utah Sand Hollow State Park

Hiking Southern Utah: Sand Hollow State Park

The sprawling 20,000-acre Sand Hollow State Park, which rests mostly on Bureau of Land Management land, rivals Utah’s two largest state parks, Wasatch Mountain and Antelope Island.
Hiking Southern Utah: Beaver Dam Mountains

Hiking Southern Utah: Beaver Dam Mountains

Hiking Southern Utah: Beaver Dam Mountains are full of barrel cactus and desert plants that are pure Mojave desert species.
Petrified Dunes Trail, Snow Canyon State Park

Petrified Dunes Trail, Snow Canyon State Park

Living so close to Snow Canyon State Park, one tends to forget the amazing sandstone formations and views. Petrified Dunes Trail, Snow Canyon State Park
Hiking Southern Utah: Pioneer Park

Hiking Southern Utah: Pioneer Park

To find the park, from the junction of Bluff Street and St. George Boulevard, drive west on St. George Boulevard for 0.8 miles, turn left onto East 200 North. Drive up the hill for 0.6 miles.
Hiking Southern Utah: Shinob Kibe

Hiking Southern Utah: Shinob Kibe

Hiking Southern Utah: Shinob Kibe Trail: Shinob Kibe Location: Washington City Difficulty: Moderate Distance: 1.64 miles round trip Average Time: One hour plus exploring time Starting elevation: 2,692’ Highest elevation: 3,290’ Total...