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Snow Canyon State Park

4.7 (146 reviews)
Open 6:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Jenny's Canyon
Shayla B.

This is definitely a Utah gem! A beautiful red rock canyon that's filled with tons of stunning rock formations and a plethora of multi purpose trails. Snow Canyon had been on my bucket list for quite sometime and it did not disappoint. When driving in, you'll have to pay a $15 fee ($10 for Utah residents) at the entrance (at least if there's an attendant at the station). The attendant will provide you with a map of the park. It isn't a huge park but you could easily spend an entire day exploring here. If you have the time, I'd suggest driving all way down to the end of the park and working your way back to avoid the crowds. The most crowded area of the park is Jenny's Canyon which is right near the entrance. Jenny's Canyon features short family friendly trails that lead to several slot canyons. If you're into slot canyons, I'd definitely check this area out. There's also another beautiful area nearby called Pioneer Names. Here you'll find some neat natural arches that are embedded within the red rocks. While driving through the park, you'll have some amazing views of the beautiful red rock formations. My favorite part of the park to explore was Hidden Pinyon. The views on this trail are absolutely fantastic and there's a fun section where you can actually do some light rock scaling. This trail is filled with the most breathtaking views of sandstone cliffs, cactus, desert vegetation, and the beautiful red stone mountains. You'll be hit with beauty at every turn. It gets extremely hot in the summers and there is little to no shade in the park. Definitely load up on water and sunscreen and make sure that you wear protective gear. Although there were some crowds near Jenny's Canyon, this park was relatively empty during the weekday in the summer. It's so peaceful and enjoyable here. It almost feels like a mini Zion or Bruce Canyon. I did see a few rock climbers here and there are also campsites located all throughout the park. It's well worth the visit, especially if you're planning to visit the National Parks nearby.

Lava Flow Trail
Vanessa T.

Beautiful park with lots of trails to choose from. Most seeming dog-friendly. St. George has a lot to offer. We especially enjoyed the Lava Flow trail. It's mostly a casual walk, but you can climb down into the lava tunnels, which are basically just caves that are now full of bats. We really enjoyed our visit, and the views are incredible. Especially at dusk and seeing all pf the stars. Not sure why, but our Sunday visit had no attendants at the entrance.

Christina N.

Snow Canyon is so beautiful naturally and truly is a hidden gem. They have a trail for every style of hiking whether beginner or vigorous hiker. We absolutely loved seeing this as Southern California Natives, we truly have nothing like this here. I highly recommend this park to everyone.

Scout Cave Trail
Zemin H.

We were visiting my daughter at St. George, and Snow Canyon State Park is only 8 miles away from our residence. This park has 19 trails, plus 4 trails in the adjacent Paradise Canyon, for a total of 23 trails. Compared with the famous nearby Zion NP, St George is a diamond in the rough. I went to multiple trails. First I went to Scout Cave which is located outside of park entrance. This trail shared the trailhead and parking lot with Johnson Canyon, unattended, Mobile charges In State $10, Out State $15.The trail is basically flat, it passes through a mixture of 3 different surfaces, including ancient lava floors, sandy road, and large rock cliffs. The reward is the beautiful views from the cave, the sunlight shines at cave entrance, making whole cave golden, you can overlook at St George in the distance. On the way back, I went to nearby Johnson Canyon trail which is flush with the rocky slope and is mostly quicksand, flanked by canyons sheltered by willows and Cottonwood. Second time, I drove to inside of the park, many trails are short and family friendly, suitable for all ages, such as Jenny's Canyon, then I went to Lava Flow, turn to Butterfly Loop, and saw two Lava Tubes - volcanic lava caves on the way. Some people try to get in, it's too dangerous. Then I went to watch sunrise at Snow Canyon two days in a row, new year's eve and new year's day, it's just too beautiful and irresistible. When I stood on Petrified Dunes, the first ray of sunshine of 2024 illuminated the surrounding mountains, I had no words to describe the beauty of the landscape. The special landforms of petrified sand dunes under my feet were layered and lined up in rows. The red cliffs in the distance were undulating like being chopped by knifes and axes. It's spectacular. I walked several trails along the way: Petrified Dunes, Hidden Pinyon, Red Sand, Whiptail, and finally went to Pioneer Names, they were all very beautiful and worthy. I can't justify why such a beautiful place is not a national park. To be fair, Snow Canyon is very comparable to Zion. My conclusion is that this park is little smaller in size and most of the trails are relatively short and cannot accommodate too many tourists. Indeed, the locals call it "Mini Zion" and believe that this park would definitely be a national park in any other state. In fact, if Zion NP were not so close, Snow Canyon would probably become a national park.

The scenery is gorgeous!
Mary P.

Absolutely gorgeous park, well kept and so many things to do and see. I wish they had a week pass for visitors or weekend pass, because $15 is quite a bit each day. Compare the daily fee to the $75 annual fee, not sure what they were thinking with that one. I've yet to see desert tortoise here, mostly bugs and various types of birds, including a road runner. There are many hiking trails for various skill levels, which is fantastic. You could spend days here and still find more to do. Would highly recommend and would come back.

Kaori M.

The last day of our Utah trip, we decided to hike in snow canyon state park. It is convenient, because it it not too far to the Las Vegas airport. I read in the hiking book this is a scenic place so we chose here. It is more than expected. Very pretty place. We arrived early in the morning. I liked the morning section a lot. Later on it was too crowded especially caves. I highly recommended.

Connie G.

What an astonishing place to explore! This is a complete hidden gem with such beauty in each hike, canyon, or sand dune. Trails connect and you could spend all day here constantly finding something new. I went with: Jenny's Canyon Lava Flow Trail Sand Dunes Wish I could if stayed for more so amazing and I sat in awe with how lucky I am to experience these time lapsing world wonders. Just beautiful Thank you for having me explore in lava tubes, canyons and hanging in the sand absolutely love and hope to come back to explore you more soon!

Danielle G.

Whilst red rock canyons and mountainsides dotted with barrel cacti and sagebrush are admittedly not my favorite landscape, one must admit that areas such as these do lend some interesting visuals. The jagged, craggly rocks sliding sideways down the towering vistas mixed with salmon-colored twisted waves of petrified ground and ancient lava tubes is like something out of a sci-fi movie. It was cold, a little bit windy, and raining when we visited unfortunately, but I would definitely geek out on doing some of those trails when the weather permits. We will definitely head back there soon. If you're looking for a quick little scenic drive, it's $10 to go up and back, I thought it was worth it. We did get out and walk around a little bit, but the weather was not our friend that day.

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John M.

While the wife and I were visiting St George for a couple days, we got up early and went to Snow Canyon to see what's what before the heat (90+) later in the day. We entered via the North Entrance. We did not plan that, Google Maps guided us there. A very nice gate attendant took our $15 for access, gave us a map and pointed out some points of interest. He asked if we were hiker people and I said, "No, we are mostly brunch people." He did not get it, but I laughed. The wife just shook her head. The first destination was the Petrified Sand Dunes, a 1.2 mile round trip, moderate hike according to the map info. It was a well labeled trail and once you get to the petrified dunes the markers turn in to small metal domes on the ground pointing the back and forth direction of the path they want you to follow. You could always see the next dome. It was a moderate hike with some scaling of the petrified dunes. They were great to walk on, since it was rough and you did not have to worry about slipping. The dunes were very cool and worth the short hike to see. By the time we returned to the car, it was already warm. We cooled off in the car. The goals of the Butterfly Trail is to see the rock formation that looks like butterfly wings and the lava tubes. I read the map as a 1.2 mile round trip, easy hike so off we went. The trail started easy, but soon we were scaling down a moderate decline of petrified sand. This was harder than the pervious trail, so why "easy"? We continued and it was getting hotter. Bring water, see the ProTip below. The trail went back and forth from easy to more difficult and there was some inclines that were burning my out of shape, thighs. The nice thing at this point was we were walking along the canyon, so there was shade. We walked right by the butterfly wings and when we broke out to a clearing I was hot and a bit tired. After a bit and seeing people off in the distance we headed back. We did see the cool butterfly wing stones but neither the wife or I took a pic. We got back to the car and fired up the AC to cool off and drink water. I pulled up the map and re-read the description. The hike was actually 2 miles RT and moderate. I had mistakenly read the description of the hike above Butterfly. We went to the Tortoise Walk Trail. It was short and flat walk to the end. I was expecting a rock formation with a tortoise shape, but at the end was an actual sculpture of a tortoise. About three feet high and 10 feet around. It was OK and I was glad it was an easy hike to see it. After cooling off again and some more water, we headed off to Pioneer Names Trail. A 0.5 RT hike and easy. We passed the entrance and then parked across the street in a little lot. Off we went to find the pioneer names and came across a very cool "almost" arch, see the picture. Looking up from the bottom was impressive and I had to wonder how many times slabs fall off the cliff on to unsuspecting visitors like me. Again, we were against the cliff and it was 15 degrees cooler than in the sun. Easy hike, but way more than 1/4 of a mile, but it was nice and cool so we kept walking. Finally we got there and high above in a shallow, large cave were huge letters and numbers with pioneer names and dates, some back to 1851. You don't get close unless you scale up the moderate climb and some people were up there. I'm not sure if you are supposed to, but we could see the names and took some pics. Some people can't control themselves, so two idiots named Dave and Robert some how managed to put there names up in the same location. What can you say, people are morons sometimes. What I determined was that the 0.5 mile RT hike was from the north start of the trail and we started from the south. It was not much longer, so we headed back the same way we came and got to the car. Next stop, Red Sand Dunes. This was a 0.5 mile RT, easy hike. I made sure to read the descriptions in detail now. Could not find the walking path labeled so we saw the bike path at the rear of the parking lot and walked that way. We walked for quite a bit, much more than 1/4 mile (since it was 1/2 mile RT) when we realized the dunes were just to our left and we had been walking parallel to them. I thought they would be much bigger. We cut through the grass and found them. They were certainly red sand dunes. We walked back the same way, got in the car and started driving south for another stop. As we drove a couple hundred feet on the road, there was a small parking lot and the sand dunes were right in front of it. Cool to see. Easier access if you are brining kids along to play in the dunes. By this time it was about noon and it was pretty hot, so we decided we were done and we headed to the South Entrance to get ourselves back to St George. ProTip: Bring lots of water. Even the short hikes will get you hot and sweaty. Go early to avoid the heat. Go. Have Fun!.

Melody T.

Loved our visit to Snow Canyon today, and our highlight was enjoying the beautiful scenery in the wonderful weather and watching two guys rock climb... You have to pay an entrance fee (one per car). For 65 and older its $10 and for under 65 its $15 and it's worth every penny....

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Beautiful outdoor experience to explore by yourself or with some friends and family. beautiful trails and a unforgettable canyon drive

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Ask the Community - Snow Canyon State Park

Is the park Dog friendly?

Somewhat. There are a few trails that allow dogs, the campground allows dogs, but they must be on a leash at all times. From their brochure: "Permitted only in campground, on West Canyon Road, Whiptail Trail and Paradise Canyon; must be leashed."

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Anasazi Valley Trail

Anasazi Valley Trail

4.6(10 reviews)
5.3 mi

There are 2 parking lots for the trail, either one of them is fine, no fee is required. First one…read morecomes with brief instructions and maps. It's easy hike with slow elevation. The petroglyphs site is on the rock side or right side, so stay on right side. It's about 3 miles round trip, expect one and half hour. It is fun to explore and search for petroglyphs since there is no signs or indications where these petroglyphs are located. The history of petroglyphs is not as old as I thought, it's about 800-1000 years old. Many petroglyphs are located on cliffs facing by the Santa Clara River. These petroglyphs include abstract and geometric patterns such as parallel lines, herringbone and patterns, as well as figurative patterns such as dancing people and goats. The petroglyphs have spiral patterns, which I think are in memory of their legend ancestor Spider Grandmother. And these dancing people may be worshiping the ancestor. There is a goat head painted very ethereal, it's so beautiful even looks like modern paintings. Although it is introduced that there is an organization-the Land Mountain Research and Conservation Foundation, dedicated to protecting these rock paintings. But these rock paintings are still in their original state, there are no monitoring measures to protect the wind and rain, and there are no markings on the location of the rock paintings. You have to climb up and down to find them. We encountered other tourists who lost their way in finding rock paintings. I truly hope significant measures to take to preserve and label these petroglyphs, maybe more academic research should be done to interpret them.

The Santa Clara River Trail System has an awesome trail which leads to petroglyphs. This trail is…read moreknown as Templ'po'op Petroglyph Trail and you can reach it from Anasazi Valley Trailhead. The trail is 2.9 miles long and takes you through the desert until you finally arrive to the petroglyphs. There are a lot of petroglyphs here which makes sense because Templ'po'op translates to rock writing. To see many of these petroglyphs you must climb around a bit. Some rocks had plenty of petroglyphs on them while some only had one or two drawings. There is really a lot of stuff to see here. On the way back there are some beautiful views. This is a very kid friendly hike. Even climbing around the rocks to see the petroglyphs felt safe.

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Vernon Worthen Park

4.3(8 reviews)
8.6 mi

A million years ago when I was in high school, I broke up with my boyfriend at this park. It was a…read moresad day, but I've had many great memories there since then (and even made amends with the boyfriend and we are on good terms now). Anyway, this park has been around forever and whether your memories are of the lush, green grassy areas or the adjacent recreational equipment, you probably have a story of your own. Hopefully there are more happy memories than sad ones like mine. Because it's centrally located and a large size, there are lots of markets or community events that are held here. There is a parking lot nearby as well as ample street parking. It's a great space to bring the St. George and surrounding community together.

At this park weekly St. George farmers market is in full swing. There are food trucks too. You can…read moreorder your food in the market grounds too. Then there is a pavilion you can go eat under at a picnic table or take a huge blanket to enjoy your food on the grass close to the park while the children play. There is a farmer market every Saturday. The hours for summer are 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (noon) MDT until October. Winter hours are from November to April 10 am - 2 pm. Closed the last 2 weeks of December and all of January for winter break. This park is huge, plenty of space for big or small families to congregate too. Area to play pickle ball, run, shade to relax, walk with your fur baby on a leash, walk along the pathway with your signing other (you get the idea), safe enough to walk by yourself too and plenty of space to set up family outdoor games. Bathrooms, drinking fountains, and plenty of parking. Parking, little side rant. If you are parking on a Saturday when the area is busy, then it sucks finding a spot. The vehicles start parking at entrances/exits, then it turns into a one-way battle of who is turning around. In my opinion, parking should not be allowed in those narrow entrances/exits. Otherwise, it is FUN, FUN, FUN... and next door to rodeo grounds, too.

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