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Snow Canyon State Park - Utah
What to do if you have little time : Petrified Dunes
We are here in Southern Utah and close to Nevada. So, it's very hot.
Snow Canyon is a State Park. Entrance fee: $ 6 per vehicle (up to 8 people)
We recommend you to dedicate a day to the visit of Snow Canyon.
Petrified Dunes
0,5 mile one way
1 hour
$6
GPS tracks to download
GPS trail to download
Beautiful hike of 1 mile roundtrip (according to the brochure of the park) without much difficulty if not some steep climbs in places. You can cross the dunes of the famous Navajo Sandstone.
Access : access to Snow Canyon is by Highway 18 north of of St. George. Take then the North Snow Canyon Parkway and Route 8 which cross Snow Canyon from south to north. Every trailhead are from parkings located on Route 8.
Lava Flow
1 mile one way
1 hour
$6
GPS tracks to download
GPS trail to download
Hike of no real interest unless geology is your passion. In fact, walking is on a path surrounded in some place by black rocks, remains of a volcanic eruption. Some Lava tubes (holes in the lava where many animals refuge) embellish the walk.
Access : parking along road 8.
Sand Dunes
0,3 mile one way
1 hour
$6
GPS tracks to download
GPS trail to download
Short hike of 0,6 mile roundtrip that leads to a strip of sand dunes clustered in a few tens of meters wide.
Access : parking along road 8, about 1 mile after the south toll station of the park.
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