Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. So why not check them all out? Go fishing in both Navajo Lake and Panguitch Lake in one day. Swing a few golf clubs and then swim and boat in Sand Hallow Reservoir before skipping over to Quail Creek Lake to repeat the fun.
Hike up Red Canyon and then visit the sandstones of Snow Canyon just in time for sunset. Jump your four-wheeler or mountain bike in Three Peaks before setting up your tent in Yankee Meadow. Elevations in the forest vary from 2, to 11, feet, supporting a wide variety of wildlife species, such as the cougar, bobcat, blue grouse, golden eagle, cottontail rabbit, wild turkey, antelope, mule deer, elk and Utah prairie dog.
The terrain varies from gentle plateaus to rocky cliffs and also features great fishing in the many lakes, reservoirs and streams.
A short but scenic trail brings you to a small mountain lake surrounded by aspen trees, making this a spectacular destination in the fall. Distance is 0. You can see Zion National Park in the distance from an observation deck as you mingle among a grove of bristlecone pines.
Trailhead is located on Hwy. U, at approximately mile marker This trail provides spectacular views of Zion National Park and overlooks the Markagunt Plateau where it ends at the cascading falls from an underground lava tube out of Navajo Lake. This is where the Virgin River begins! Follow to the junction with FS Road Turn right onto FS road and follow to dead end at Cascade Fall trailhead. The trail works to a rim and overlooks the road.
