{"id":85,"date":"2011-03-13T20:50:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T03:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sethbowers.com\/pim\/?p=85"},"modified":"2016-05-05T22:32:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T04:32:52","slug":"favorite-area-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Area Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcgov.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.slcgov.com<\/strong><\/a> (the official website for Salt Lake City) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocitykids.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.gocitykids.com<\/strong><\/a> to find out all the things happening for children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Attractions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Silver Lake at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Park City<\/li>\n<li>Millcreek Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Antelope Island<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisistheplace.org\" target=\"_blank\">This is the Place Heritage Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbuttegarden.org\" target=\"_blank\">Red Butte Garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Olympic Park Museum (Park City)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcclassic.com\/publicservices\/parks\/list.htm\" target=\"_blank\">City Parks\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recreation.slco.org\" target=\"_blank\">Recreation Centers<\/a>: Salt Lake County operates 12 recreation centers, 17 aquatic centers, and 3 ice centers. The recreation centers all have unbelievable amounts of sports programs and activities for children.<\/li>\n<li>Scenic Drives:\n<ul>\n<li>Skyline Drive in the Avenues<\/li>\n<li>All Wasatch canyons: Big and Little Cottonwood, Millcreek, Provo, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Mount Timpanogos highway to Robert Redford&#8217;s Sundance Resort<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State Attractions <\/strong>(Check out all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utah.com\/nationalparks\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Parks in Utah<\/a>)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moab<\/li>\n<li>Dead Horse Point<\/li>\n<li>Zion National Park<\/li>\n<li>Bryce Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Lake Powell<\/li>\n<li>Mirror Lake in the Uintas<\/li>\n<li>Arches National Park<\/li>\n<li>Capitol Reef National Park<\/li>\n<li>Canyonlands National Park<\/li>\n<li>Green River\/Flaming Gorge Reservoir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Camping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Albion Basin in Little Cottonwood Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Dead Horse Point State Park, near Moab and Canyonlands (great sunsets)<\/li>\n<li>Devil&#8217;s Garden, Arches National Park<\/li>\n<li>Goblin Valley State Park, near Green River (great rock formations)<\/li>\n<li>Jordanelle Reservoir (great fishing and very nice campgrounds)<\/li>\n<li>Kodachrome Basin State Park (near Bryce Canyon)<\/li>\n<li>Payson Lakes (not too far away, takes reservations, swimming available)<\/li>\n<li>San Rafael Reef (secluded, bring your own water)<\/li>\n<li>Snow Canyon, St. George<\/li>\n<li>Southern Utah National Park Campgrounds: Bryce, Zion, Cedar Breaks, Capitol Reef<\/li>\n<li>Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood<\/li>\n<li>Canyon Tanners Flat in Little Cottonwood Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Uinta Mountains: dozens of campgrounds east of Kamas in a rugged wilderness area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hiking<\/strong> (Great hiking books:\u00a0<strong>Hiking the Wasatch<\/strong> by John Veranth, <strong>Best Hikes with Children in Utah<\/strong> by Maureen Keilty, <strong>60\u00a0Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City<\/strong> by Greg Witt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foothills above Salt Lake City &amp; the ancient Lake Bonneville Shoreline Trail (as easy or as strenuous as you wish with great views of the city and the valley)<\/li>\n<li>City Creek Canyon, The Living Room<\/li>\n<li>Trails in all the Wasatch Canyons: Big and Little Cottonwoods; Millcreek; Neffs; Provo; Red Butte; American Fork; etc. (for all levels of abilities)<\/li>\n<li>Good hikes with kids:\n<ul>\n<li>Little Cottonwood Canyon:\u00a0 White Pine Trail; Cecret Lake trails<\/li>\n<li>Big Cottonwood Canyon:\u00a0 Snowbird Barrierfree Trail, Lake Mary, Silver Lake, Donut Falls, Willow Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Outings and Sightseeing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoglezoo.org\" target=\"_blank\">Hogle Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagoonpark.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lagoon Amusement Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Timpanogos Cave<\/li>\n<li>Alpine Slide at Olympic Park<\/li>\n<li>Heber Valley Historic Railroad<\/li>\n<li>Bingham Copper Mine<\/li>\n<li>Dinosaur Park (Ogden)<\/li>\n<li>Mountview Park Splash Pad<\/li>\n<li>Gardner Historic Village<\/li>\n<li>Clark Planetarium<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Aviary<\/li>\n<li>Downtown Farmers Market<\/li>\n<li>Park Silly Sunday Markeet<\/li>\n<li>Antelope Island<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Gateway Children&#8217;s Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thanksgiving Point<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelerfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wheeler Farm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Natural History Museum<\/li>\n<li>Temple Square<\/li>\n<li>LDS Church History and Art Museum<\/li>\n<li>Parley&#8217;s Canyon Nature Trail<\/li>\n<li>Fifth Hotsprings hike<\/li>\n<li>SLC ComicCon<\/li>\n<li>Sundance Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unique Holiday and Seasonal Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Festival of Trees<\/li>\n<li>Temple Square at Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Sleigh rides and dinner at ski resorts<\/li>\n<li>Cornbelly\u2019s for Halloween<\/li>\n<li>Witchfest at Gardner Villiage<\/li>\n<li>Antelope Island Bison Roundup (Fall)<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin Days at Wheeler Farm<\/li>\n<li>Spring Mountain Goat Viewing<\/li>\n<li>Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit www.slcgov.com (the official website for Salt Lake City) and\u00a0www.gocitykids.com to find out all the things happening for children. Local Attractions Silver Lake at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon Park City Millcreek Canyon Antelope Island This is the Place Heritage Park Red Butte Garden Olympic Park Museum (Park City) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahpim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}