Uintah County Parks and Rec Dept Travel Information (Vernal, UT)

Dinosaur Country around Vernal, Utah In the northeastern shoulder of the state, the Uinta Mountains stoop down to meet the high desert. The diversity in geology, from the glacial-sculpted peaks of the Uintas to the river-carved canyons b... Vernal, UT

Dinosaur National Monument Area Campgrounds Dinosaurs once roamed Utah. Today visitors roam as well, seeing evidence of that time and more, for this region is enhanced by more than just bones and fossils. Dinosaurland is a land of high mountain... Vernal, UT

Flaming Gorge - Uintas Scenic Byway As one of the most aptly named landscapes in the country, Flaming Gorge provides the kind of scenic vistas that refuse to fit in the viewfinder of a camera and must be relived in your memory after you... Vernal, UT

Flaming Gorge - Uintas Scenic Byway: Vernal to Manila and Dutch John A 150-mile drive along the eastern edge of the Uinta Mountains and along the southern rim of Flaming Gorge Reservoir, providing outstanding views of the river gorge and the High Uintas and a variety o... Vernal, UT

Northeastern Utah Northeastern Utah is known as dinosaur land. While significant fossil quarries have been found in other parts of Utah (most notably in Emery County), the geographical area known as the Uintah Basin is... Vernal, UT

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• Salt Lake City and Northern Utah Family Vacations and Getaways
• Northeast Utah Scenic Drives and Road Trips
• Northern Utah Campgrounds and Camping Trips
• Salt Lake City and Northeastern Utah Off the Beaten Path Travel

Dinosaur Country Cruise (Distance: 0.3 mi) The Dinosaur Country Cruise is a 48.1-mile out-and-back ride over gently rolling hills and false flats. The ride journeys from Vernal, into the Dinosaur National Monument as far as the pavement stretc...

Vernal, UT - Road biking - length:48.1 mi

Rainbow and Island Park Trail (Distance: 0.4 mi) Once you cross into Dinosaur National Monument, the trail becomes a sandy and red, but easy, graded dirt road. Special Attractions: McKee Spring petroglyphs; Green River overlooks; Ruple Ranch; Dinosa...

Vernal, UT - Off-Highway Drives - length:29.4 mi

Browns Park Drive (Distance: 0.7 mi) This tour offers so much—great vistas from the Diamond Mountain Plateau, narrow Crouse Canyon, the narrow (9 feet, 8 inches wide) single-lane suspension bridge across the Green River, migratory waterf...

Vernal, UT - Off-Highway Drives - length:78 mi

Red Cloud Loop Road Drive (Distance: 3.2 mi) This tour offers great vistas, pretty meadows and canyons, lodgepole pine forest (there’s been much clearcutting, however), wildlife and, perhaps best of all, the extraordinary McConkie Ranch petrogly...

Vernal, UT - Off-Highway Drives - length:60 mi

Steinaker Reservoir (Distance: 4.3 mi) Steinaker gets a lot of recreational pressure. An access road on the north end of the reservoir leads to Steinaker State Park. A boat-launching ramp, restrooms, sewage disposal station, 31 campsites, ...

Vernal, UT - Fishing - length:unknown

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Dinaland Dinaland Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6773 yards, par 72 2.4 miles from center of Uintah County Parks and Rec Dept

Roosevelt Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 7049 yards, par 72 27.0 miles from center of Uintah County Parks and Rec Dept

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