Snow Canyon State Park

Notes from visits

• • There is a small visitor's centers and a campground that looked ok for RVs (but there are other, nicer campgrounds in the area).
  • There is a paved bike trail through the park that looks like it would be fun to do on an ebike.
  • Recommended hiking trails:
    • Jenny's Canyon (short slot; it was ok)
    • Hidden Pinyon Trail to the overlook (this had good views from the overlook and some easy scrambling)
    • Petrified Dunes trail (1 mile; was lots of fun to climb up to the top of the petrified dunes, great views as well)
    • Lava Flow Overlook area (bring flashlight to explore the lava tubes; after Lava Cave 3 trail goes to pretty white/red sandstone) 
    • Sandstone amphitheater (you can get to it from the White Rocks trail, or by parking at the White Rocks trail head; from the amphitheater, scramble up to the top of the white sandstone using the cracks for a fantastic view of the whole valley)
    • Scout Cave (haven't done yet)
    • Johnson Canyon (haven't done; open seasonally, has an arch)
  • Best viewed middle of the afternoon on, but not too late or in shadow; in September there is a Datura bloom (source: Photographing the Southwest Vol 1 p. 24)

More info

• View on Google Maps
• https://usadventurer.com/best-hikes-in-snow-canyon-state-park/