WELCOME TO MARYSVALE | HEART OF THE PAIUTE ATV TRAIL
Welcome to Marysvale, Utah, paradise for the outdoor enthusiast! Marysvale is located at the heart of Utah's famous Paiute ATV Trail. Every direction you leave out of Marysvale ties into the miles and miles of this well maintained, beautiful off-road trail system. Marysvale has adventure waiting, ATVing, Snowmobiling, camping, hiking, bicycling, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, river rafting, gold panning, rock hounding, and exploring our famous mining ghost towns.
Photographers from amateur to professional find opportunities abound, Marysvale is surrounded by majestic mountains, unique rock formations, mining ghost towns, desert and mountain wildflowers, the Sevier River, creeks and snow run-off streams, and wildlife in all shapes and sizes.
If it's a celebration your looking for, Marysvale has those too. July 24th Pioneer Day events include a parade, midway games, the world famous Fish Rodeo, the original Biggest Little Rodeo and an evening of fireworks. In August, Marysvale is host to the Paiute Trail UTV Jamboree held in conjunction with Marysvale Mining Day's and a Heritage Arts Festival.
If you're looking for adventures near Marysvale you will find National Parks, State Parks, National Forests, and State Historic sights, all with-in a short distance. Marysvale, Utah will surprise you with it's variety.
Come find out why Marysvale, Utah vacations keep people coming back year after year. Gather your family, pack your bags, and let us help you plan your Marysvale, Utah vacation.
The Paiute Trail
The Paiute ATV trail is a 275-mile trail system...
The trail will take you through several small towns and historic sites. No matter which direction you go on the trail the sites of nature will be all around you.
South-Central Utah's 275-mile long Paiute ATV Trail is a loop trail with no beginning and no end. It passes through several towns and has side trails leading to others. Rated as one of the top trails in the country. The trail is designed to provide an enjoyable recreational ride through fantastic scenery. 
The trail was formed by connecting old roads and trails crossing the Fishlake National Forest with intervening BLM-administered land. Several narrow sections of trail were eventually constructed to complete the loop. The main trail is 275 miles long, and totals nearly 2200 miles including many miles of marked side trails and forest service roads and trails. Due to its vast size, the Paiute ATV Trail is best explored in segments.
Historic Mining Sites
DEER TRAIL MINE | MARYSVALE UTAH
A brief early history of the Deer Trail Mine south of Marysvale, Utah. Excerpt taken from the 1916 Marysvale Red Book, by Josiah F. Gibbs.
In September of 1878, George T. Henry, an English professor of Chemistry and metallurgy, and Joseph Smith, arrived from Silver Reef, the silver sandstones of which were being rapidly exhausted. They made headquarters at the ranch of William T. Dennis, two or three miles south of Marysvale, from which point they secured samples of the various properties and assayed them. Mr. Smith was something of a Nimrod, and essayed the laborious task of climbing the scrap-fault on face of mountain west of Dennis ranch, with the hope of obtaining a deer, then so numerous in that safe retreat. The base of the mountain is quartzite, having an ascent toward the south of about 10 degrees. Superimposed on the quartzite is a bed of limestone, the strata of which are nearly horizontal, thus forming a “blanket” contract. Mr. Smith ascended the base of the mountain, and turned south along the narrow shelf on top of the quartzite. His attention was attracted by a glittering substance on the trail, used by deer during countless centuries. The limestone was locally altered – nearly as white as snow. A brief examination by Mr. Smith proved the existence of a bedded lead-bearing vein. The hunt for deer ended, and mining on the Deer Trail began.
