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More Info Official Website Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway

Dinosaur Diamond is named for the rough diamond shape of this remarkable area, stretching from Eastern Utah into Western Colorado. The Byway offers opportunities for the public to visit archeological and fossil sites in their natural settings.

More Info Highway 89

Welcome to Utah Heritage Highway 89 and the Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area. We are the artisans and business owners of the Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance. You are about to begin a a heritage adventure that will take you through one or more of five uniquely Western heritage areas.

More Info Abajo Loop
  • 2 hours
  • 22 miles oneway
  • Rough Dirt/Gravel with a paved portion

The Abajo Loop crosses the mountains, climbing to an elevation of 9,000 feet, and terminates on the north side of the Abajo Mountains at Utah Hwy. 211 on the way to Canyonlands National Park.

More Info Alpine Scenic Drive
  • 1 hour
  • 24 miles oneway
  • Paved

Alpine Scenic Backway travels through heavy alpine forests around Mt. Timpanogos. The road is paved, but narrow and twisting, and offers sensational alpine scenery along its length.

More Info Bear Lake Scenic Byway
  • 20 minutes
  • 15 miles (24 km)

This spectacular lake is nearly 20 miles long, from four to eight miles wide, and reaches a depth of 208 feet. Half of the lake is in Utah and half in Idaho. Utah's half has Rendezvous Beach State Park on the south end, just past the rest stop; Bear Lake Marina State Park on the west side of the lak...

More Info Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway
  • 1-1/2 hours
  • 40 miles oneway
  • Paved up to Elk Meadows, then dirt and gravel

This paved route winds east through pretty Beaver Canyon along the cascading Beaver River high up into the Tushar Mountains. Along the way are some picnic areas and campgrounds. The paved portion ends after 19 miles near the Elk Meadows Ski and Summer Resort.

More Info Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway (U-153)
  • 45 minutes
  • 17 miles (27 km)

Diverge from multi-lane, interstate 15 to access the Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway (U-153). As you turn east, notice the towering mountains in the distance. The byway leads to camping, fishing, and hiking adventures in beautiful pine surroundings. Alternately, visit sites around the impetus of the bywa...

More Info Bicentennial Highway
  • about four hours
  • 164 miles (263 km)

Completed in 1976 and dubbed the "Bicentennial Highway," this road is the gateway to Natural Bridges National Monument, where erosion has created the world's largest display of natural bridges, formed out of 225 million-year-old Cedar Mesa sandstone.

More Info Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
  • 45 minutes
  • 14 miles oneway
  • Paved

This 14-mile long scenic drive offers pretty mountain scenery similar to Little Cottonwood Canyon. As in Little Cottonwood, there are picnic areas and campgrounds and access to numerous hiking trails.

More Info Bluff Scenic Byway
  • 1 - 2 hours
  • 45 miles oneway
  • Paved

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