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A
green and tree shaded community in an otherwise dry plain, Vernal is an
attractive small town with some 7,000 residents. It serves as a good base
for visiting nearby Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge National
Recreation Area and the Uinta Mountains. It offers a decent selection
of motels and has numerous small restaurants, cafes and fast food joints.
It also has a small, well-done prehistory museum, a couple of movie theaters
and water slides for the kids.
Vernal is located along Hwys. 191/40 in the
northeast corner of Utah. It is southeast of the Uinta Mountains, 20 miles
west of Dinosaur National Monument and 35 miles south of Flaming Gorge.
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