Best places: State parks in Ivins, United States

Scenic locale offering trails for hiking, climbing & horseback riding amid dunes & sandstone cliffs.

A 2,000-acre park offering walking trails, picnic areas, camping & a visitor center with displays.

Recreational reservoir open year-round for swimming & boating amid red rock scenery.

Red sandstone park offering boating in a reservoir & off-highway vehicle riding on Sand Mountain.

Permanent & rotating exhibits of life in the Old West include stagecoaches & pioneer artifacts.

Sandy park with camping & 1,200 acres of shifting dunes open to off-highway vehicles & dune buggies.

👍👍 This is one of my favorite state parks to stay at!! Sites have electric and water hookups and the park area is best when the wading pool is open. Great trails for hiking and very close to the town of Caliente for picking up supplies, groceries or simply eating at any of the small town restaurants.

This park has a recreational reservoir for boating, fishing, swimming, plus picnic & camping areas.

👍👍 We have been at ECHO CANYON STATE PARK for 12 days. We will spend two more nights for our enjoyable 14-day stay here. There are two campgrounds associated with this state park. We are in the upper campground where there are full RV hook ups with 30/50 amp service at about 20 sites. Each of those RV...

👍👍 The Snow Canyon Scenic Overlook is absolutely worth the stop. It’s only about 15 minutes away from downtown St. George. There is no hiking, you drive right up to the overlook and enjoy. There is a really short dirt road off the main road to get to the overlook. It was beautiful during sunset.

👍👍 Park is open at night. This is a good spot to view the Milky Way in the summer, with a nice wide view to the south. You get some lights from Cedar City to the west on long exposures, but the skies are very dark. This is a nice viewpoint without a lot of trees near the parking lot or overlook, so it...

👍👍 THIS is the place to be in STG this summer. Quail Creek has really brought in the best bang for your buck for summertime fun. Aqua Adventures provides life vests, multiple time limits to choose from, and great service from the happy campers in the shop. We’ve been here twice in the past 12 days, and...

This high-desert park of pinyons, boulders, streams & waterfalls offers camping, trails & fishing.