Snow Canyon State Park
Parks near Hurricane
Do the dunes and the lava tubes early. There is no shade on the slickrock once the sun is up.
Petrified dunes, lava tubes and white-on-red sandstone in a canyon you can walk across in an afternoon.
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Red Cliffs Recreation Area
Short red-sand trails to waterfall pools and petroglyphs, in the reserve between Hurricane and St. George.
Quail Creek State Park
The warmest water in the county by late May, and quieter than Sand Hollow next door.
Sand Hollow State Park
Red rock standing in blue-green water with sand dunes behind it — the closest swimming, boating and dune riding to Hurricane.
River Rock Roasting Company
Coffee, wood-fired pizza and a deck built out over the Virgin River gorge, on the road to Zion.
Toquerville Falls
Desert waterfalls at the end of a rough road north of La Verkin — swimming holes with nobody selling anything.
Gooseberry Mesa
Slickrock mountain biking on a mesa above town, with the Zion skyline in view most of the way round.