And among all its history, the American West pioneer spirit Non-fiction (Google “Grafton Ghost Town” or “Flying Monkey Mesa” for goodĬampfire stories). The settlements were wiped out by Native Indians, but the name stuck, hence theĪrea’s allegiance to Dixie.) Ghost stories and curious folklore are rooted in Mormon settlers first stakedĬlaim along the riparian banks of the Virgin River in the 1860s hoping to literallyĬultivate the Dixie Land of the West by growing cotton. Georgeįor over a century, it’s been a place that’sĪppealed to pioneers and propagated by legends. Hurricane (HURR-uh-kin), La Verkin and (and slightly bigger town) St. Span east to west, stringing the small towns of Springdale, Rockville, Virgin, Pods of trails spread as far north as CedarĬity and Brian Head, 30 miles away, but the bulk of Southwest Utah’s bike scene Prehistoric mesas, all of which make for an otherworldly setting for the area’sĬouple hundred miles of singletrack and rogue trails. Mars-like landscape is upended by monolithic rock spires and
It’s an enchanting area packed with legends and petroglyphs, national parks and Just a few miles north of the Arizona border, Washington County is more often billed by a Online dating profile, the Bear Claw Poppy Trail system is practically meantįor sunsets and long strolls in the desert. Grafton thrown around in video parts or magazines. Mountain bike mecca for anyone who’s heard names like Rampage, Gooseberry or It’s a tourist trap for the armchair traveler, but it’s a sodas before hitting Las Vegas, some 120 miles to the southwest.ĭirect tour buses towards the entrance of Zion National Park, with caravans of
Just another pit stop for extra large bathrooms Greg Mazu photo by Flickr creative commons.įor most passers-by, Washington County, Utah is Gap, but Southern Utah has plenty of places to cut your chops with a huck fest
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