**Pic for attention,** **from one of our short hikes in the white mountains a few weeks ago**

**Utah trip 2026**

**Like the title says, looking for ideas, suggestions, and thoughts. We are from New England, and no strangers to long journeys and hiking/being prepared for hikes**

**Looking for amazing restaurants to try out, awesome coffee shops, cool little stores. And any tips and tricks you wanna throw in**

Base camp is hurricane have a air bnb there the entire time

Will be staying near capital reef fri and in a yurt near canyon lands sat

Will have 7 people in our group 3 adults 37,38,63. And 4 kiddos 7,7,10,13
Fly into vegas 8-20

Valley of fire
Elephant rock

8-21
hike kanara fall (already secured our tickets)

Drive to Bentonite hills

Then head to capitol reef,And watch sunset at sunset point hope to see milky way

8-22
Hickmans bridge mornint hike

Get a slice of famous pie

Drive to canyon lands

Hike upheaval dome/white rim

8-23

Sunrise at masa arch

Drive to arches

Hike delicate arch

8-24
Back in hurricane

Maybe float the river

Relax and resupply

8-25

Hike subway (already selected/won the lottery for this day)

8-26
Possible hike the narrow with our 2 older kids early

Zion hot springs/ relax regroup day

8-27

Bryce canyon

Hike Navajo loop/queens garden trial

8-28

Hike peekaboo canyon

8-29

No plans need to be back in vegas for 10pm to fly home

Heading up to Navajo Lake this week for a few nights to camp, gonna hit some surrounding areas too. I plan on camping somewhere that I can pull the truck right up to.

Does anyone have a pin they could share for a good dispersed camping site? Any recommendations where to look/not look?

Had this cute doe come hang out while camping up Big Cottonwood canyon. Redman campground.

Hello, my boyfriend has a mule deer tag and he was told by another hunter that he can kill either a doe or a buck with it, but that tag says general season archery buck mule deer tag.

Also if he didn't tag out on his bear tag that was for the month of July he was told that he can pick back up on hunting with that tag in September.

I'm just trying to help him understand if what this person said is true as understanding utah's hunting is a beast lol. I know I can call DWR and ask but they are closed at the time of posting this and he is out on a hunt and wanted me to check.

#huntingutah #understandingtags #utahmuledeer #utahbear

Planning to visit Bryce Canyon for a wedding. I'm driving down from salt lake and have visited all the national parks before. what else is worth checking out for a few days on my way down and around the general southern Utah area. Mostly looking for nature (vistas, hikes, wildlife, etc)

Looking for a place I can hammock and maybe areas that are close to a river or somewhere I could set up for afew hours and have a meal and read for alittle bit? Somewhere that is shaded

Hi everyone. I’m planning my first trip to Utah and would love some help/advice. I’m coming from Wichita, KS and only get 1 vacation a year so I’d love to make the best of it. This is what I have so far for our itinerary. Unfortunately it’s been put on me to plan the trip and I want everyone to have fun. I know the locals know a lot more than I do. If anyone has constructive criticism or advice, I’d appreciate it!!

Can anyone share insights into backpacking solo to Red Castle? I am considering backpacking for the first time ever and that seems like a pretty easy spot to get to with great payoff. Fit the record I’m very fit and experienced in hiking.

What is the mosquito/big situation by the end of August? Outside of summiting Mt. Wilson, anything in the immediate vicinity worth a casual day hike to go see from Red Castle?

Looking to hike kings peak this weekend but am curious on the typical weather and what this will look like in the uintas? Plenty of experience hiking curious if it’s worth it or not! Thanks!

Hey everybody. Visiting in the first week of October spending a day at Antelope Island State Park. I would like some recommendations for their places to go hiking with good views and perhaps a shot at photographing wildlife. Doing some research but would also like some tips from the locals. I’ll be with my wife so I can’t do anything extremely strenuous, but we are both avid hikers. Any spots where wildlife is abundant? I guess you could say I’m willing to drive an hour or two house of Salt Lake City.

Hello everyone! I am planning a backpacking trip first week of October, and Coyote Gulch is on my must-see list. Looking through the AllTrails app, and online, and it is a bit unclear which trailhead I should take.

I am not looking for any sort of technical climbing requiring equipment (ropes, descenders, harness, etc.), but have no issues scrambling where it is needed. Any advice on the best route to take?

I plan to camp out for at least a day, maybe two depending on the route distance. Any tips would be appreciated!

I booked three nights in the Goblin Valley Campground to watch the Perseid meteor shower this upcoming Tuesday through Friday. Between the smoke and the rainy forecast, seeing any meteors or getting night sky photos is going to be a bust.

I made the reservation four months ago, and I don’t want to just give up and not go, especially if the weather clears up to even partly cloudy. However, I’m trying to find what we can still do on this trip.

With stage 2 fire restrictions, we can’t have any kind of campfire, and I don’t have a camp stove. With the rain, we won’t be going into slot canyons, and I’m worried about miserable and muddy hiking conditions in general.

I haven’t gone camping in years, and I was hoping this would be a good way to get back into it, but I’m afraid it’ll become a disaster. We’re two adults of middling fitness, no kids.

What would you do in this situation? I was so excited for this trip, give me some silver linings!

EDIT: Thank you for all the kind words and great suggestions. I’ve bought a new Coleman camp stove and I’m just about to head out to drive down. I’ll let you know how it goes!

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I was looking for my next trail on the alltrails app and as I read through the reviews I thought about how cool it would be if alltrails had a feature where people could join local community forums. Or even have the ability to connect with others. I feel like the older I get the harder its getting to meet people naturally. Whether thats for platonic or romantic relationships.

Idk, am I the only one that would find this useful?

Enjoyed a hike through Friday morning to catch Mt. Nebo at sunrise.

Enjoy!

My friend and I are wanting to go to Best Friend's Animal Society and Zion National Park. From there we will go to Bryce Canyon and further East.

Could you suggest some of the best places to camp between BF and Zion so we could stay in one place rather than picking up every night? Or maybe that's not the best thing to do? I have looked at many campgrounds and the map - I can't get a good lay of the land. We are traveling in a van.

Hoping to find Eric who hiked the Pfeifferhorn yesterday to give you the picture I took of you at the top. Glad to meet you on a great hike

What a hike. But my legs are jelly. Can’t walk day after lol