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Welcome to Southern Utah!

In my opinion, Southern Utah and the surrounding western states is the most beautiful part of the country.

I moved to Cedar City, Utah in the summer of 2011 right before my senior year of high school. I didn't know a single thing about the area. We would visit family in Salt Lake City and Vernal every year, but I had never been to southern Utah before. Almost immediately after arriving, my dad took us to Zion.

I have always loved anything that had to do with the Southwest: the patterns, the adobe style houses, kokopelli, and most of all: red rock. I had no idea that southern Utah was part of the red rock southwestern US. Seeing Zion National Park for the first time was incredible. I loved every second of it. What really sealed the adventuring deal for me was an out of the way hike in Parowan Canyon we did just a few weeks later. I couldn't believe the views of different kinds of terrain, or how far you could look out and see. I decided hiking was definitely going to be my thing.

As time has gone on and I've discovered more, I've started to learn as much as I possibly can about the entirety of southern Utah. I obsessively read history books on the area, I stalk smaller websites for information about the hidden hikes, historical sites, or just pretty things we have here. I've only lived in Cedar City for about 6 years now, but I know Washington and Iron counties like the back of my hand. I'm working on Kane, Garfield, and those further east.

A little info about the blog 

To make it less overwhelming, I've divided the blog into sections. If you want to find hikes or historical points around St. George, just click on the St. George page. If you want to find great areas around Cedar City, click on the Cedar City page. There's so much to do and I want to make sure it's as easy as possible to find what you're looking for.