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Area AttractionsCapitol Reef Early Spring is a great time to visit Capitol Reef National Park. "December, January and February are the slowest months for Capitol Reef, when there are a fraction of the summer visitors that pour through the park in peak months - April through October. School schedules and tempestuous weather discourage winter visits to Capitol Reef, but those who visit will find a park with all the grandeur of warmer weather without the RVs.  Above, "two late-winter visitors to Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, enjoy sunset views of the park's famous rock formations. Empty parking lots, deserted trails and the full attention of park personnel belong to off-season visitors to any national park, but especially Capitol Reef. "Capitol Reef's 241,904 acres hold the Waterpocket Fold, an upward thrust in the Earth's crust that resulted in dramatic cliffs and varied rock colors and formations that stretch from the empty desert south of Interstate 70 to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  "Rock art dots the canyon walls of Capitol Reef National Park." Read more about Capitol Reef here... on the park's official site or on this privately-operated travel guide site. Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon National Park -- beautiful at any time of year -- is famous for its worldly unique geology, consisting of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved from the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah. The erosional force of frost-wedging and the dissolving power of rainwater has shaped the colorful limestone rock of the Claron Formation into bizarre shapes including slot canyons, windows, fins, and spires called "hoodoos." Tinted with colors too numerous and subtle to name, these whimsically arranged rocks create a wondrous landscape of mazes, offering some of the most exciting and memorable walks and hikes imaginable. Ponderosa pines, high elevation meadows, and fir-spruce forests border the rim of the plateau and abound with wildlife. This area boasts some of the world's best air quality, offering panoramic views of three states and approaching 200 miles of visibility. This, coupled with the lack of nearby large light sources, creates unparalleled opportunities for stargazing (South-Central Utah offers the best night sky viewing of anywhere in the continental U.S. -- absolutely breathtaking). 
Paiute ATV Trail
The Paiute ATV Trail is said to be the best ATV trail in the world. An ATV is an all-terrain vehicle, a small, easy-to-drive (no clutch), 4-wheel vehicle. If you don't own an ATV, you can rent one at AAA ATV Rental or Rent Your Fun ATV & RV Rental. The 2,000+ mile long trail is actually a series of looping trails, allowing for days of safe and beautiful exploring, with trails looping back to town for the evening. The Paiute ATV Trails lead one through groves of quaking aspen, meadows of wild flowers, trout-filled reservoirs, across rocky desert landscapes, and along pine tree-covered mountain ranges. 
It takes most people three days to do a thorough job of exploring the trails, and most find that one visit to the area simply isn’t enough. "It gets prettier every time you come." Each September, Richfield (which allows ATVs to ride on the streets) hosts the Rocky Mountain ATV Jamboree for hundreds of riders out on various Paiute ATV and interconnected local trails, with experienced guides leading the way. You can learn lots more here, here, here, and here. 
Fish Lake Fish Lake, part of the Fishlake National Forest, was originally sold to white settlers for 9 horses and a cow. In 1899, the Fish Lake Basin was the first part of 67,840 acres which was established by President William McKinley as part of the "Fish Lake Forest Reserve," to protect the Fish Lake and Fremont River watersheds. Called "The Gem of Utah," Fish Lake boasts spectacular fishing, famous for 20+ lb. mackinaw trout; ESPN talks about a 40+ pound trout here, along with other fishing info, maps, and advice. Only miles from Richfield, Fish Lake offers the comfort of classic timber lodges, the lure of beautiful crystal clean surroundings, miles of surrounding trails, and abundant wildlife, including many kinds of waterfowl, bald eagles, deer, elk, mountain lions, and much more. You may read more about Fish Lake's history here. Lastly, here is a map from Richfield to Fish Lake. Utah Slot Canyons The May 2005 issue of Sunset magazine featured Utah's slot canyons. The author writes about the "otherworldly beauty of these places—where geology is art, where reality dissolves into magic, where each twist of the labyrinth unfolds a cosmos never seen before. There's nothing like them anywhere on earth, aboveground or below." The full article may be read here. An additional resource is the American Southwest, which features the slot canyons of the Escalante River. Photo courtesy of American Southwest
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