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St. George Utah, Attractions

Zion National Park is the St. George area’s most notable tourist attraction. However, there are many other destinations worth putting on your itinerary when you visit southwestern Utah. Snow Canyon State Park and Red Cliffs Recreation Area, as well as some of the area’s scenic golf courses, including Dixie Red Hills, Coral Canyon and Sky Mountain, show off the breathtaking red rock scenery of Utah’s Color Country. St. George is also a showcase of pioneer history, boasting restored pioneer residences such as the Jacob Hamblin Home and the Brigham Young Winter Home, as well as pioneer structures still in use today, including the St. George Temple and St. George Tabernacle. The area also includes historic ghost towns, fascinating natural history museums and reservoirs that are hotspots for water recreation.

 

Zion National Park

Named for an ancient Hebrew word meaning “sanctuary” or “place of refuge,” Zion National Park is a 229-square-mile spectacle of forested plateaus, narrow canyons, and rock monoliths that tower 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the canyon floor. The park’s most visited area, Zion Canyon, is an awe-inspiring display of some of the park’s best-known natural landmarks, including Angels Landing, the Court of the Patriarchs, and the Great White Throne. Zion Canyon’s short trails, including Weeping Rock and Emerald Pools, show off stunning scenery as well as striking ecological diversity. Two of Zion’s claims to fame are the Zion Narrows, a 16-mile section of the Virgin River where the canyon is only 15 feet wide in some places, and Kolob Arch, one of the world’s longest-spanning natural arches at 310 feet wide. Zion lies 47 miles east of St. George.

Snow Canyon State Park

Located 11 miles northwest of St. George, Snow Canyon is a picturesque collection of red and white sandstone formations and black lava beds. Named for pioneer leaders and not because of its abundance of “white stuff,” the 7,400-acre park provides 16 miles of hiking trails that traverse sand dunes, sagebrush, lava caves, and even names carved into stone left by early area residents. Visitors also enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking, wildlife viewing and photographing the park’s stunning scenery. Fall, winter and spring are the best times to visit due to the sometimes-oppressive summertime heat.

St. George Area Golf Courses

The St. George, Utah area’s golf courses are some of the most scenic courses in the country. Also known for their affordability, St. George area courses’ green fairways contrast sharply with the red rock outcroppings and formations common at many of them, including Coral Canyon, Dixie Red Hills, and Sky Mountain. When you golf in St. George, one of the challenges is concentrating on your shot due to its picturesque surroundings, which include the peaks of the Pine Valley Mountains and the towering monoliths of Zion National Park on the horizon. Besides the scenic qualities of area golf courses, St. George boasts several of the top-rated courses in Utah, according to Golf Digest Magazine and other publications.

 

St. George City Municipal Courses

  • Sunbrook Golf Club
  • St. George Golf Club
  • Southgate Golf Club
  • Red Hills Golf Course

Washington City Municipal Course

  • Green Spring Golf Course

Hurricane City Municipal Course

  • Sky Mountain Golf Course

Privately Owned Courses Open to the Public

  • Coral Canyon Golf Course
  • Entrada Golf Club
  • The Ledges Golf Club
  • SunRiver Golf Club

Private Course

  • Bloomington Golf Club

Dixie Center at St. George

The premier convention and trade show venue in southern Utah, the Dixie Center at St. George offers a 47,500-square-foot exhibit hall and another 32,000 square feet of space among 21 meeting rooms. The main exhibit hall can seat up to 6,200 for a special event or accommodate over 240 10’X10’ booths for a trade show. Built for flexibility, the Dixie Center can host everything from high school reunions to concerts to volleyball tournaments. Our full-service catering and full production and staging capability help any event at the Dixie Center run smoothly.

Pioneer Historic Sites

The St. George, Utah area features many remnants of the pioneer era, the mid to late 19th century. The St. George Temple and St. George Tabernacle are two pioneer era structures still in use today while the Brigham Young Winter Home in downtown St. George and the Jacob Hamblin Home in Santa Clara are restored former residences displaying many period artifacts that provide visitors a glimpse into the pioneer past through free guided tours. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum chronicles the area’s history through displays of pioneer relics. Next door to the museum at the former pioneer courthouse, now the St. George Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, visitors can pick up a map to guide them on a walking tour of the historic district. For a unique historical experience, visitors can arrange a “Historic St. George Live Tour” from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This guided tour, originating from the St. George Art Museum, features costumed interpreters that tell tour goers what it was like to live in St. George at the turn of the 20th century.

Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum

Displaying over 300 species of wildlife from around the world, the 25,000-square-foot Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum will delight the whole family. At the museum, visitors traverse a quarter-mile pathway leading through natural-looking dioramas representing the mountains of Asia, the plains of Africa, and the forests of North America. Ambient sounds of the numerous animals, waterfalls and periodic thunder and lightning are all part of the experience. The museum also boasts an interactive children’s room with touchable animals, animal pelts, antlers, a full-size tree house, puzzles and a reading nook.

St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm

Discovered in February 2000, the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm displays some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur tracks on earth – over 1,000 of them. Visitors view the tracks, which are negative impressions that look like bumps in the sandstone, via a walking path. The site includes a visitor center and exhibits other dinosaur remains.

Quail Creek State Park

The centerpiece of Quail Creek State Park is a 590-acre reservoir that is a hotspot for water recreation. The reservoir’s warm water is popular for boating, waterskiing, wakeboarding, and fishing. At Quail Creek, anglers can try their hand at landing rainbow trout, largemouth bass, and bluegill. Quail Creek offers a paved boat ramp, swimming beach and picnic area situated beneath red rock cliffs on the reservoir’s southwestern shore.

Sand Hollow State Park

Boasting a reservoir with warm, blue water surrounded by red sandstone, Sand Hollow is one of Utah’s newest and most popular state parks. Almost twice the size of nearby Quail Creek Reservoir, Sand Hollow’s 1,300-acre reservoir provides fantastic water recreation, including boating, fishing, and waterskiing in a spectacularly scenic setting. Besides water sports, the park is a popular spot for off-highway vehicle enthusiasts. The park’s Sand Mountain boasts approximately 15,000 acres of sand dunes that make ATV enthusiasts’ mouths water.

Red Cliffs Recreation Area

Red Cliffs’ main attraction is a picturesque hike through a narrow red rock canyon containing several pools of water. It also features a short hike leading to a viewpoint of Silver Reef, a former mining boomtown and an Indian interpretive site near its 10-site campground and picnic area, located next to a small creek.

Silver Reef Ghost Town

The only place in North America with silver deposits in sandstone, Silver Reef was a mining boomtown of the 1870s. Visitors today can drive around to view several ruins of the town’s structures, as well as its restored Wells Fargo office, listed on the National Historic Register, which now serves as a museum displaying artifacts of the town’s heyday. One of the town’s banks is now a gift shop. A short trail leads visitors to one of the old stone kilns used to process silver in a canyon just west of the former town.

Dixie State College

A fixture in St. George since 1911, Dixie State College is one of the city’s top employers as well as the heart of its cultural scene. The Baccalaureate degree-granting institution hosts a variety of conferences and seminars as well as NCAA Division II athletic events, including football, and men’s and women’s basketball. It is the home of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra and the Celebrity Concert Series. It also boasts a thriving theater department, which presents a full season of plays that give students hands-on theatrical experience and provide patrons quality entertainment. The department stages its plays at the Delores Doré Eccles Fine Arts Center’s Main Stage or Black Box theatres.