The earliest human evidence in southern Utah traces back over 10,000 years, and while a journey here doesn’t exactly feel like traveling back to the Paleolithic period, it can feel like visiting another planet. From the sandstone cliffs of Zion National Park, to the orange sand dunes of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, to the towering hoodoos of Bryce Canyon—southern Utah is an exercise in shape and color. In Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, you can squeeze your way through slot canyons by day and marvel at the Milky Way by night—the state boasts the highest concentration of certified International Dark Sky Places in the country.

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What to do

Hike through the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon

Each year, Bryce Canyon National Pa

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