I have visited 47 states and dozens of countries; Utah is the most beautiful and varied landscape I have ever encountered. There may be singular prettier places (Yosemite) or grander (Grand Canyon) or awesome (Yellowstone), but Utah has everything in a single state. Utah is the place to go if you want to experience the West in one place. Below are all my visits to Utah.
1985 - Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park
1993 to 1997 - Zion National Park : Several visits while living in Las Vegas
1994 - San Rafael Swell, traveling from Denver to Las Vegas
America 2009 - Across northern Utah from Wendover to Salt Lake City, north to Bear Lake
September 2010 - Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Moab, Arches National Park
America 2012
- March: Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park - Islands In The Sky
- July: Four Corners
- October: Natural Bridges National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Dugway Proving Grounds, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park
- November: Moab, Canyonlands National Park - Needles, Arches National Park
January 2014 - Salt Lake City, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park - Islands In The Sky
June 2014 - Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument
February 2015 - Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Capitol Reef National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Natural Bridges National Monument, Valley Of The Gods, Goosenecks State Park
October 2015 - Salt Lake City, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Dugway Proving Grounds, Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Zion National Park, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
August 2016 - Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Capitol Reef National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Natural Bridges National Monument
September 2016 - Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Moab, Corona Arch, Arches National Park
June 2017 - Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Moab, Arches National Park, Corona Arch, Dead Horse Point State Park, Canyonlands National Park - Islands In The Sky, Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park
May - June 2018 - Moab, Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, Canyonlands National Park - Islands In The Sky, Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Salt Lake City, San Rafael Swell, Little Wildhorse Canyon, Dugway Proving Grounds, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Kanarraville Falls, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Rainbow Bridge National Monument
September - December 2019 - Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Timpanagos Cave National Monument, Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Zion National Park, San Rafael Swell, Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park - Needles, House On Fire Ruins, Natural Bridges National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
June 2020 - Salt Lake City, Dugway Proving Grounds, Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Zion National Park
September - November 2021 - Salt Lake City, San Rafael Swell, Little Wildhorse Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Fifth Water Hot Springs, Dugway Proving Grounds, Moab, Canyonlands National Park - Needles, Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Zion National Park, Meadow Hot Springs, Mt Nebo, Snow Canyon State Park
July - Summer 2022 - Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Zion National Park, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
December 2022 - Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
June, Summer 2024 - Zion National Park – Virgin River Gorge, East Rim Cable Mountain, Kolob Canyons, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument – White House campground, House Rock Valley Road, Cottonwood Canyon Road, Grosvenor Arch, Lick Wash Slot Canyon, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area
