Visiting Snow Canyon State Park

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When Snow Canyon State Park was created in 1959, it was actually known as Dixie State Park. The name was later changed to Snow Canyon in honor of Lorenzo and Erastus Snow, two early Utah leaders with St. George ties. What never changes is the year-round opportunity for fun within the park.

With its stunning dunes and jagged lava, Snow Canyon offers wonderfully unique views. In fact, the 7,400-acre has served as a backdrop for Hollywood films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Jeremiah Johnson.

Snow Canyon has something for everyone. There are more than 38 miles of hiking trails, rock climbing opportunities, lava tubes to explore and a year-round campground. The elevation varies from about 3,100 to just over 4,000 feet, so by Utah standards, it’s quite hospitable to sea-level visitors.

Wildlife is abundant in the park, and you may be lucky enough to see kit foxes, roadrunners, coyotes and leopard lizards. Occasionally, cars even have to stop on the main road to allow a reclusive desert tortoise or Gila monster to cross.