Scenic Drives

Browns Park Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 50
• Time to Allow: 2

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Departing from Diamond Mountain Plateau on the Jones Hole Scenic Backway, this backway travels north across Diamond Mountain, down Crouse Canyon, and into Browns Park. It continues into Colorado, crossing the Green River via a one-vehicle-at-a-time suspen

Dinosaur Diamond UT/CO Prehistoric National Scenic Byway

• Route Length: 512

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Stretching across Utah and Colorado, this national scenic byway passes through some of the world's most significant dinosaur fossil quarries and museums in the world. Covering over 512 miles, it includes two national parks (Arches and Canyonlands), two na

Dinosaur National Monument Harper's Corner

• Route Length: 185 miles
• Time to Allow: 6 hours

Dry Fork Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 45 miles
• Time to Allow: 2 hours

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Views of towering mountains highlight this route accessed 14 miles north of Vernal from US 191. The byway travels through aspen groves, open meadows, lodge pole forests, and numerous fishing streams.

Duchesne River Tour

• Route Length: 85 miles
• Time to Allow: 3 hours

Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway

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Running between Vernal and Manila on US Highway 191 and Utah Highway 44, the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway climbs foothills and major geological formations, reaching the one billion year old exposed core of the Uinta Mountains near Flaming Gorge Natio

Indian Canyon Scenic Byway

• Route Length: 47 miles
• Time to Allow: 1 hour

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Stretching southwest of US Highway 191 from Duchesne, this route follows Indian Creek through desert terrain before climbing to the summit of Indian Creek Pass at 9,1000 feet. On the way, you pass unique displays of rock formations and vegetation, from pi

Jones Hole Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 80 miles
• Time to Allow: 2 hours

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This route begins four miles east of Vernal, climbing 2,600 feet to Diamond Mountain Plateau. From there it travels east toward Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery, dropping dramatically into a narrow, rugged canyon with spectacular colorful cliffs.

Nine-Mile Canyon Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 80

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Home to what is believed to be the greatest concentration of Fremont Indian Rock Art in the world, Nine-Mile Canyon is famous for its petroglyphs (carvings) and pictographs (paintings) of animals, hunting scenes and classic trapezoidal figures.

Outlaw Country Scenic Route

• Route Length: 130 miles
• Time to Allow: 4 hours

Red Cloud Loop Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 70 miles
• Time to Allow: 3 hours

Red Fleet and Steinaker Lake State Parks

• Route Length: 43 miles
• Time to Allow: 1.5 hours

Rock Creek Upper Stillwater Tour

• Route Length: 83 miles
• Time to Allow: 3 hours

Sheep Creek/Spirit Lake Scenic Backway

• Route Length: 48 miles
• Time to Allow: 2 hours

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Dramatic scenery isn't the only reason to keep your camera ready on this backway. Expect to catch a glimpse or two of Utah's Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep as you wind through Sheep Creek's awe-inspiring rock spires.

Vernal Walking Tour

• Route Length: Varies
• Time to Allow: Varies