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Protected areas of Kane County, Utah (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Kane County, Utah" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a state park in southwestern Utah, United States, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, south and west of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County. The park features uniquely pink-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone cliffs.
In the Utah gubernatorial election, 2004 nearly 70% of the county's vote went for Jon Huntsman, Jr. and in the 2008 election he received around 75% of the vote. Kane County is part of Utah's 2nd congressional district and thus was represented by moderate Democrat Jim Matheson for several years until 2013.
Robert B. Keiter, Sarah B. George and Joro Walker (editors), Visions of the Grand Staircase–Escalante: Examining Utah's Newest National Monument (Utah Museum of Natural History and Wallace Stegner Center, 1998) ISBN 0-940378-12-4; Julian Smith, "Moon Handbooks Four Corners" (Avalon Travel Publishing, 2003) ISBN 1-56691-581-3
Bullfrog Basin is one of the National Park Service recreation sites of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area of Kane County, Utah, United States, adjoining Lake Powell. [2] It encompasses Bullfrog Basin Airport (IATA: BFG, ICAO: U07, FAA LID: U07), the Bullfrog Resort and Marina, the Bullfrog terminus of the Charles Hall Ferry, and a campground.
The area where Kanab is located was first settled in 1864, and the town was founded in 1870 when 10 Mormon families moved into the area. [7] Named for a Paiute word meaning "place of the willows," Fort Kanab was built on the east bank of Kanab Creek in 1864 for offensive operations against the original inhabitants of the area and as a base for the exploration of the area. [8]
Tourist attractions in Kane County, Utah (2 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Kane County, Utah" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Checkerboard Mesa is an iconic 6,520+ ft (1,990+ m) elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Kane County of southwest Utah, United States. [3] Checkerboard Mesa is situated immediately southwest of the park's east entrance, towering 900 feet (270 meters) above the Zion – Mount Carmel Highway.