Utah Points of Interest

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Adventure – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Adventure (sometimes called Aventure) was a short-lived early Mormon pioneer settlement and is now a ghost town site in Washington…
Early Evening At Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Medium Format Photograph bu James L Rathbun

Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock is an iconic natural feature located in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. This geological formation consists of a large boulder balanced precariously on…
Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns

Castleton – Grand County Ghost Town

Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns Castleton is a ghost town in Castle Valley, southeastern Grand County, Utah, located on the La Sal Mountain Loop Road…
Historical photo of abandoned buildings in the Town of Cisco in Grand County, Utah. Photo by: Jean Akens.

Cisco – Grand County Ghost Town

Cisco, Utah, is a near-ghost town (or residual community) in Grand County, near the junction of State Route 128 and Interstate 70, close to the…
Devils Garden off the Hole in the Rock Trail, Lake Powell, Utah

Devils Garden

In the sun-scorched heart of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, where the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail claws its way through a labyrinth of crimson canyons like the…
Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns

Dewey – Grand County Ghost Town

Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns Dewey is a ghost town in southeastern Grand County, Utah, located along the Colorado River (historically called the Grand River)…
Double Arch forms a cathedral like rock formation in Arches National Park. Photo by James L Rathbun

Double Arch

In the heart of Arches National Park, where the desert stretches like a canvas painted in shades of fire and stone, the Double Arch rises…
One of the many pear trees at abandoned village of Duncan, Utah. Mormon settlement 1862-1905 PhotoL George A. Grant

Duncan’s Retreat – Washington County Ghost town

Duncan’s Retreat was a short-lived Mormon pioneer settlement and is now a ghost town in eastern Washington County, southwestern Utah. It lay roughly 3–4 miles…
Fay Nevada - 1910

Fay Nevada – Lincoln County Ghost Town

Fay, Nevada, is a ghost town located in Lincoln County, approximately 10 miles northeast of Alamo. Once a small but active mining community, Fay has…
Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Fort Harmony – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Fort Harmony was an early Mormon pioneer settlement and adobe fort in Harmony Valley, on the northern edge of Washington…
Kane county Ghost Towns

Georgetown – Kane County Ghost Town

Kane county Ghost Towns Georgetown, Kane County, Utah, was a small Mormon pioneer settlement (later a ghost town) on Yellow Creek, a tributary of the…
A Goblin formed from a soft limestone, water and time offer a unique hiking experience. Photograph by James L Rathbun

Goblin Valley Utah

Goblin Valley is located in Utah is a state park and campground which is adjacent to eroded flood plain. Formed by water, time and a…
Village of Grafton, Utah, across the Virgin River. Once center of farming area. Showing washed out banks along river where farms once stood. Photo: NPS; George Alexander Grant

Grafton Utah

Grafton, Utah, is a well-preserved ghost town just south of Zion National Park in Washington County, along the Virgin River. It is widely regarded as…
Escalante Canyon, Utah

Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument

Escalante Canyon, Utah Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah represents a profound intersection of geological time and human endeavor. Spanning approximately 1.87 million acres,…
Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Hamblin – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Hamblin (also known as Fort Hamblin) is a ghost town in western Washington County, Utah, located in Mountain Meadow (sometimes…
Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Harrisburg – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Harrisburg is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah (roughly 12–16 miles northeast of St. George, along what is now…
Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Hebron – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Hebron is a ghost town in Washington County, southwestern Utah, located on Shoal Creek (at the junction of its south…
Hole in the wall trail in Escalante, Utah

Hole in the Rock

Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hole in the Rock trail is an old Mormon trail in Utah that was used to establish colonies…
Drawing of Jedediah Strong Smith (1799–1831), created around 1835 after his death by a friend from memory. It is the only contemporary image of Smith.

Jedediah Strong Smith – Nevada State Historic Marker 84

Jebediah Strong Smith was an early frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the western United States and the subject of Nevada State Historic Marker number…
Kane county Ghost Towns

Johnson – Kane County Ghost Town

Kane county Ghost Towns Johnson is a ghost town in Kane County, southern Utah, located about 12 miles east of Kanab in what is now…
Metal Stairs inside of Lower Antelop Canyon, Arizona

Lower Antelope Canyon

Lower Antelope Canyon one of two slot canyons located off the highway 98 just outside of Page, Arizona near the Utah border. Entering Lower Antelope…
Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns

Miner’s Basin, Grand County Ghost Town

Grand County, Utah, Ghost towns Miners Basin (also known as Miner’s Basin or simply Basin) is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, high in…
Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns

Northrop – Washington County Ghost Town

Washington County, Utah, Ghost Towns Northrop (sometimes spelled Northrup), Utah, was a short-lived Mormon pioneer settlement in Washington County that existed primarily from late 1861…
Kane county Ghost Towns

Paria – Kane County Ghost Town

Kane county Ghost Towns Paria (also spelled Pahreah), a ghost town in central Kane County, Utah, sits on the Paria River within Grand Staircase–Escalante National…
Park Avenue is located in Arches National Park. Photo by James L Rathbun

Park Avenue

Park Avenue is located in Arches National Park. Photo by James L Rathbun In the red rocks and canyons of Arches National Park, where the…
Chesterfield Coal Company in Sego, circa 1926. Photo USGS

Sego – Grand County Ghost Town

Sego, Utah, is a ghost town in Grand County, nestled in the narrow, winding Sego Canyon within the Book Cliffs, about 5 miles (8 km)…
Silver Reef, Utah in the 1880s

Silver Reef – Washington County Ghost Town

Silver Reef, Utah in the 1880s Silver Reef is a historic mining ghost town in Washington County, southern Utah, located about 15–20 miles northeast of…
The Subway Slot Canyon located in Zion National Park, Utah. Photograph by James L Rathbun

Subway Canyon – Left Fork of North Creek

Subway Slot Canyon is a unique geological formation located in the Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, USA. It is considered one of the most…
Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah, Medium Format Photograph: James L Rathbun

Temple of Sinawava

Located in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, the Temple of Sinawava is a stunning geological formation that attracts visitors from all around the world.…
The Three Gossips located in Arches National Park, Utah. Photo by James L Rathbun

The Three Gossips

The Three Gossips located in Arches National Park, Utah. Photo by James L Rathbun In the heart of Arches National Park, where the desert sun…
The Windows, Arches National Park, Utah. Photo by James L Rathbun

The Windows

In the sun-drenched heart of Arches National Park, where the desert’s pulse beats in shades of fire and stone, the North and South Window arches…
A smoke fillled view of Turret Arch in 2025 during the North Rim Fires at the Grand Canyon. Photo James L Rathbun

Turret Arch

In the sun-scorched embrace of Arches National Park, where the desert weaves a tapestry of stone and sky, Turret Arch stands as a solitary sentinel,…
Molten Wave - Located in Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona Antelope Canyon is the best known slot canyon. - Photo by James L Rathbun

Upper Antelope Canyon

Located just outside of Page, Arizona Upper Antelope Canyon is arguably the best known slot canyon on the planet, yet few people will know its name…
Kane county Ghost Towns

Upper Kanab – Kane County Ghost Town

Kane county Ghost Towns Upper Kanab was a 19th-century Mormon pioneer settlement in Kane County, Utah, in the high mountain valley near the headwaters of…
Valley of the Gods, Utah - Photo by James L Rathbun

Valley of the Gods

Valley of the Gods is a beautiful sandstone valley and located in the South East corner of Utah near Mexican Hat. alley of the Gods…
Emery Valley Mercantile Co. store in Widtsoe, 1936

Widtsoe – Garfield County Ghost Town

Widtsoe (pronounced /ˈwɪtsoʊ/) is a ghost town in Garfield County, southern Utah, located in Johns Valley along the East Fork of the Sevier River at…