Regulations, posted at various locations, are enacted so that this vital source of culinary water will be kept clean. Dogs and horses are generally not allowed. Logan Canyon is fast becoming a mecca for sport rock climbing. Boasting over 20 fixed routes, ranging from 'novice' climbs to Utah's toughest rated route. Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons are also very popular with climbers.
Fossil hunters can locate trilobites in Morgan County.
Fossilized shark teeth may be found in ant hills on buttes overlooking the Green River about 15 miles east of Vernal. Four miles north of Vernal above Hwy 191, a cut in the rocky Mowry Formation clearly shows fossilized fish scales. North and west of Steinaker Reservoir the Curtis and Carmel Formations contain fossilized mollusks and sea shells.