Summers are mild allowing a variety of outdoor activities. Fall brings spectacular color contrasts - aspen groves with shades of red and gold complement stately green pines on the mountains of Dixie and Fishlake national forests. During winter months you can hike in the desert or snowmobile in the mountains.
Spring offers ideal weather for long distance hiking or biking.
Cactus and other wild flowers bring spring color to the desert. And, if you find you are sharing a highway with a herd of cattle or sheep, please slow' down and take the time to reflect upon, and enjoy, the unique rural western heritage of this area. Scenic Byway 12 Scenic Byway 12, chosen as one of the top ten scenic roads in America by Car and Driver magazine, offers sweeping panoramas of the Waterpocket Fold, Circle Cliffs, and the Henry Mountains. Possible day trips along this highway are a visit to the Anasazi Indian Village State Park, a hike to I 26-foot high Calf Creek Falls, or a drive over the scenic Burr Trail And Notom Road. Fishlake Scenic Byway, SR25 Fishlake Scenic Byway, SR25, carries you through the meadows and mountains of the Fishlake National Forest to the Fish Lake-Johnson Valley area which has 3,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs.