Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Logan canyon sites
Here's what and where in Logan Canyon - starting from the west side (Logan) and going to the east (Bear Lake side). There are obviously more things to do/see than are listed here, but these are things that caught my eye. (There's not room to list everything anyway.) This long list should convince you to never complain about that "long" canyon road again. In fact, just knowing what's in the canyon and where it has made the drive seem a lot shorter for me.
All mileage should be considerd approximate with the Lady Bird rest stop being the starting point. R.S. and L.S. are abbreviations for right and left side road locations.(Some non-tourist locations are listed as reference points only.) - Lynn Arave
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1. Lady Bird rest stop (0 miles, R.S.) Clean restrooms, a nice water fountain, a bird's-eye view of the River Heights area of Logan and a smart pre-canyon stop if you've already driven a long way.
2. First Dam (.5 miles, R.S.) Small park and fishing.
3. Hydro Park (.5 miles, L.S.) Small park.
4. Logan canal. (1.8 miles, L.S.) The most popular entry point for tubing participants. (Starts near a green pipe.) The ride is slow out of the canyon, and the water is very cold, but the canal is open with no tunnels to go through.
5. Second Dam (2.5 miles, R.S.) Fishing.
6. Logan City power plant (2.6 miles, R.S.).
7. Xanadu Lodge (3.0, R.S.) This historic structure was converted to a restaurant but is now up for sale and not in use.
8. Bridger Campground (3.3 miles, R.S.) A great lower elevation/early season (May-October) site for picnics or camping (11 units) at 5,000 feet above sea level. (Some summer homes are close by, too.)
9. Geological sign (4.0 miles, L.S.) Tells about ancient Lake Bonneville and points out the old lake's shoreline across the canyon in the Spring Hollow area.
10. Third Dam (4.0, R.S.) Fishing.
11. Spring Hollow Campground Area (4.4 miles, R.S.) Camping (16 units)/picnic area. Fishing is very popular off the narrow bridge at the entrance.
The three-mile Crimson Trail starts in this area and continues along some steep cliffs, ending near the amphitheatre in the Malibu-Guinavah campround (located a mile up the canyon).
Several other nearby trailheads lead on long hikes to Logan Peak, Providence Canyon and Millville Canyon.
12. Logan City drinking water supply (5.0 miles, R.S.). Just a clearing with visible concrete sections, but it's a good parking place for Wind Cave trail hikers.
13. Wind Cave (5.0 miles, L.S.) This cave, high above the canyon floor, can be seen from the DeWitt Campground. A rugged 1.5-mile trail, improved in 1977, provides access. The cave is actually a triple arch, part of the "China Wall" rock formation, a cavernous rock formed by wind and water erosion.
The Wind Cave trail continues on to North Logan, to Green Canyon or Mount Jardine.
14. DeWitt Campground (5.0 miles, R.S.) Has camping (five units) and picnic facilities, too. At 5,200 feet above sea level, the sign for this campground was taken by vandals. Only the two support posts remain.
15. Malibu-Guinavah Campground (5.3 miles, R.S.). This is the MOST heavily used lower-elevation camping area. It has 48 units. It also contains an amphitheatre, picnic areas and hiking access.
16. Brown's Roll Off Picnic Area (6.8 miles, R.S.) has three picnic-only areas.
17. Card Picnic Area (7.1 miles, R.S.) has two picnic units at 5,400-foot elevation.
18. Card Canyon (7.3 miles, R.S.) A dirt road that leads to Canyon Spring and also a trailhead to Blacksmith Fork Canyon.
19. Card Ranger Station (7.3 miles, L.S.) is an old station where two rangers live. (The station is NOT continually manned.)
20. Pine Bluffs summer home area (7.7 miles, R.S.)
21. Chokecherry Picnic Area (7.8 miles, R.S.) Three picnic sites at 5,400-foot elevation.
22. Preston Valley Campground (8.2 miles, R.S.) Has nine campground-picnic areas.
23. Geological sign (8.9 miles, L.S.) Describes the "fucoidal quartzite" found to the left of the sign - a 400 million-year-old seaweedlike structure left by ancient marine worms.
24. Right Fork (9.2 miles, R.S.) No. "047" road (this number corresponds to Forest Service Maps). A paved road leads past "Tea Pot" Rock. This rock formation is about one-half mile off the main highway and can be found by looking through a "spotting scope" on the right side. The "Lion's Head" rock formation is reportedly in this same area but is not easily found.
The road forks after another half-mile and neither fork is paved. The No. 055 road dead ends quickly, while No. 047 heads past a girls' camp and also "Lodge Campground" (10 units). It then travels to Crowley Canyon and eventually leads to Blacksmith Fork Canyon (10 miles) and Temple Fork access.
There are many hiking trails and other dirt roads in this area, also a popular snowmobiling location.
"Old Ephraim's Grave," a 4.5 ton native stone (9 feet 11 inches tall), marking the final resting spot of one of the biggest grizzly bears ever, is also found along an unpaved side road between Logan and Blacksmith Fork canyons.
Ephraim roamed the area for many years killing cattle, sheep and wildlife until he was shot by Frank Clark of Malad, Idaho, in August 1923.
The marker represents the bear's true height, but his actual weight was believed to be 1,100 pounds. (The bear's skull is found in the Smithsonian Institiute.)
The grave marker was erected by Logan area Boy Scouts in 1966 and includes a poem about the infamous bear.
Portions of the road are packed with clay and so caution is advised in wet weather.
25. China Row Campround (10.0 miles, R.S.) Four camping/picnic areas at 5,600 feet above sea level.
26. Wood Camp (10.2 miles, L.S.) Is found to the right of the Juniper Jardine Road and only a few hundred yards off the Logan Canyon Highway. Has six camping-picnic units.
27. Juniper Jardine Trailhead (10.3 miles, L.S.) Take the middle fork dirt road that goes 100 yards past Wood Camp and leads to an unmarked trailhead with a horse loading area.
A rugged 1.5-mile-long hike starts here that zigzags up 2,000 vertical feet to the great, 3,200-year-old "Juniper Jardine" - believed to be the oldest and largest of its kind. It was discovered in 1923. It is named for William T. Jardine, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1925-29) and a Utah State graduate. It's more than 44 feet high and almost 27 feet wide.
(The trail to the tree can be difficult to follow and confusing side trails lead to Tony Grove, not the tree!)
28. Logan Cave (11.9 miles, L.S.) A deep, 2,000-foot-long cavern that can just barely be seen from the highway. Parking is a real problem, with sites available for only two cars on the right side of the road (across where the cave's water output crosses the road) and one car spot on the left across from the cave itself. (More parking is available 300 yards up the canyon on the left side near a small bridge.)
The Forest Service is aware of the cave's parking problem and is awaiting the outcome of proposed improvements for U.S. 89 prior to any work being done.
The cave entrance can be seen from the highway. It's a 150-yard hike (50-foot climb) to the cave entrance. The cave itself varies from 5-10 feet wide with a ceiling height between 30 and 100 feet. It has three levels and in normal water years has a stream flowing out of it that can be knee-deep in spots. (It was dry at the cave entrance last summer.)
The cave was formed by the seepage of water through limestone and has a year-round temperature of about 50 degrees.
Allow five hours for a round trip to all three cave levels. The walk is not smooth. There are many big boulders to cross over or slide by.
Most geological features in the cave have been destroyed by vandals, and litter and graffiti have been cave problems too.
29. Temple Fork (14.9 miles, R.S.) is a dirt road (No. 007) named after pioneers got wood from here to help build the Logan LDS Temple. The road is almost exactly halfway up the canyon and is good enough in the summer for an average car. It leads to the Temple Springs trailhead, to "Chicken Guzzler" and "Mud Flat" and connects with Right Fork road and also Blacksmith Fork Canyon. A good snowmobile area, too.
30. "The Dugway" (13.2 miles, L.S.) Referred to by many the spot in the canyon where the Logan River flows more than 100 feet below the road. The highway is steep and narrow in this stretch, too.
31. Ricks Spring (15.4 miles, L.S.) There's no sign here thanks to vandalism. There's also no drinking water or restroom, but it's still a pretty midcanyon stop with a small cavern.
However, Ricks Spring is NOT really a spring. It is mainly a diversion of the Logan River with a little mountain snowmelt mixed in.
The Forest Service hopes to develop this area in the future as more of a tourist attraction.
32. First cattleguard (17.1 miles). Speed limit also increases from 35 to 55.
33. Utah State Management Development Center (9.5 miles, R.S.)
34. Tony Grove Side Road (19.2 miles, L.S.) A 7-mile paved but winding road that climbs 2,300 feet (and passes through several cattle grazing areas) to beautiful Tony Grove Lake (8,100-foot elevation) and a very busy campground (36 units).
The road en route passes by a fork to the USU Forestry Field Station and also to the Lewis M. Turner Campground (10 units).
Tony Grove is only open July-September. It is also a popular snowmobile area.
There are several small caves above the lake and trailheads lead to the Mount Naomi Peak Wilderness Area, to Smithfield and even to Franklin, Idaho, as well as many other Logan Canyon locations.
35. Red Banks Campground (20.2, L.S.)
36. Second cattle guard (20.8 miles).
37. Beaver Mountain Ski Road Junction (24.2 miles, L.S.) No. 110 road goes to the ski resort and also connects with the Sink Hollow dirt road and Beaver Creek Road.
38. Dirt roads (24.2 miles, R.S.) Stump Hollow, Amazon Hollow and North Sink dirt roads. (Crosses some private land.)
39. Dirt road (27.9 miles, R.S.) Leads to Middle Sink. Also snowmobile area. (Also, a UDOT storage shed, yard, L.S.)
40. Middle Sink (29.7 miles, L.S.) Popular snowmobile area.
41. Bear Lake Summit sign (30.2 miles, L.S.) is at 7,800-foot elevation and marks the entrance into Rich County.
42. Lumberpine Trailhead (30.3 miles, R.S.) is usable from July-September with plenty of parking and restrooms available. Has a 12-station, 30-minute, loop nature/forest walk. Pick up a pamphlet at the start of the trail on the right-hand side. Trail returns on the left side.
43. Sunrise Campground (31.0 miles, R.S.) Has 27 units and is heavily used all summer.
44. Bear Lake Overlook (31.1 miles, R.S.) A loop turnoff that offers the first bird's-eye views of Bear Lake from a 7,568-foot meadow. Good parking with new signs that explain the history and geology of the lake.
45. Bear Lake, (37.1) about 5,900-foot elevation. This lake is almost 20 miles long, from 4 to 8 miles in width and is as much as 208 feet deep on the east side. Half the lake in Utah.
Utah has Rendezvous State Park Beach on the south end, just past the rest stop, while Idaho has North Beach State Park.
Great for fishing, boating and swimming. The lake contains "cisco" fish, found nowhere else in the world.
Here is a link to a map of hikes in Logan Canyon.
All mileage should be considerd approximate with the Lady Bird rest stop being the starting point. R.S. and L.S. are abbreviations for right and left side road locations.(Some non-tourist locations are listed as reference points only.) - Lynn Arave
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1. Lady Bird rest stop (0 miles, R.S.) Clean restrooms, a nice water fountain, a bird's-eye view of the River Heights area of Logan and a smart pre-canyon stop if you've already driven a long way.
2. First Dam (.5 miles, R.S.) Small park and fishing.
3. Hydro Park (.5 miles, L.S.) Small park.
4. Logan canal. (1.8 miles, L.S.) The most popular entry point for tubing participants. (Starts near a green pipe.) The ride is slow out of the canyon, and the water is very cold, but the canal is open with no tunnels to go through.
5. Second Dam (2.5 miles, R.S.) Fishing.
6. Logan City power plant (2.6 miles, R.S.).
7. Xanadu Lodge (3.0, R.S.) This historic structure was converted to a restaurant but is now up for sale and not in use.
8. Bridger Campground (3.3 miles, R.S.) A great lower elevation/early season (May-October) site for picnics or camping (11 units) at 5,000 feet above sea level. (Some summer homes are close by, too.)
9. Geological sign (4.0 miles, L.S.) Tells about ancient Lake Bonneville and points out the old lake's shoreline across the canyon in the Spring Hollow area.
10. Third Dam (4.0, R.S.) Fishing.
11. Spring Hollow Campground Area (4.4 miles, R.S.) Camping (16 units)/picnic area. Fishing is very popular off the narrow bridge at the entrance.
The three-mile Crimson Trail starts in this area and continues along some steep cliffs, ending near the amphitheatre in the Malibu-Guinavah campround (located a mile up the canyon).
Several other nearby trailheads lead on long hikes to Logan Peak, Providence Canyon and Millville Canyon.
12. Logan City drinking water supply (5.0 miles, R.S.). Just a clearing with visible concrete sections, but it's a good parking place for Wind Cave trail hikers.
13. Wind Cave (5.0 miles, L.S.) This cave, high above the canyon floor, can be seen from the DeWitt Campground. A rugged 1.5-mile trail, improved in 1977, provides access. The cave is actually a triple arch, part of the "China Wall" rock formation, a cavernous rock formed by wind and water erosion.
The Wind Cave trail continues on to North Logan, to Green Canyon or Mount Jardine.
14. DeWitt Campground (5.0 miles, R.S.) Has camping (five units) and picnic facilities, too. At 5,200 feet above sea level, the sign for this campground was taken by vandals. Only the two support posts remain.
15. Malibu-Guinavah Campground (5.3 miles, R.S.). This is the MOST heavily used lower-elevation camping area. It has 48 units. It also contains an amphitheatre, picnic areas and hiking access.
16. Brown's Roll Off Picnic Area (6.8 miles, R.S.) has three picnic-only areas.
17. Card Picnic Area (7.1 miles, R.S.) has two picnic units at 5,400-foot elevation.
18. Card Canyon (7.3 miles, R.S.) A dirt road that leads to Canyon Spring and also a trailhead to Blacksmith Fork Canyon.
19. Card Ranger Station (7.3 miles, L.S.) is an old station where two rangers live. (The station is NOT continually manned.)
20. Pine Bluffs summer home area (7.7 miles, R.S.)
21. Chokecherry Picnic Area (7.8 miles, R.S.) Three picnic sites at 5,400-foot elevation.
22. Preston Valley Campground (8.2 miles, R.S.) Has nine campground-picnic areas.
23. Geological sign (8.9 miles, L.S.) Describes the "fucoidal quartzite" found to the left of the sign - a 400 million-year-old seaweedlike structure left by ancient marine worms.
24. Right Fork (9.2 miles, R.S.) No. "047" road (this number corresponds to Forest Service Maps). A paved road leads past "Tea Pot" Rock. This rock formation is about one-half mile off the main highway and can be found by looking through a "spotting scope" on the right side. The "Lion's Head" rock formation is reportedly in this same area but is not easily found.
The road forks after another half-mile and neither fork is paved. The No. 055 road dead ends quickly, while No. 047 heads past a girls' camp and also "Lodge Campground" (10 units). It then travels to Crowley Canyon and eventually leads to Blacksmith Fork Canyon (10 miles) and Temple Fork access.
There are many hiking trails and other dirt roads in this area, also a popular snowmobiling location.
"Old Ephraim's Grave," a 4.5 ton native stone (9 feet 11 inches tall), marking the final resting spot of one of the biggest grizzly bears ever, is also found along an unpaved side road between Logan and Blacksmith Fork canyons.
Ephraim roamed the area for many years killing cattle, sheep and wildlife until he was shot by Frank Clark of Malad, Idaho, in August 1923.
The marker represents the bear's true height, but his actual weight was believed to be 1,100 pounds. (The bear's skull is found in the Smithsonian Institiute.)
The grave marker was erected by Logan area Boy Scouts in 1966 and includes a poem about the infamous bear.
Portions of the road are packed with clay and so caution is advised in wet weather.
25. China Row Campround (10.0 miles, R.S.) Four camping/picnic areas at 5,600 feet above sea level.
26. Wood Camp (10.2 miles, L.S.) Is found to the right of the Juniper Jardine Road and only a few hundred yards off the Logan Canyon Highway. Has six camping-picnic units.
27. Juniper Jardine Trailhead (10.3 miles, L.S.) Take the middle fork dirt road that goes 100 yards past Wood Camp and leads to an unmarked trailhead with a horse loading area.
A rugged 1.5-mile-long hike starts here that zigzags up 2,000 vertical feet to the great, 3,200-year-old "Juniper Jardine" - believed to be the oldest and largest of its kind. It was discovered in 1923. It is named for William T. Jardine, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1925-29) and a Utah State graduate. It's more than 44 feet high and almost 27 feet wide.
(The trail to the tree can be difficult to follow and confusing side trails lead to Tony Grove, not the tree!)
28. Logan Cave (11.9 miles, L.S.) A deep, 2,000-foot-long cavern that can just barely be seen from the highway. Parking is a real problem, with sites available for only two cars on the right side of the road (across where the cave's water output crosses the road) and one car spot on the left across from the cave itself. (More parking is available 300 yards up the canyon on the left side near a small bridge.)
The Forest Service is aware of the cave's parking problem and is awaiting the outcome of proposed improvements for U.S. 89 prior to any work being done.
The cave entrance can be seen from the highway. It's a 150-yard hike (50-foot climb) to the cave entrance. The cave itself varies from 5-10 feet wide with a ceiling height between 30 and 100 feet. It has three levels and in normal water years has a stream flowing out of it that can be knee-deep in spots. (It was dry at the cave entrance last summer.)
The cave was formed by the seepage of water through limestone and has a year-round temperature of about 50 degrees.
Allow five hours for a round trip to all three cave levels. The walk is not smooth. There are many big boulders to cross over or slide by.
Most geological features in the cave have been destroyed by vandals, and litter and graffiti have been cave problems too.
29. Temple Fork (14.9 miles, R.S.) is a dirt road (No. 007) named after pioneers got wood from here to help build the Logan LDS Temple. The road is almost exactly halfway up the canyon and is good enough in the summer for an average car. It leads to the Temple Springs trailhead, to "Chicken Guzzler" and "Mud Flat" and connects with Right Fork road and also Blacksmith Fork Canyon. A good snowmobile area, too.
30. "The Dugway" (13.2 miles, L.S.) Referred to by many the spot in the canyon where the Logan River flows more than 100 feet below the road. The highway is steep and narrow in this stretch, too.
31. Ricks Spring (15.4 miles, L.S.) There's no sign here thanks to vandalism. There's also no drinking water or restroom, but it's still a pretty midcanyon stop with a small cavern.
However, Ricks Spring is NOT really a spring. It is mainly a diversion of the Logan River with a little mountain snowmelt mixed in.
The Forest Service hopes to develop this area in the future as more of a tourist attraction.
32. First cattleguard (17.1 miles). Speed limit also increases from 35 to 55.
33. Utah State Management Development Center (9.5 miles, R.S.)
34. Tony Grove Side Road (19.2 miles, L.S.) A 7-mile paved but winding road that climbs 2,300 feet (and passes through several cattle grazing areas) to beautiful Tony Grove Lake (8,100-foot elevation) and a very busy campground (36 units).
The road en route passes by a fork to the USU Forestry Field Station and also to the Lewis M. Turner Campground (10 units).
Tony Grove is only open July-September. It is also a popular snowmobile area.
There are several small caves above the lake and trailheads lead to the Mount Naomi Peak Wilderness Area, to Smithfield and even to Franklin, Idaho, as well as many other Logan Canyon locations.
35. Red Banks Campground (20.2, L.S.)
36. Second cattle guard (20.8 miles).
37. Beaver Mountain Ski Road Junction (24.2 miles, L.S.) No. 110 road goes to the ski resort and also connects with the Sink Hollow dirt road and Beaver Creek Road.
38. Dirt roads (24.2 miles, R.S.) Stump Hollow, Amazon Hollow and North Sink dirt roads. (Crosses some private land.)
39. Dirt road (27.9 miles, R.S.) Leads to Middle Sink. Also snowmobile area. (Also, a UDOT storage shed, yard, L.S.)
40. Middle Sink (29.7 miles, L.S.) Popular snowmobile area.
41. Bear Lake Summit sign (30.2 miles, L.S.) is at 7,800-foot elevation and marks the entrance into Rich County.
42. Lumberpine Trailhead (30.3 miles, R.S.) is usable from July-September with plenty of parking and restrooms available. Has a 12-station, 30-minute, loop nature/forest walk. Pick up a pamphlet at the start of the trail on the right-hand side. Trail returns on the left side.
43. Sunrise Campground (31.0 miles, R.S.) Has 27 units and is heavily used all summer.
44. Bear Lake Overlook (31.1 miles, R.S.) A loop turnoff that offers the first bird's-eye views of Bear Lake from a 7,568-foot meadow. Good parking with new signs that explain the history and geology of the lake.
45. Bear Lake, (37.1) about 5,900-foot elevation. This lake is almost 20 miles long, from 4 to 8 miles in width and is as much as 208 feet deep on the east side. Half the lake in Utah.
Utah has Rendezvous State Park Beach on the south end, just past the rest stop, while Idaho has North Beach State Park.
Great for fishing, boating and swimming. The lake contains "cisco" fish, found nowhere else in the world.
Here is a link to a map of hikes in Logan Canyon.
Stokes Nature Center
Discover a piece of natural history or take in the beauty of the surrounding area at Stokes Nature Center. You can make friends with live reptiles and amphibians, learn amazing things about rocks and fossils, and enjoy the native plants and animals along the Logan River. You are never too old or too young to explore nature.
2696 East U.S.Hwy. 89, 1 mile up Logan Canyon
(435) 755-3239
Call for days and hours of operation.
2696 East U.S.Hwy. 89, 1 mile up Logan Canyon
(435) 755-3239
Call for days and hours of operation.
April through October: Wed- Sat, 10:00am to 4:00pm
November through March: Wed- Fri, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Stokes Nature Center strives to have the interpretive center open to the public during all of our regular hours of operation. However, school and community programs sometimes take our small staff offsite for programs. Calling ahead can help ensure you are greeted by a staff member or docent during your visit.
Call the center at 435-755-3239
Parking & Trail Access
Access to Stokes Nature Center is located approximately 1 mile into Logan Canyon when accessed from Logan along US Hwy 89. Parking is available on the north side of Hwy 89 by the wooden Cache National Forest sign, or just east of this area along the south side of Hwy 89. There are a limited number of parking spots directly at the entrance to the River Trail, adjacent to the metal gate. Vehicles should not block the gated entrance, which is for staff and handicap visitor access.
The River Trail is a popular recreational trailway enjoyed by numerous hikers, mountain bikers, families and pet owners. Winter months see regular use by cross-country skiers and snow bikes. The 1/3 mile stretch of trail between the highway access and the Stokes Interpretive Center is a narrow one-way track with frequent pedestrian encounters. We ask that vehicle access is restricted to SNC staff and visitors needing handicap accessibility. The trail can become heavily sheeted with ice during winter months, making vehicle access unsafe. If you have questions about accessing the interpretive center, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Schedule a Group Visit
Large family groups, Girl or Boy Scout troupes, youth organizations or other large groups are encouraged to schedule a free visit and tour of the interpretive center with one of our environmental education staff members. We will be happy to show you around the center, introduce you to our native critters, and tell you a little about the flora and fauna of Logan Canyon.
Call us in advance to ensure a knowledgeable staff member is ready to greet you and make your visit a memorable one. Contact us at 435-755-3239 or nature[at]logannature.org.
Willow Park Zoo
Willow Park has one of the greatest waterfowl collections in the region, showcasing more than 100 species. The setting offers walkways among shady willow trees and children can feed the ducks, geese, and trout. See lemurs, red fox, coyotes, elk, bald eagles, deer, bobcats, and more. Picnic and playground areas are adjacent to the zoo.
419 West 700 South, Logan
(435) 716-9625
The zoo is open Monday-Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm
The zoo is closed on Sundays.
Adults
Ages 12+
$3.00
Children
Ages 3-11
$2.00
Children
Under 3
FREE
419 West 700 South, Logan
(435) 716-9625
The zoo is open Monday-Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm
The zoo is closed on Sundays.
Adults
Ages 12+
$3.00
Children
Ages 3-11
$2.00
Children
Under 3
FREE
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Brigham City)
Just west of I-15
The wetlands of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge are a popular oasis for a birds migrating over the desert. It’s also a great stop for bird watchers and photographers and those who would like to learn more about the birds and insects that travel through here. There is a visitor center with a 20 minute movie and a half-mile accessible walking trail. You can check out a backpack with binoculars, guides, insect nets, etc. Tours are available during the summer. Reservations are recommended. Check to see when the best times are to see the most birds. There is a driving loop that takes up to
1 1/2 hours to complete.
The wetlands of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge are a popular oasis for a birds migrating over the desert. It’s also a great stop for bird watchers and photographers and those who would like to learn more about the birds and insects that travel through here. There is a visitor center with a 20 minute movie and a half-mile accessible walking trail. You can check out a backpack with binoculars, guides, insect nets, etc. Tours are available during the summer. Reservations are recommended. Check to see when the best times are to see the most birds. There is a driving loop that takes up to
1 1/2 hours to complete.
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