We love hiking! We hike often all throughout the year, and have found so many great trails! There is just something special about being together as a family exploring the outdoors, and then arriving at a beautiful destination. It is a wonderful adventure for our family.
Utah has so many hikes. Thousands of different trails. We share all of the hikes that we have hiked as family, and give all the details here that you’ll need as you head out on the trail. How long, how hard, fees required, and more.
Grotto Trail in Zion National Park is perfect for a picnic and afternoon walk. This trail is short, flat, and beautiful. The best way to hike this half-mile trail is to start at The Grotto (shuttle stop 6) for lunch. There are plenty of tables and there are restrooms nearby.…
Taylor Creek Trail is a family friendly hike in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park. Many people don't make it to this smaller, less-visited section of the park because there are no roads that connect it to Zion Canyon or Kolob Terrace Road, which are the other two sections of…
On a recent trip to Logan we visited Tony Grove. If you drive up Logan Canyon, you can access a small lake that has a short, beautiful hike around it. This area is gorgeous no matter what season you visit. The wildflowers are lovely here in the middle of summer. The lake…
We finally did it! We hiked the Y! We were worried that our boys wouldn't make it, but they did great. And you can, too. So here's the run down for hiking the Y, which is the largest mountain side letter in Utah, and the entire United States! First of…
Box Canyon in Maple Canyon is what we like to call an adventurous hike. There is a lot of scrambling, climbing and scaling. This hike is perfect for older kids who like a little freedom to explore. If you have younger kids, you might want to wait unless you feel you…
We like urban hikes, and it doesn't get much more urban than Lagoon Trail in Farmington. This trail runs about a mile before it connects onto the larger Farmington Creek Trail system. You can walk on this trail for quite awhile, all the way into the mountains, but we picked the…