We love national parks! We found out from talking to our fellow Utahns, that not many people have heard of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, even though it is just 5 hours from the Wasatch Front. This national park has been a national monument since all the way back…

We like to round up hikes for the kids in each national park we visit. We want to give you an easy guide for hikes that you can do as a family when you visit. Black Canyon of the Gunnison has a variety of hikes located on both the north and…

Warner Point Nature Trail is a nice nature hike at the very end of South Rim Road in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. This short hike runs a mile and a half roundtrip to a nice overlook for Black Canyon. What makes this trail great, though, is not the…

Two trails in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park can easily be combined into one beautiful loop. The Rim Rock Nature Trail and the Uplands Trail can be hiked separately as out and back trails, but the distance we combined is only a bit over 2 miles. This loop trail…

Calling the Cedar Point Nature Trail a hike is a bit of a stretch. It's a third of a mile walk to the one of the many overlooks along the south rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. It is flat and easy, and most people make the walk…

Full disclosure: We tried to hike the Oak Flat Loop, but we didn't make it all the way around. We were stopped just before we made it halfway by a precocious little black bear, and we had to retrace our steps. Still, we saw enough of this trail to give a…