Travel

• Utah Travel Council
• www.utah.com
• The Utah Travel Council is a one-stop shop for all sorts of information on Utah. It takes you around the state to sights, activities, events, maps, and offers links to local tourist offices. The accommodations listings are the most up-to-date source for current prices and options.

• Visit Salt Lake City
• www.visitsaltlake.com
• Find the scoop on all aspects of visiting Salt Lake City, including accommodations (sometimes with special deals), events, and activities ranging from genealogical research to bird-watching. It’s also a good place to find special deals on ski passes.

• Ski Utah
• www.skiutah.com
• If you’re thinking snow, glide over to Ski Utah, where you’ll also find summer activities at the ski resorts.

• Ghost Towns
• www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/ut.html
• Histories and photos of Utah’s loneliest towns.

The Great Outdoors

• The National Park Service
• www.nps.gov
• The National Park Service offers pages for all their areas at this site, where a click-on map will take you to Utah’s parks. You can also enter this address followed by a slash and the first two letters of the first two words of the place (first four letters if there’s just a one-word name); for example, www.nps.gov/brca takes you to Bryce Canyon National Park and www.nps.gov/zion leads to Zion National Park.

• Utah State Parks
• http://stateparks.utah.gov
• The Utah State Parks site offers details on the large park system.

• Desert USA
• www.desertusa.com
• Desert USA’s Utah section discusses places to visit and what plants and animals you might meet there. Find out what’s in bloom at www.desertusa.com/wildflo/wildupdates.html.

• U.S. Forest Service
• www.fs.fed.us/r4
• Utah falls within U.S. Forest Service Region 4. From this site you can navigate to a particular national forest.

• Reserve America
• www.reserveamerica.com
• Use this website to reserve campsites in state campgrounds. It costs a few extra bucks to reserve a campsite, but compare that with the cost of being skunked out of a site and having to resort to a motel room.

• Federal Recreation Reservations
• www.recreation.gov
• If a campground is operated by the federal government, this is the place to make a reservation. Again, you can expect to pay a few dollars for this convenience.

News and Sports

• Salt Lake Tribune
• www.sltrib.com
• The Salt Lake Tribune is the state’s newspaper of record.

• Deseret Morning News
• www.desnews.com
• Salt Lake’s other major newspaper, the Deseret Morning News, has good regional and LDS coverage.

• SL Weekly
• www.slweekly.com
• Salt Lake City’s alternative weekly newspaper has online event listings and in-depth articles on city issues.

© W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell from Moon Utah, 8th Edition