Things to do for the 2020 Show!

Just a Few Popular Local Attractions:

• Public pool and water slide across the street from the fairgrounds
• Park and small zoo on the south side of the fairgrounds
• American West Heritage Center(depicts life in the early west)
• Historic Logan tabernacle tours and concerts
• Numerous antique shops
• A wide variety of restaurants
• Aggie ice cream at Utah State University
• Theaters and other entertainment
• Stokes Nature Center in Logan canyon
• Wind Caves and other hiking in Logan canyon

Within a 1 Hour Drive:

• Bear Lake recreational area about 40 miles northeast through beautiful Logan canyon
• Minnetonka Cave
• Golden Spike National Historic Site in Promontory, Utah (Part of the optional Wednesday tour)
• Northrup Grumman (Thiokol) rocket garden near Golden Spike (Part of optional Wednesday tour)
• Spiral Jetty near Golden Spike
• Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area (view wildlife from Compton's Knoll viewpoint)
• Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Visitors Center (Part of the optional Wednesday tour)
• Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour loop (12 miles west of visitors center)
• Ogden Nature Center
• Ogden Union Pacific Railroad Depot
• (Houses the Utah State Railroad museum, Browning Firearms museum, and the Browning-Kimbal Classic Car Museum)
• Eccles Dinosaur Park and Rainbow Gardens
• Historic Weber and Echo Canyons self-guided tour
• (Natural rock formations used to guide early travelers, pioneer trail, Pony Express trail, etc.)
• Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum

Salt Lake City and Surrounding Area Attractions:

• Temple Square (Part of the optional Thursday tour)
  • Visitor’s Center
  • Historic Mormon tabernacle
  • Mormon Temple
  • Genealogy Library
  • Pioneer museum
• City Creek mall (Part of optional Thursday tour)
• Lagoon (a fairly large amusement park featuring rides, swimming, and a pioneer village)
• Cabella’s near Lagoon
• State capital building
• This Is The Place Heritage Park (features structures and early pioneer days in Utah)
• Hogle Zoo
• Historic Fort Douglas and Natural History Museum of Utah
• Clark planetarium
• Rio Tinto Kennecott open pit copper mine
• Numerous antique shops in Salt Lake City and surrounding area
• Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT
• Heber Creeper short-line railroad (offering rides into the beautiful, scenic Provo Canyon)
• Park City (old mining town, shopping area, mining museum, Holiday Village – Tanger Outlet Mall)
• 2002 Winter Olympic Ski Venues (currently used year round for ski team training)
• Antelope Island State Park self-guided tour (causeway, island wildlife, and historic Garr Ranch)

National Parks (Within 5 hours drive):

• Arches National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Canyonlands National Park
• Zion National Park
• Yellowstone National Park

National Monuments:

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Bears Ears National Monument
• Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Pipe Spring National Monument
• Rainbow Bridge National Monument

State Parks:

• There are numerous state parks throughout the state of Utah offering picnicking, site seeing, hiking, fishing, boating, etc.