📷 Nature Photography on public land in Utah

200 public places in Utah are listed for nature photography (153 state & public land, 30 state parks, 16 national parks, 1 national forests). 1 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🏞️ Arches National Park$30/vehicle (7 days)
🗺️ BLM Land — Moab Areafree
🏞️ Bryce Canyon National Park$35/vehicle (7 days)
🌳 Goblin Valley State Park$20/vehicle/day
🗺️ Uinta Wasatch Cache NFUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Zion National Park$35/vehicle (7 days)
🌳 Anasazi State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Antelope Island State ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Arches National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ashdown Gorge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ BLM - Salt Lake Field OfficeUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear River Migratory Bird RefugeUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Bears Ears National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beartrap Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Dam Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Behind The Rocks Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Wild Horse Mesa WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Ridge Canyon West Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Ridge Canyons WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blackridge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Book Cliffs Mountain Browse Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Box-Death Hollow WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bridger Jack Mesa Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Bryce Canyon National ParkFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Bull Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bull Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burning Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Butler Wash Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Canyonlands National ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Capitol Reef National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carcass Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Cedar Breaks National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cheesebox Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coal Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cold Wash WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Conger Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Coral Pink Sand Dunes State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cottonwood Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cottonwood Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cougar Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Danger Cave State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Daniels Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dark Canyon ISA ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dark Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Dead Horse Point State ParkFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Death Ridge Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep Creek North WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Deer Creek State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deseret Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Desolation Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Desolation Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Devil's Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Devils Garden Outstanding Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Diamond Breaks Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Dinosaur National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dirty Devil Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Doc's Pass WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duschene WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagle Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 East Canyon State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Escalante Canyons Tract 1 Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Escalante Canyons Tract 5 Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Escalante Petrified Forest State ParkFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Fiddler Butte Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fiftymile Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Creek Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Springs Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Fishlake National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Floy Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flume Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fremont Gorge Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Fremont Indian State Park and MuseumUnknown — check official site
🗺️ French Spring-Happy Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Goblin Valley State ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Golden Spike National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Goose Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Goosenecks State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grand Gulch Instant Study Area ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grand Staircase–Escalante National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grandstaff Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Green River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Gunlock State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herriman Hills Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hidden Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Uintas WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horse Valley WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Canyon (North) Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Canyon (South) Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hovenweep National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Howell Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Huntington State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hurricane Cliffs Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hyrum State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jack Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Jordanelle State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jurassic National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ King Top Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Kodachrome Basin State ParkFee charged — check official site
🗺️ LaVerkin Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Labyrinth Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Ocean Draw WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Rockies Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Sahara Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Wild Horse Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lone Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lower Last Chance WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lytle Ranch PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mexican Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Middle Wild Horse Mesa WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mill Creek Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Minersville State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Ellen-Blue Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Hillers Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Naomi WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Nebo WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Olympus WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Pennell Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Timpanogos WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mud Spring Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Muddy Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mule Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Natural Bridges National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Newspaper Rock State Historical MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Escalante Canyons/The Gulch Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Fork Virgin River Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Notch Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orderville Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Palisade State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paria-Hackberry Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Parley's Historic Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Parunuweap Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Phipps-Death Hollow Outstanding Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Valley Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rainbow Bridge National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rare Lizard and Snake Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Red Butte WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Red Cliffs National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Red Fleet State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Red Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Red's Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Road Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Rockport State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rockwell Outstanding Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rose Canyon County Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Rafael Reef WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Rafael Swell Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Sand Hollow State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Clara River ReserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Scofield State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Scorpion Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Scotts Basin Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheep Bridge Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sid's Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Slaughter Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Snow Canyon State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Needles Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spruce Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Squaw and Papoose Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Starvation State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Steep Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Steinaker State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swasey Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Taylor Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Blues Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Cockscomb Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Three Falls Public Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Timpanogos Cave National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Toll CanyonUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Turtle Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Twin Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Utahraptor State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wahweap Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Wasatch Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wellsville Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ West Cold Springs Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Westwater Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ White Dome Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ White Rock Range Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Willard Bay State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Willow Draw Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Winter Ridge Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Zion National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Zion WildernessUnknown — check official site

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