The Perfect 3-Day Road Trip Through Utah's Best-Kept Secrets
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Published 2023-06-25
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Overview
0:55 Helper, UT
4:50 Jurassic National Monument
6:32 Castle Dale, Utah
9:55 San Rafael Swell
11:37 Buckhorn Wash Petroglyphs
15:15 ATV Ride in Green River, UT
20:19 Canyonlands National Park
22:00 The Great Gallery
23:48 Nine Mile Canyon
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All Comments (21)
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Oh-the secret is out! Darn. I live near the Swell--greatest place on earth to spend a week with family in national park scenery and not see another soul. I raised my kids and now grandkids out there. Truly the secret sauce exists there. Grand Canyon of the San Rafael, Three Fingers Canyon, Head of Sinbad, Chutes of Muddy Creek and more.
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Great video. Tough stuff like this worries me as over promotion is exactly how the quiet UT parks became over crowded in 2015.
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We used y’all’s planning guides for Yellowstone and Glacier NP and had the BEST VACAY ever! Considering we drove from Texas, it had to be right! We stayed in Cody, Wyoming before entering Yellowstone and fell in love with that place! We also love Utah!
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I was born and raised in Orangeville and have been everywhere you covered so that was a wonderful video thank you
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It's good to see my hometown portrayed in one of your videos
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I drive up to Park City Utah each year from Oklahoma and drive through Helper each year! I had no idea this place had so much too offer. Appreciate you creating this video.
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You missed something cool at the San Rafael Swell. Between the dino-footprint and the panel you can see where Matt Warner wrote his name on a cliff side near the road. Probably about 30 ft away.
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Been to about half these places and they are great. Did canyonlands in the summer. It was 100 degrees and we were only people. This is where the hiker got trapped and had to cut his arm off to hike out. He was so lucky there was a family hiking to save him😊
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Great now we can have even more tourists taking over everything the locals used to be able to enjoy in peace and quiet
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Last year I went to Jurassic NM, Yes, it's a long way on the dirt road. Also drove Nine Mile Canyon. I like the Fremont figures. Try to go to Sego Canyon. They have 4 great panels including life size Great Gallery figures. I hope the swell stays the way it is. No locking it up into wilderness, what the greenies want. and not turning it into a National Monumnet. Once you do that, more people go, like Bears Ears. The government should have kept it the way it was.
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Fantastic video, thank you! We love going to Helper. Such a cool town with fun art galleries and museums.
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Many of the locations in there swell carry the names of my grandmother's uncles. Swasey's Leap, Swasey's Cabin, Sid & Charlie, Baptist Draw and many more. They were contemporaries with Butch & Sundance who would "swap out" horses on the way through.
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My father is from an coal mining town, in utah. Must people never heard of it. Dragonton, utah. His brother lived in Helper, ut as well. My grandfather was an coal miner , in the horse canyon.
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When I saw this video... it must be about Uintahs around Vernal Utah, and around Dinosaur National Monument in Northeast Utah/colorado/Wyoming border. I was surprised to see Utah has two Dinosaur themed National Monuments with National Park views! Thanks for this video! My wife is from Helper and me from Vernal, I'd recommend making your way up there at some point!
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I would love to go on one of these jamborees. For years now I wanted to get a SXS and introduce my kids and granddaughter to the beautiful country that we live in...
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You sold me on it. As soon as I can afford to I am going to go. I've always wanted to go out west. I've been stuck in Cleveland Ohio for most of my life. I really need to get out of here. Thank you for your great presentation!
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Great video! Spectacular sights, that I never will be able to visit myself. So Thanks so much!
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Beautiful scenery and useful information, thank you.
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Thanks for taking us along brother! Utah is fantastic.
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Great storytelling, Matt! Thank you for sharing! I loved the footage of the little Grand Canyon. Good to see your dad and his love for adventure!
