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Weekend trips from Weber State
Hidden spots near Ogden, day trips and weekend road trips from Weber State in November, scored 1–10 on price, timing and what's happening, with gas, park fees, a campsite or room and food included.
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Antelope Island & Great Salt Lake
Free-roaming bison and floating in water saltier than the ocean.
Day trips
Spiral Jetty
A 1,500-foot rock spiral in the pink Great Salt Lake, a land-art icon. Free; long dirt road.
Bonneville Salt Flats
A white salt plain flat to the horizon, where land speed records are set. Free.
Salt Lake City
Temple Square, mountains at the end of every street and canyons 20 minutes away.
Park City
An old silver town of ski runs and Main Street bars, home of the Sundance Film Festival.
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Alta and Snowbird's legendary powder, and wildflower hikes above the granite in summer.
Homestead Crater
Swim in 95°F water inside a beehive-shaped limestone dome, near Midway.
Weekend trips
Craters of the Moon
A black lava landscape where Apollo astronauts trained, with lava tubes to crawl through.
Dinosaur National Monument
A rock wall with 1,500 dinosaur bones still in it, plus petroglyphs and river canyons.
Goblin Valley
A valley of thousands of mushroom-shaped goblins you can wander among freely (Galaxy Quest's alien planet).
Capitol Reef
Pioneer orchards where you can pick the fruit, under cliffs of red rock. Pie at the Gifford House.
Park City
An old silver town of ski runs and Main Street bars, home of the Sundance Film Festival.
Grand Teton & Jackson
Jagged peaks over Jenny Lake, moose in the willows and a cowboy town square with antler arches.
Long weekends
Craters of the Moon
A black lava landscape where Apollo astronauts trained, with lava tubes to crawl through.
Zion
Wade up the Narrows slot canyon and hike Angels Landing (permit lottery).
Dinosaur National Monument
A rock wall with 1,500 dinosaur bones still in it, plus petroglyphs and river canyons.
Arches & Moab
Over 2,000 stone arches (Delicate Arch at sunset), with Moab's mountain biking and jeep trails.
Canyonlands
Mesa Arch framing the sunrise over a maze of canyons the Colorado River carved.
Bryce Canyon
An amphitheater of orange hoodoo spires, and some of the darkest night skies anywhere.
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