The Best Hikes & Nature Walks

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Snow Canyon State Park is comprised of volcanic cinder cone, sand dunes, deep red and white sandstone cliffs, and twisted layers of rock.

Hollywood has recognized it as a brilliant backdrop in movies such as The Electric Horseman and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!

There are 38 miles of hiking trails in Snow Canyon State Park, as well as a three-mile paved biking trail, horse trails, rock climbing, volcano exploring, and majestic views from the Snow Canyon Drive!

When it comes to exploring this unique landscape, there is no better way to traverse it than on foot. Hiking allows you to get up close to admire the rock formation, allows you to look up through the canyons, and explore hidden spots.

In this guide, we share the best Snow Canyon State Park trails and nature walks, for all skill levels of hikers.

About Snow Canyon State Park

Snow Canyon State Park is a 7,400 acre expanse of stunning natural wonderland just outside the town of St George in Utah.

Its defined by a striking canyon carved from red and white Navajo sandstone, and remnants of ancient sand dunes. It’s also characterized by its former volcanic history, and you can still see remains of black lava flows and cones across the park.

It’s a meeting point for the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin Desert, and the Colorado Plateau, and was established as a state park in 1958 as Dixie State Park, but was renamed after Lorenzo and Erastus Snow, prominent pioneering Utah leaders – not for the fluffy white stuff that rarely falls here.

Although the white peaked mountains in the distance certainly give off the illusion of snow.

Snow Canyon State Park Trails

Good news if you love hiking – it’s one of the best things to do in Snow Canyon State Park! If have young kids like us, the hikes are very family-friendly!

They are short, easy, and full of rocks to scramble over, which will keep the kids engaged and happy.

We merged several trails into one big loop walk so that we could see the best of what the park has to offer. Many thanks to the helpful park ranger who plotted it out for us.

We started at the campground visitor center within the State Park, and below is the order of the hike we followed. The mileage for each trails is if you do them individually….