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10. Strawberry Point
VeeringwestatLongValleyJunctionontoRte.14(theMarkaguntScenicByway),theroad
climbs into Dixie National Forest, replete with juniper, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, as-
pen, and oak. (The forest's unlikely name is a further reminder of Brigham Young's unful-
filled hopes for a western land of cotton.) For a rare glimpse of Zion from the northeast,
follow Forest Road 058 nine miles south to reach the panoramic perch known as Straw-
berry Point.
11. Duck Creek
CivilizationbrieflyreassertsitselfatDuckCreek,avillageborderedbymeadowsthatdraw
cross-country skiers in the winter and hikers and picnickers throughout the summer. If
you're passing through on the weekend nearest Valentine's Day, expect the hills to be alive
with the sound of snowmobiles.
Another of the village's claims to fame is its use as a location for Hollywood movies
andtelevisionseries:both How the West Was Won and My Friend Flicka werefilmedhere.
12. Navajo Lake
Navajo Lake is small—barely three and a half miles long—but its waters are astir with
rainbow and brook trout. If you were to pace every inch of the lake's shoreline, you'd be
hard-pressed to find a surface outlet. The lake, it seems, was formed by lava flows that
sealed up its eastern edge; its water drains instead through underwater sinkholes, eventu-
ally feeding into Duck Creek and Cascade Falls (visible via Forest Road 054). Sometimes,
if the weather has been dry, three of the sinkholes are visible from a turnout at the east end
of Navajo Lake.
13. Cedar Breaks National Monument
Imagineagiantnaturalamphitheater,threemilesfromrimtorimand2,500feetdeep.Then
fill that giant bowl with countless shapes and kaleidoscopic colors and you have Cedar
Breaks. Like Zion, Cedar Breaks was named by Utah pioneers: “cedar” for the junipers
found in Dixie National Forest, and “breaks” for the nearly insurmountable badlands that
fill the mammoth hollow.
Snow closes the road through Cedar Breaks from mid-November to late May, making
it less traveled (but no less beautiful) than neighboring Zion, Arches, and Bryce Canyon
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