Snow Canyon State Park

Snow Canyon State Park
A sandstone cliff in Snow Canyon State Park
location	Washington County in Utah (USA)
Geographical location	37 ° 12 '  N , 113 ° 38'  W Coordinates: 37 ° 12 '10 "  N , 113 ° 38' 28"  W
Setup date	1959
administration	Utah Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks and Recreation

The Snow Canyon State Park is an established in 1959 State Park in Washington County in southwestern Utah , United States. Within the boundaries of the state park lies a canyon named after Lorenzo and Erastus Snow - two former residents of the area.

Various films have been made in the area, including Two Bandits , The Electric Rider and Jeremiah Johnson (all with Robert Redford ) and The Conqueror (with John Wayne ).

There are ten different trails, easy to moderate in difficulty, that range from half a mile to seven miles long.

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• Snow Canyon State Park More interesting facts and photos (Ger.)
• Snow Canyon State Park on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System