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8Hike the Red Cliffs Recreation Nature Trail
This Red Cliffs hike in Hurricane allows you to explore an exceptional area in Southern Utah. It’s also one of the best family-friendly hikes in the state. This out-and-back hike is less than one and a half miles in total and has a comparatively mild elevation gain of 266 feet.
You start at the Red Cliffs Campground north of St. George. Here you trek along blue-water streams running through the red sandstone and pass a few small waterfalls. It provides an eye-catching contrast. There are footholds and a rope where the trail gets a little steep but nothing difficult. There are charges for parking and camping, of course.
9Hike to Double Arch
Travel to the Castle Valley area and prepare for this brief hike. It is a good half-mile out and back with an elevation gain of just 135 feet. This hike in the Arches National Park vicinity will allow you not only to see the Double Arch in person but it gives you the choice of visiting other natural arches as well. The famous Double Arch is actually a pair of arches that share the same rugged stone for their outer leg foundation. This natural attraction is the result of downward water erosion. Unlike some of the other previously mentioned hiking trailheads, you should have no trouble finding parking here.
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