Northeastern Utah Voyage Tips and guide

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39°47′24″N 110°27′0″W

Map of Northeastern Utah

• 39.6-110.8071 Price — the regional center, home to the College of Eastern Utah, and near Nine Mile Canyon
• 40.163-110.4032 Duchesne — a small town in the High Uintahs
• 38.993-110.153 Green River — a middle-of-nowhere roadside stop town with hotels and restaurants for tired I-70 drivers
• 39.689-110.8584 Helper — a small town home to the Western Mining and Railroad Museum
• 39.326-110.9645 Huntington
• 40.301-109.9946 Roosevelt — an oil town on the Ute Indian Reservation
• 40.455-109.5367 Vernal — the region's second largest town, located in the far northeast of the state, and near Dinosaur National Monument and Ashley National Forest

• 40.533-108.9831 Dinosaur National Monument – contains an extensive deposit of fossilized skeletons
• 40.914-109.4212 Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
• 39.781-111.1413 Scofield State Park — a forested park high in the Manti-LaSal Mountains. 39.7869-111.124 Scofield Resevoir is located here.
• The 40.7761-110.3735 Uinta Mountains — peaks above 13,000 ft, most notably at 40.776-110.3736 King's Peak , the tallest mountain in Utah, at a staggering 13,528 feet. Here you will also find the world's highest altitude long-distance hiking trail, completely above 11,000 ft, through the Ashley and Wasatch-Cache National Forests.
• 40.150278-111.3872227 Uinta National Forest — a bit further off the beaten path for more wilderness backpacking for the adventurous, mountain biking trails, some unusual geological features, and backcountry skiing