The Must See Sights Near Village Camp’s Outdoor Resorts
Make memories in Moab, Flagstaff and Truckee.
Village Camp is a luxury outdoor resort perfect for anyone with a great love of nature, the outdoors and adventure. In the regions where each of their resorts are located there are an endless stream of activities to dive into— skiing, kayaking, hikes, and plant exploration. You won't get a taste of everything on one visit and will start mulling over the next trip before you've even left.
Moab, Utah
With Arches around the corner and Canyonlands a short drive away, this red-rock-surrounded valley is a required stop on Utah parks road trips. There's plenty to explore beyond the parks too: try Bureau of Land Management trails like Grandstaff Canyon and Corona Arch. After a hike, green chile cheeseburgers at Milt's Stop & Eat hit the spot. Downtown, stop by Gallery Moab for locally made art and Moab Made for locally crafted goods. The finest examples of the region’s unique style of rock art are preserved in Horseshoe Canyon on a 200-foot long wall called the Great Gallery. More than thirty rust-red figures live on this canvas of sandstone, including the Holy Ghost panel, now reproduced in the MoMA in New York. To witness these relics, visitors must first drive two and a half hours and 30 miles on a graded dirt road, then complete a 7-mile, down-up trek into the canyon–a severe challenge no doubt, but your best path to understanding the ancestral artists as they were. For road conditions and other information, call park rangers at 435-719-2313.
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Flagstaff, Arizona
Explore the region’s plant life at the pastoral Arboretum at Flagstaff, or get a sense of pioneer days at the arts-and-crafts-infused Riordan Mansion State Historic Park, where early logging families lived. Wind down among myriad culinary options in the walkable downtown area, like sociable Mother Road Brewing Company along the original Route 66 alignment, or Diablo Burger, which serves locally raised beef. On the east side, the log cabin-style Museum Club maintains a honky-tonk tradition nearly a century old. Those inclined to night-owling of a different sort drive up Observatory Mesa to Lowell Observatory, where young astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered erstwhile planet Pluto in 1930.
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Truckee, California
Truckee is a small mountain town in the Sierra Nevada with limitless sights and activities to explore. Donner Summit Bridge, also known as Rainbow Bridge, is located just about 10 miles west of downtown Truckee. The bridge, built in the 1920s near Donner Summit, gives way to panoramic mountain views and a memorable scenic drive. Head east out to Emerald Bay State Park and hop in a kayak to take in Lake Tahoe’s spectacular blue-green water and gorgeous scenes of granite carved glaciers. North of Tahoe, America’s largest alpine lake, is Sawmill Lake, a smaller more serene experience, perfect for catch-and-release fly fishing, where with patience and skill, a six-pound rainbow trout may catch your lure. In mid-November, when the slopes take hold Nevada County turns into a remarkable ski escape where you’ll have your pick of places for pristine runs and glasses of wine from Napa for your après-ski, like Lone Eagle Grille, with its breathtaking lakefront views. On Sundays out in Reno, take a stroll through Riverside Farmers Market, a year-round market full of presh local produce and baked goods.
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