TOP 10 PLACES IN UTAH | (That Aren't National Parks)

TOP 10 PLACES IN UTAH | (That Aren't National Parks)

In this video I break down my top 10 favorite places in Utah, one of the most diverse, adventurous, and beautiful states in the countries. Filled with snow capped mountains, deserts, waterfalls, canyons, salt flats, and more, Utah has so many hidden gems. So much so that there is an endless amount to explore even past all of the national parks, which is why in this top 10 you won’t see any national parks featured!

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50 Comments

  1. @norys90 on March 1, 2025 at 11:45 pm

    Excited to go there

  2. @Robert-fs1pb on March 1, 2025 at 11:47 pm

    Forgot Green river,dinasaur and all the state parks

  3. @NeluCiorba on March 1, 2025 at 11:47 pm

    it would be nice to have the ceo coordinates going there by car…

  4. @Jo_Thrilla on March 1, 2025 at 11:48 pm

    Fantastic video!!! Thank you for sharing this!

  5. @davidlaforce1855 on March 1, 2025 at 11:51 pm

    Somebody get me a Doctor

  6. @mikemahome2798 on March 1, 2025 at 11:53 pm

    Thank you for such a great and amazing video. You do amazing work. I never realized that Utah had so many beautiful places. I think most of these places are cooler than the National Parks especially since you can fly a drone there.

  7. @sureshbhat1891 on March 1, 2025 at 11:53 pm

    Hey Kevin – can you share how and where I might get a drone permit for some of these places?

  8. @TravelVibes5 on March 1, 2025 at 11:54 pm

    My favorite state

  9. @cardowaln8458 on March 1, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    Why is there in Indian person trying to tell me to subscribe to this channel

  10. @amerykawzduziwszerz9726 on March 1, 2025 at 11:56 pm

    Great Video!

  11. @oscarmolinaoutdooradventur1648 on March 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  12. @Frissdas1207 on March 2, 2025 at 12:00 am

    Not that you care, but it’s pronounced hurikin not hurricane.

    Great shots btw.

  13. @joselusa99 on March 2, 2025 at 12:01 am

    Thanks for sharing, great video and awesome recommendations. I will definitely add a few of these to my list of destinations to visit.

  14. @Joel-np9vl on March 2, 2025 at 12:05 am

    Beautiful lovely 🧑‍💻✨

  15. @TheHypnotstCollector on March 2, 2025 at 12:06 am

    Opening shot…. Utah Feels like that but it looks different….I stopped talking about SE Utah in 1990…. The year the mountain bikers discovered Moab etc. So go to the places shown here. Then I have MY private sand box all to myself. Factory Butte is in X park…. John C Fremont walked thru here in 1853 on his 5th expedition. just prior they had crossed the green river at Ruby and the San Rafael river and skirted along Goblin on the north side of the park.(they also walked along north end of Arches). This expedition was to find a Rail Line on the 38th parallel. It was Winter. They were on their own…. They later crossed the Wasatch range east to west and went down Red Creek Canyon. Men died. Deep snow. My discovery of SE Utah began at Dead Horse…. I walked up to the main view area. There was a sign that said "Hang gliders PLEASE (!) tell rangers if you are jumping". Today they would just arrest and kill you. The view was so unexpected…… Later I got on my Moto Morini 501 Camel and via the Potash mine road into Moab, and went Behind The Rocks over to The Needles (100+miles) and then into areas I keep to myself. I also recorded a UFO! The damnest experience…. Saturn shapped and zipping along at 1000+fps and no sound. It’s a long story. So have fun

  16. @groot_offroad2958 on March 2, 2025 at 12:08 am

    You’re mispronouncing Hurricane.

  17. @cardinalsfan8182 on March 2, 2025 at 12:08 am

    Why did property taxes jump up so high here in Utah in 2022??!!

  18. @THE_KlNG on March 2, 2025 at 12:10 am

    great… now all these tourists are going to show up in my state

  19. @DallasGunther on March 2, 2025 at 12:11 am

    Thank you for not saying "Hurricane" like a normal human being and not the retarded way its pronounced by locals. Im from Northern Utah and i refuse to pronounce it wrong just because some think its cool to have an extra chromosome.

  20. @donnaatwhimsyhomeaccents3865 on March 2, 2025 at 12:11 am

    Thank you for this great guide! It’s especially great for folks trying to avoid the crowds at peak season.

  21. @AGreekandhisGirl on March 2, 2025 at 12:12 am

    We are planning a trip from Grand Junction to Las Vegas and we use your videos quite a bit. They are awesome. I had a quick question do we need a 4 x 4 to get to see Benenite hills?

  22. @CaptainDaveysDroneAdventure on March 2, 2025 at 12:12 am

    You should do a video of places you can fly your drone. We are going in March. So I can’t get a permit at state parks and National parks is definitely a big fat no.

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  24. @brittanyderriso4526 on March 2, 2025 at 12:13 am

    Thanks for the video!

  25. @petem6846 on March 2, 2025 at 12:14 am

    This is an incredible video!! I’ve been to a few of the spots you feature but the drone footage is incredible. I wonder if you can enjoy most of these places from the ground as much as you can from the air. Thanks so much for being there and sharing!

  26. @clarebutterfield6927 on March 2, 2025 at 12:17 am

    Utainia Forever!

  27. @rafahurtequadrone on March 2, 2025 at 12:18 am

    Hi Nice Places. Do you recommend all these places for drone photography?
    Thank you

  28. @Qazaqbala10 on March 2, 2025 at 12:18 am

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  29. @jamescampbell9236 on March 2, 2025 at 12:18 am

    Ogden Valley is breathtaking. World class skiing, incredible fall colors, amazing hiking and biking trails

  30. @septembertwenty-nine9989 on March 2, 2025 at 12:19 am

    Thank you. You might have mentioned there probably could have been TOP 100 PLACES IN UTAH that aren’t National Parks. Not on your list are White Ghost Hoodoo, Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch (longest and deepest slot canyon in the world), Rainbow Bridge, Fisher Towers, Fantasy Canyon…. the list goes on and on!

  31. @kathleenwilliams6599 on March 2, 2025 at 12:20 am

    Wow you should visit more places in Northern Utah I live here in Utah and I don’t really care for living here in Utah I’ve lived in places in the country that I like much better. However my favorite place in Utah a loop called the Alpine Loop and it goes through Alpine Canyon and comes around and back through Sundance through Provo Canyon and then when the most beautiful spot ever one of my favorite places to ever go is bridal veil Falls and I didn’t know this until recently but bridalveil Falls is part of Niagara Falls and I was trying to figure that out and so I did some research on it but apparently they’re only five bridal veil Falls that fall the way that they fall and one of them is Niagara Falls and I don’t remember the other three but there’s only five but also since you like to hike and the Alpine Loop is Mount Timpanogos which is a national park I believe but right now I live in Provo fairly close to there but people love to do that hike but I’ve not a hiker so I’ve never done much of it but I definitely like the caves and everything around there but to be able to just drive a little ways out of Provo Canyon and get to see bridal veil Falls there’s nothing quite like it it’s peace and Solitude like no other. However the first time I saw Niagara Falls was on the 8th of January 1988 and it was freezing cold we didn’t get out of the car but the Mistwood freeze on our windshield and it was absolutely gorgeous and it wasn’t until several years later but I actually saw at Niagara Falls as it’s meant to be seen and actually did the maiden of the Mist and all of that and lived back East for a long time and traveled into Northeastern Canada and it was a blast but definitely take some time out in your life did just take in the beauty of bridal veil Falls

  32. @colosousaurs on March 2, 2025 at 12:21 am

    What’s the place at 0:07?

  33. @Kratosordinson on March 2, 2025 at 12:24 am

    I envy those living in Utah

  34. @thedesiroommates on March 2, 2025 at 12:25 am

    Great list ! We are going to utah in may for our wedding anniversary, hopefully we can check out some of these cool places. Can we fly drone in goblin valley, dead horse point and coral sand dunes state parks?

  35. @NWonderWhy on March 2, 2025 at 12:26 am

    Omg I wanna see all of this❤

  36. @cosmicpsyops4529 on March 2, 2025 at 12:27 am

    There are also large underground lava caves in Snow Canyon. There are several cinder cone volcanoes near Diamond Valley but they are further off the road. The line has to do with historic water levels and iron oxidation and the chemical makeup of the rock.

  37. @naturalverities on March 2, 2025 at 12:34 am

    Great video and list. I’m very happy that you did NOT include my top 2 places in Utah (maybe the world), because then I’d have to kill you, LOL! My lips are sealed.🤫

  38. @seanivery on March 2, 2025 at 12:34 am

    How do you get those camera angles?

  39. @TheGatchellGroup on March 2, 2025 at 12:35 am

    I need to visit Coral Pink Sand Dunes! I live so close!

  40. @CJspitz on March 2, 2025 at 12:36 am

    Are you allowed to fly drones in these state parks(Quail Creek, Snow Canyon, Goblin Valley, and etc)?

  41. @mycroft16 on March 2, 2025 at 12:38 am

    If you liked Monument Valley, go up the road a little to the NE and you get to Valley of the Gods. Completely in UT and almost entirely overlooked because of the opularity of Monument Valley.

  42. @elli003 on March 2, 2025 at 12:38 am

    Beautiful shots Kevin ! Between shoots, don’t forget to eat at the Thunderbird Cafe in Mt. Carmel Jct. Home of the Ho-Made Pies ! The best Route 66 cafe genre left !

  43. @davidbunker8818 on March 2, 2025 at 12:40 am

    Not scenic or cool at all! You’ll want to find other places to go, this is definitely not worth seeing or the gas money. Go check out Yosemite instead

  44. @criscoleman on March 2, 2025 at 12:40 am

    Thanks for posting this. While I’ve seen video footage from some of these places, they were always from the ground—hiking, drive throughs, etc. Your drone footage took it to a whole new level. From the ground, you don’t get the total awesomeness of these places.

    I’ve seen a hike up to the first ladder in Kanarra Falls but never any footage past it. I never even knew there was a second ladder. I’d have a real issue climbing even one of them if they both look like that.

    I’ve seen a drive through of Snow Canyon and a hike up one of the side canyons, but this is the first I have heard of there being a volcano there. That’s pretty cool. Can you hike up to the top of it?

    I’ve seen several videos and lots of photos of Dead Horse Point but had no idea of the massiveness of the canyon lands around it. Your drone footage certainly gives it a certain resemblance to the Grand Canyon, for sure.

    And I’ve never seen Bonneville Salt Flats with water on it like that, although I’ve driven past them numerous times. That’s where all the land speed records are set and you can bet there’s no water when present when they do that.

    I just can’t say enough about the drone footage. That was the crème de la crème of the video. In fact, that’s what MAKES the video for me. I’ll be watching your top 20 places in Utah next.

    Hurricane, by the way, is pronounced "Her (accented syllable) – uh – cn" (yes, the "c" and "n" are run together and the whole of it is pronounced very fast).

  45. @queriesntheories3309 on March 2, 2025 at 12:40 am

    I live in the Uintah’s this is such a good video of Utah, our state is beautiful. ❤

  46. @travelwithhithuwakkarayo on March 2, 2025 at 12:40 am

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  47. @robertpare9752 on March 2, 2025 at 12:41 am

    Thanks for the video😊

  48. @AriannaAyers on March 2, 2025 at 12:41 am

    What a professionally beautiful video – minus the amateur hour audio. Audio, and editing are underrated components of professional videography. What a shame, especially with noteworthy content. 💔

  49. @nolangarrity on March 2, 2025 at 12:42 am

    This was kinda like a cool video to kinda explain all of the kinda natural features and kinda places that you can kinda do a lot of stuff when you’re kinda exploring Utah… really kinda like all over but mostly kinda southern Utah. Definitely kinda worth watching.

  50. @bestplaces_to_visit on March 2, 2025 at 12:43 am

    beautiful

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