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All the United States Utah Cedar City

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cedar City

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cedar City, Utah

Updated August 12, 2022

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Cedar City, Utah

Nellie Pucell Unthank Memorial

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.
Charcoal Oven

Cedar City, Utah

Old Irontown

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.
Page Ranch House

Cedar City, Utah

Page Ranch House

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.
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Cedar Breaks National  Monument

Brian Head, Utah

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
12 miles from Cedar City
The more current and detailed memorial.

Springdale, Utah

Maurice Graham Monument

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.
13 miles from Cedar City
Petroglyph known as “the zipper”

Parowan, Utah

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
16 miles from Cedar City
Cascade Falls.

Duck Creek Village, Utah

Cascade Falls

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.
20 miles from Cedar City
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