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Wildlife Viewing Places Including National Parks, Bird Sanctuaries and Refuges Annual Eagle migration Stop - (Jan-Feb) - various places throughout UT Contact UT division of Wildlife Annual Snow Geese Migration Stop - Mid March - Delta, UT Antelope Island, UT Bear River Bird Refuge Bosque Del Apache Nat Wildlife Preserve, NM Clear Lake Waterfowl Mgmt Area Farmington Bay Wildlife Refuge Fish Springs Wildlife Refuge Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake Birding Trails Hawk Watch International   See their site for various places in Utah where they operate Hogle Zoo, SLC, UT Layton Wetlands Link to Utah's Wildlife Viewing Places Mathesen Preserve National Bison Range, MT Ouray Wildlife Refuge Pariette Wetlands, UT Tracy Aviary, SLC, UT Utah Bird Sightings Utah's Watchable Wildlife Areas Utah's Watchable Wildlife Events Viewing Wildlife in Colorado Where to Find Birds in Utah (from www.birding.com) Where to Find Birds in Utah (from www.utahbirds.org) Wildlife Facts Sheet Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Wildflower Viewing Places and Best Times How to use this info February Around Las Vegas, NV, the Joshua Trees are in bloom Late Feb-Mid March Anza-Borrego SP, CA Death Valley NP Channel Islands NP Check the Desert WildFlower Watch from desertusa.com for weekly updates. Late Mar-April Arizona's Sonoran Desert California's Carrizo Plains California's High desert areas Joshua Tree NP Mojave Nature Preserve Texas Hill Country near Austin April Northern Arizona - asters, cactus, poppies, primrose, tamarisk, yucca Southern Utah (Zion, Escalante, Paria Wilderness) Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve , CA (2nd-3rd week in April) best time is late morning to early afternoon because the flowers need warmth to open but the wind comes up in the afternoon Call the Theodore Payne Wildflower Research Center in Sun Valley CA at 818-768-3533 or the Poppy Reserve at 805-948-1322 for more info In California's Southern Coast Ranges you'll see poppies and lupine Tehachapi Range, CA Sierra Nevada foothills Peak bloom on California's North Coast May St. George Area: a special, rare flower called the "Dwarf Bear Claw Poppy" South-Central Utah Canyonlands NP (Fishhook Cactus) Arches NP and Moab area Capitol Reef (globemallow, prickly pear cactus, locoweed, feather pea-bush, primrose, claret cup, yucca, mule's ears) Yosemite Valley Sierra Mntns, at the 2000-5000 ft locations California's North Coast and Klamath ranges look for redbud and dogwood Yellowstone - the May bloomers are: Shooting Star, Larkspur, Pasque, YellowBell, Bluebell, Clematis, Mountain Strawberry, Glacier Lily, Monkeyflower, Balsamroot, pond lilies, and more! June Central Utah and higher regions in the South Bryce Canyon NP(sego lily, primrose, scarlet gilia, penstemon, flax, columbine Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP (mule's ears, and a flower that only grows here, the "Welsch's Milkweed") Great Basin NP, NV Colorado's LaPlata Mntns Places in CA Rhododendrons and Azaleas are in bloom in redwood regions Depending on snow pack, high elevations in Southern CA Modoc Plateau, Klamath and Siskiyou Ranges in Norhtern CA July - August Colorado's Mountains such as Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray (need 4x4 to get there) Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming High country of the Sierra and Cascade Ranges will continue blooming into August Utah's Mountains Uintah Mountains Mount Nebo and Mount Timpanogos Wasatch Mntns (Especially Albion Basin, Alta) Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: golden columbine, lupine, paintbrush, pond lillies, geranium, harebells, yellowbells Other Good Flower Places Aiken Canyon, Colorado, a TNC preserve (303) 444-2950 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM CA Wildflower Page DesertUsa Wildflower Watch National Bison Range, MT   (The wide open spaces provide a place to view   wildFLOWERS, too) National Wildflower Research Page Carol Leigh's "What's Blooming in California Now" What's Up and Blooming in Zion NP Now(In season, Click on the "What's Up and Blooming" Link) Wildflower Hotlines Arizona's Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix) (602)-754-8134 California Theodore Payne Wildflower Center (818)768-3533 They track the Carrizo Plains Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve (805)724-1180 Colorado Alpine Basin, Ouray CO Tourism (303)592-5410 Crested Butte's Anual Wildflower Festival (970)349-2571 Rocky Mntn National Park (970)586-1206 These conditions are representative of the rest of the state Texas Texas Dept of Transportation (800)452-9292 LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center (512)292-4200 or (512)832-4059 Washington's Mount Ranier National Park (360)569-2211 is a good barometer for the rest of the state Scenery Places National Monuments Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Escalante Hovenweep Natural Bridges Timpanogos Cave More National Parks Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion State Parks (45 parks) Wild Places BLM areas Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP Dead Horse Pnt (Wild River) Dirty Devil River (Wild River) Goblin Valley Henry Mountains Little Sahara Sand Dunes National Forests San Rafael Swell (Desert Area) Utah's Great Basin Utah's Rock Art Sites Utah's Rocky Mountains Wilderness Areas Other Good Links Utah SaltLakeCity.About.com Canyonlands and Vacinity ExploreUtah.com Moab and Vacinity Utah Travel and Adventure Page Arizona Antelope Canyon Buckskin Gulch Canyon DeChelley, AZ Grand Canyon NP, AZ Monument Valley, AZ Paria River Gorge Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area California Death Valley NP Mono Lake Yosemite NP Colorado Mesa Verde NP, CO Rocky Mountain NP Montana Glacier National Park, MT Grizzly Discovery Center, MT Nevada Great Basin NP, NV Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV Lake Tahoe Valley of Fire SP, NV New Mexico Chaco Canyon NM Washington Resources for Washington's Photo Opps Wyoming Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Miscellaneous Hotspots Info Links Forest Service Cabins Great Outdoor Recreation Pages L.L. Bean's Park Search National Park Service  (United States) National Watchable Wildlife Program Photo Travel Guides Trip Reports Most of these are written by us, there are some links Road Trips Where to get a shower! One of camping's little pleasures is a shower after a few days in the wilderness. Here are a few places to get one: Utah Statewide Camping Areas Bryce Canyon NP at Sunrise Point by museum and general store ($2 (quarters), unlimited water) at Ruby's Inn campground just outside the park Canyonlands Needles Outpost ($3.00 unlimited water, pay attendant) Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP, Goblin Valley SP, Kodachrome Basin SP, Snow Canyon SP Showers in campground, unlimited water, free if camping, $3.00 if not (unlimited water, pay attendant) Moab area Here is a nice, comprehensive table containing Campgrounds on the East side of the State and their amenities (ie. showers!) Lazy Lizard Int'l Hostel, 1213 South Highway 191, Moab, Utah, 84532, (801)259-6057 ($3.00, unlimited water, pay attendant) Lee's Ferry, AZ Gas Station - Showers ($2.50 (quarters) for 5 minutes) Page, AZ Page / Lake Powell Campground ($3.00 unlimited water, pay attendant) Yellowstone NP Canyon, Grant Village and Lake Village campgrounds ($3.50, unlimited water, pay attendant) Zion NP campground right outside park in Springdale ($3.00 for 8 minutes, pay attendant)

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