The Kanarra Creek trailhead is located just outside town and while the first mile or so can be very hot, the temperatures drop considerable once you are in the slot canyon. This is easily one of my favorite hikes in all of Utah! A note about Swimmer’s Itch at Sand Hollow Reservoir: Kanarra Creek Canyon is in the town of Kanarraville (try saying that three times fast) and roughly 30-40 minutes north of Sand Hollow. Check out our trip report for more info: Snow Canyon SP, Utah 3. One of our favorite adventures are the Lava Tubes. It roughly 30-40 minutes from Sand Hollow and has a whole host of family friendly hikes, climbing, and sight-seeing. Snow Canyon State Park is a worth destination in itself. We spend hour after hour swimming between rocks, cliff jumping with the kids, playing in the sand, and floating in the sun.
George. It is a perfect place to set up base camp for adventuring around Utah’s desert southwest. We find Sand Hollow Reservoir just 30 minutes southwest of Zion National Park and 15 minutes northeast of St. We park the camper and head straight for the beach. It is an oasis! A beautiful crystal-clear water lake, with mars-like soft sand and rock islands off shore.
The towering sandstone walls of Zion are on the horizon and it isn’t long before our destination is before us. We exit the interstate and head towards Hurricane. I wonder if this place we are going, Sand Hollow Reservoir, really was an oasis in the midst of the desert. But the lack of shade makes it feel like an oven. It is summer and temperatures are in the mid-90s. I am overcome by the beauty of the landscape but also its inhabitable nature.
The hot air shimmers off the pavement, blurring the orange and pink rocks off to the east of us as we travel south on I-15.
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