Panguitch is located on Scenic Highway 89 just seven miles North of Scenic Highway 12 (one of top 10 scenice highways in U.S.) which leads to Bryce Canyon National Park. Click on the map to see a larger view.

Distance from Horizon Motel / Panguitch, Utah Scenic Highway 12 (top 10 in U.S.) 7 Miles Red Canyon 7 Miles Panguitch Lake 18 Miles Outlaw Butch Cassidy (Childhood Home) 23 Miles Bryce Canyon National Park 23 Miles Interstate 15 30 Miles Kodachrome Basin State Park 34 Miles Cedar Breaks National Monument 30 Miles Lake Powell (Glen Canyon NRA) 148 Miles Zion National Park 70 Miles Capitol Reef National Park (Via 12) 105 Miles North Rim of Grand Canyon 148 Miles

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Bryce Canyon National Park: This parks is a series of bowl shaped canyons on the East side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The limestone rock formations within these canyons have been tinted orange and red by iron oxidization. Bryce is one of the most famous National Parks in the world because of its' unique colors and formations called "Hoodoos". Named for early settler Ebenezer Bryce, who once said of the canyons, "It's one hell of a place to lose a cow".

Zion National Park: In this park you drive through the base of a series of canyons and your views are thousands of feet above you. Red-rock formations range in color and hue from white to deep reds. The Virgin River has carved spectacular formations through what was once the bottom of great inland sea.

Kodachrome Basin State Park: This park is a quiet wonderland located just a few miles East of Bryce Canyon. The name comes from the film made by Kodak and for a very good reason. Kodachrome offers a myriad of rock spires and pinnacles made from the hardened sediment which filled the blowholes of ancient geysers. The soft sandstone eroded away leaving these geysers of stone standing.

Scenic Highway 12: This road from highway 89 on the southwest to highway 24 on the North is rated one of the top 10 scenic highways in America. Located along this highway are Bryce Canyon, Kodachrome Basin, Petrified Forest State Park, Calf Creek Falls, Hells Backbone, Anasazi Indian Village State Park, The Burr Trail, The Hole in the Rock Road, and Capitol Reef National Park.

Panguitch Lake: Close to Panguitch is a high mountain lake famous for its fishing. The word Panguitch actually means Big Fish in the language of the native Paiute Indians. You'll enjoy the high mountain forests and excellent stream or lake fishing in this area.

Cedar Breaks National Monument: This spectacular bowl shaped canyon on the Markagunt Plateau is a striking view similar to that at Bryce Canyon. Views along the canyon rim change with the time of day.