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Local & General Info
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Location:
The Best Western Thunderbird Resort is scenically located at the junction of US Highway 89 and State Route 9.
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Areas Served:
Mount Carmel Junction, Utah
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Area Airports:
Kanab Airport 17 miles
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Local Attractions:
- 12 miles from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States
- 14 miles from Zion National Park. The road through Zion National Park, Highway 9, is open year-round. Shuttle is available to lodge and Temple of Sinawava only
- 16 miles from Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
- 20 miles from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- 33 miles from Pipe Spring National Monument
- 40 miles from Red Canyon, near Bryce Canyon National Park
- 40 miles from Navajo Lake on Cedar Mountain
- 47 miles from Cedar Breaks National Monument on Cedar Mountain
- 55 miles from Brian Head winter ski area on Cedar Mountain
- 60 miles from Bryce Canyon National Park, shuttle is optional
- 95 miles from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, no shuttle
- 174 miles from Capitol Reef National Park
- 185 miles from entertainment and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 295 miles from site of 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
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Things to do in Color Country:
- Eat in our restaurant
- Lay by the pool and soak in our hot tub
- Shop in our gift shop
- Hike
- Play golf
- See Checkerboard Mesa in Zion National Park
- Play in the sand at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
- Visit the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
- Wonder at the fluorescent minerals in Moqui Cave between Mt. Carmel and Kanab
- Explore Skutumpah Road on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Step back to pioneer times and learn about the United Order at the historic Old Rock Church in Mt. Carmel
- Have a gem of a time exploring rock shops in Orderville
- Spend some time dressing up like the old west at Frontier Movie town in Kanab. Act in the play and be a star!
- Visit the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers museum in Orderville
- Visit the Heritage House in Kanab
- Take a scenic flight over Grand Canyon National Park from Lake Powell
- Experience Toroweap, the quiet Grand Canyon view dirt road
- Visit Johnson Canyon movie set just outside of Kanab
- Photograph the scenery on a guided photo tour, for which you can make arrangements at our front desk
- Listen to the cowboy poets at the Western Legends Roundup in Kanab in September
- Visit the exhibits at the Kane County Information Center in Kanab
- Look for ancient petroglyphs on the thousands of canyon walls
- Tour the old stone fort and pioneer settlement at Pipe Spring National Monument
- Read the gravestones at the old Pahreah ghost town cemetery. Visit the Paria western movie set in the same area, between Kanab and Lake Powell, Arizona
- Visit world-renowned artist Maynard Dixon's historic summer home and studio in Mt. Carmel
- Visit a different national monument, state park or national park for well over a week
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Nearby cities:
- 5 miles from Orderville
- 9 miles from Glendale
- 17 miles from Kanab
- 30 miles from Springdale
- 58 miles from St. George
- 59 miles from Panguitch
- 64 miles from Cedar City
- 90 miles from Page, Arizona
- 90 miles from Lake Powell, Arizona
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Transportation:
- 17 miles from Kanab Airport
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Area Map
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