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Utah rankings · Outdoors

Best towns for the outdoors in Utah

La Verkin ranks first on outdoors among Utah’s 119 towns of 2,500+; 43 of the 119 grade A− or better on outdoors nationally.

The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. How grades work

#1

La Verkin

Washington County · 4,515 people
A+

Outdoors grade, better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #112 of 118 in UT

#2

Draper

Salt Lake County · 50,652 people
A+

Outdoors grade, better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #57 of 118 in UT

#3

Hurricane

Washington County · 25,745 people
A+

Outdoors grade, better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #93 of 118 in UT

All 119 towns

Outdoors grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.

119 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownGradeOverall
1La VerkinWashington County · 4,515 peopleA+better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #112 of 118
2DraperSalt Lake County · 50,652 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #57 of 118
3HurricaneWashington County · 25,745 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #93 of 118
4MidwayWasatch County · 6,011 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #62 of 118
5AlpineUtah County · 10,444 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #55 of 118
6Summit Parkunincorporated, Summit County · 8,537 peopleA+better than 95% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #24 of 118
7HerrimanSalt Lake County · 63,282 peopleA+better than 95% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #54 of 118
8PerryBox Elder County · 6,226 peopleAbetter than 94% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #53 of 118
9LindonUtah County · 12,015 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #63 of 118
10BlandingSan Juan County · 3,199 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #58 of 118
11Brigham CityBox Elder County · 20,633 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #81 of 118
12HighlandUtah County · 21,571 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #26 of 118
13ProvoUtah County · 114,527 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #71 of 118
14Eagle MountainUtah County · 66,557 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #76 of 118
15Park CitySummit County · 8,587 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #82 of 118
16SandySalt Lake County · 92,386 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #68 of 118
17Santa ClaraWashington County · 8,722 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #85 of 118
18MoabGrand County · 5,206 peopleAbetter than 88% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #118 of 118
19WellsvilleCache County · 4,303 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #6 of 118
20GrantsvilleTooele County · 16,472 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #86 of 118
21ParowanIron County · 3,282 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #115 of 118
22OgdenWeber County · 89,510 peopleAbetter than 85% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #105 of 118
23Salt Lake CitySalt Lake County · 218,428 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #114 of 118
24St. GeorgeWashington County · 108,713 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #91 of 118
25CentervilleDavis County · 16,480 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #31 of 118
26MillvilleCache County · 2,508 peopleA−better than 83% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #1 of 118
27MagnaSalt Lake County · 35,401 peopleA−better than 83% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #107 of 118
28East Basinunincorporated, Summit County · 4,002 peopleA−better than 81% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #59 of 118
29IvinsWashington County · 11,546 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #106 of 118
30South JordanSalt Lake County · 87,614 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #36 of 118
31RivertonSalt Lake County · 47,395 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #42 of 118
32Snydervilleunincorporated, Summit County · 5,948 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #25 of 118
33North Salt LakeDavis County · 23,588 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #44 of 118
34Saratoga SpringsUtah County · 61,397 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #27 of 118
35BluffdaleSalt Lake County · 19,506 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #74 of 118
36HooperWeber County · 9,741 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #84 of 118
37Cottonwood HeightsSalt Lake County · 32,265 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #48 of 118
38SantaquinUtah County · 18,989 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #45 of 118
39LehiUtah County · 95,313 peopleA−better than 77% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #16 of 118
40WashingtonWashington County · 37,107 peopleA−better than 77% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #80 of 118
41Lake Point2,947 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·No overall grade
42PriceCarbon County · 8,368 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #116 of 118
43Woods CrossDavis County · 11,429 peopleA−better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #46 of 118
44VineyardUtah County · 16,092 peopleB+better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #56 of 118
45FarmingtonDavis County · 26,266 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #21 of 118
46ProvidenceCache County · 9,539 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #13 of 118
47TaylorsvilleSalt Lake County · 57,484 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #109 of 118
48Hyde ParkCache County · 5,786 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #5 of 118
49KaysvilleDavis County · 33,307 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #4 of 118
50South OgdenWeber County · 17,710 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #69 of 118
51Fruit HeightsDavis County · 5,952 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #12 of 118
52Cedar HillsUtah County · 9,755 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #14 of 118
53North OgdenWeber County · 21,689 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #23 of 118
54LoganCache County · 55,576 peopleB+better than 71% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #88 of 118
55NibleyCache County · 8,975 peopleB+better than 71% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #17 of 118
56American ForkUtah County · 41,020 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #29 of 118
57South WeberDavis County · 8,218 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #43 of 118
58RiverdaleWeber County · 9,206 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #110 of 118
59PaysonUtah County · 24,630 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #35 of 118
60MurraySalt Lake County · 53,297 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #103 of 118
61MapletonUtah County · 16,275 peopleB+better than 69% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #11 of 118
62Washington TerraceWeber County · 9,075 peopleB+better than 69% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #33 of 118
63Stansbury Parkunincorporated, Tooele County · 11,242 peopleB+better than 68% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #73 of 118
64HyrumCache County · 11,132 peopleB+better than 68% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #10 of 118
65Spanish ForkUtah County · 48,837 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #28 of 118
66Cedar CityIron County · 41,871 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #97 of 118
67KearnsSalt Lake County · 35,404 peopleB+better than 66% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #108 of 118
68OremUtah County · 95,214 peopleB+better than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #47 of 118
69RichfieldSevier County · 8,478 peopleB+better than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #92 of 118
70TooeleTooele County · 42,270 peopleBbetter than 64% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #96 of 118
71North LoganCache County · 11,608 peopleBbetter than 64% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #34 of 118
72Pleasant GroveUtah County · 37,773 peopleBbetter than 63% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #19 of 118
73SpringvilleUtah County · 35,670 peopleBbetter than 63% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #50 of 118
74MonroeSevier County · 2,738 peopleBbetter than 63% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #100 of 118
75HeberWasatch County · 19,651 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #41 of 118
76EphraimSanpete County · 6,393 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #51 of 118
77SyracuseDavis County · 39,909 peopleBbetter than 61% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #8 of 118
78MantiSanpete County · 3,794 peopleBbetter than 60% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #72 of 118
79MillcreekSalt Lake County · 63,926 peopleBbetter than 59% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #95 of 118
80SmithfieldCache County · 15,153 peopleBbetter than 59% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #3 of 118
81West JordanSalt Lake County · 116,812 peopleBbetter than 58% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #87 of 118
82BountifulDavis County · 44,988 peopleBbetter than 57% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #32 of 118
83West Valley CitySalt Lake County · 137,491 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #113 of 118
84LaytonDavis County · 85,308 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #37 of 118
85Elk RidgeUtah County · 4,969 peopleB−better than 55% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #67 of 118
86GunnisonSanpete County · 3,693 peopleB−better than 55% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #83 of 118
87FillmoreMillard County · 2,874 peopleB−better than 54% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #64 of 118
88Plain CityWeber County · 9,256 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #79 of 118
89West PointDavis County · 13,058 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #20 of 118
90RoyWeber County · 38,794 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #52 of 118
91KanabKane County · 5,332 peopleB−better than 50% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #40 of 118
92White CitySalt Lake County · 5,146 peopleB−better than 49% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #39 of 118
93BeaverBeaver County · 3,699 peopleB−better than 49% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #15 of 118
94West HavenWeber County · 25,627 peopleB−better than 48% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #70 of 118
95South Salt LakeSalt Lake County · 26,934 peopleB−better than 48% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #117 of 118
96ClearfieldDavis County · 35,144 peopleB−better than 47% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #75 of 118
97SalemUtah County · 12,234 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #60 of 118
98VernalUintah County · 10,671 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #101 of 118
99Pleasant ViewWeber County · 11,423 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #30 of 118
100Farr WestWeber County · 8,163 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #9 of 118
101ClintonDavis County · 23,797 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #22 of 118
102SalinaSevier County · 2,640 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #94 of 118
103HarrisvilleWeber County · 7,154 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #78 of 118
104West BountifulDavis County · 5,931 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #38 of 118
105DeltaMillard County · 3,868 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #90 of 118
106ErdaTooele County · 4,056 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #111 of 118
107HolladaySalt Lake County · 31,162 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #89 of 118
108MidvaleSalt Lake County · 36,099 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #61 of 118
109MorganMorgan County · 4,580 peopleC+better than 40% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #18 of 118
110RooseveltDuchesne County · 7,032 peopleC+better than 40% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #99 of 118
111TremontonBox Elder County · 12,934 peopleC+better than 40% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #102 of 118
112SunsetDavis County · 5,549 peopleC+better than 37% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #49 of 118
113RichmondCache County · 3,130 peopleC+better than 37% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #2 of 118
114Mountain Greenunincorporated, Morgan County · 3,976 peopleCbetter than 34% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #65 of 118
115NephiJuab County · 7,488 peopleCbetter than 32% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #7 of 118
116Mount PleasantSanpete County · 4,018 peopleCbetter than 30% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #98 of 118
117EnochIron County · 8,847 peopleCbetter than 29% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #66 of 118
118GarlandBox Elder County · 2,915 peopleC−better than 22% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #104 of 118
119Maeserunincorporated, Uintah County · 4,435 peopleD−better than 5% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #77 of 118
Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which Utah town is best for the outdoors?

La Verkin (Washington County) ranks first on outdoors among 119 towns, with an A+; Draper and Hurricane follow.

How are these towns ranked?

The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a outdoors grade (119 in Utah). Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Utah page.

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