Family Fun activities in St. George......

[neilether]

I am going down to St. George this weekend with my family and one other family. There will be two small children (2 and 3 years old) with us. I am not really that familiar with St. George area, but was wondering if somebody could give me some advice. What good activities are there to do with small children and a fairly pregnant wife?

We will probably go to Zion one day, but we have two more days to kill. I don't want to limit the suggestions to just hiking activities either. Anything around town that would be fun to do? Thanks for the help.

Hopefully the weather will be a touch nicer than predicted........

[Bo_Beck]

I am going down to St. George this weekend with my family and one other family. There will be two small children (2 and 3 years old) with us. I am not really that familiar with St. George area, but was wondering if somebody could give me some advice. What good activities are there to do with small children and a fairly pregnant wife?

We will probably go to Zion one day, but we have two more days to kill. I don't want to limit the suggestions to just hiking activities either. Anything around town that would be fun to do? Thanks for the help.

Hopefully the weather will be a touch nicer than predicted........

Fiesta Family Fun Center; Rent bikes and trailers and ride the numerous paved biking paths in and around town; Visit the wildlife museum; Visit the dinosaur museum; Picnic at Pioneer Park or one of the numerous other city parks; Take a stroll in Snow Canyon SP. Come by The Desert Rat to say Hi!:nod:

[blueeyes]

Definitely stop by the Desert Rat and say hi to Bo!

In Snow Canyon there are two really short hikes that are pretty cool. Jenny's Canyon a small short slot canyon and Johnson's Canyon cool arch you can see on this one and it is only open until March 15th then it will be closed again until October. Cotton Wood Cove park off of South Dixie Dr is a lot of fun for small kids. http://www.sgcity.org/parks/cityparks/details.php?id=92

There is a really cool little store with good soup and bread sticks. It is an old general store type with fun old candies sodas and ice cream you can buy. It is called Judd's 62 W Tabernacle St. Pirate Island Pizza is a big one with the kids as well, I don't think the pizza is good but they have an arcade and it is themed.

Have fun!

[uintahiker]

Hit up the hot springs in Meadow on the way down or back.

Silver Reef Ghost Town (outside of Leeds)
Grafton Ghost Town (outside of Rockville)
Snow Canyon is fun.
There's a historic building stroll in downtown St. George
Red Cliffs has a fun hike for kids.
Pioneer Park is fun for kids too.

[tanya]

Great suggestions so far... also

Sand Hollow - both the swimming pool and the lake
Lake is by Hurricane. I love to boat and jet ski there!
http://www.utah.com/stateparks/sand_hollow.htm

Aquatic Center is corner of St. George, Santa Clara and Ivins
http://www.sgcity.org/swimming/shac.php


Grandma Toblers Kitchen in Santa Clara
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/312/1300731/restaurant/Utah/St-George/Grandma-Toblers-Kitchen-Santa-Clara

Sugar Loaf - hiking. City lights at night, etc...
http://wikimapia.org/5369279/Sugar-Loaf-rock

Urban Fishing
Tawa across from the Canyons Softball Complex. I lived next to it when I lived in St. George. Pretty place!


Water park by the library, but its too cold for that right now. It is around the corner from Judds store.

Tuacahn: sorry, next trip - too cold right now.

Summers they have weekend open markets at Tuacahn and Ancestor Square

If you like to dance. Kids are even welcome at the Dance Factory in Washington or were when I lived there last year.
http://www.urnv.us/dancefactory.htm

Painted Pony Brunch! So good! Wife will love it. Kids not so much.
Bear Paw Breakfast. Crazy busy on Weekend mornings. Egg and I is a nice 2nd, but lacks the charm.

more

http://www.stgeorgechamber.com/Places%20to%20See%20and%20Things%20To%20Do.htm

[blueeyes]

Kayenta has some nice artsy places and a cafe with delicious food. Kinda a pricey but yummy and fun to walk around and look later. They do a big art exhibit on Saturdays.

Washington Rec center that Tanya mentioned is FUN! Indoor rock climbing wall and my kids LOVE the pool.

[jman]

You could check out the Gunlock State Park waterfalls...if you do a search here you can some pics I posted years ago,

[neilether]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick replies. Let's hope the weather cooperates for us this weekend.

[Sombeech]

Our trip got a little derailed last time from Mark's accident, so we didn't get too much time to check out the Red Cliffs area near Leeds, but there were a few short hikes there. I'd like to explore more of Snow Canyon when we head down there next month.

[mattandersao]

There are fun sand dunes in Snow Canyon that kids love!

[mattandersao]

This was another thread about family hikes in the greater ST. G. area

http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?41261-Family-hikes-in-St-George&p=421083#post421083

[Udink]

In Snow Canyon there are two really short hikes that are pretty cool. Jenny's Canyon a small short slot canyon and Johnson's Canyon cool arch you can see on this one and it is only open until March 15th then it will be closed again until October. Cotton Wood Cove park off of South Dixie Dr is a lot of fun for small kids. http://www.sgcity.org/parks/cityparks/details.php?id=92
I did all of this (and then some) on a trip in March last year (http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38551), and I would second all of blueeyes' recommendations. Snow Canyon is a lot of fun, and my kids especially had fun on both the sand dunes and the petrified dunes, and in the lava tubes.

[Maria121]

After finding these fun activities at St. George I feel like visiting there at least once in my life.