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Thanks for coming to our Summer of Fun blog! We hope that here you will find the resources you need to enjoy your summer in Springville and the surrounding areas. Here we have listed many of our favorite inexpensive summer activities.

 We know that you have lots of other favorites that you could share with us! If you have something to add, please leave us a comment in the section that best applies to the type of activity you are suggesting. Please include any relevant information like cost, travel distance from Springville, and what you love most about the activity!

Parks: Free, State, and National!

FREE
South Fork Park
30 minutes away
Up Provo Canyon past Vivian Park, big open grassy areas, fire pits, pavilions, grills, and a shallow stream great for kids to throw rocks in. Some hiking trails as well.

Bridal Veil Falls
26 minutes away
Up Provo Canyon. Short paved trail hike to the falls. Great for all ages and stroller friendly. Shallow water where kids can play. Also you can hike up the falls.

State Parks
(Fees vary by park, most are $6–$10.)

1 hour, 20 minutes
Drive around and see antelope, bison (buffalo), coyotes, jack rabbits, and a variety of birds. If you are highly adventurous, swimming in the Great Salt Lake is the experience of a lifetime. The water is very warm and very buoyant. But it is also full (really full) of brine flies and brine shrimp (sea monkeys). This takes a very high sense of adventure and tolerance of potentially gross things, but this is definitely one of my favorite family trips. The kids LOVE it. Free outdoor showers are available or bring quarters for private showers. The bison burgers at the grill are highly disappointing, so maybe pack a picnic. 

38 minutes away
Great for picnics, camping, and water sports.

17 minutes away
Great for water sports. 

1 hour away
Swimming, camping, and fire pits! You can drive your car (4-wheel drive!) right onto the beach. Decent sand for a lake beach. Very fun place to visit! Caution: It might be windy!!

Not sure if this is a state park, but you do have to pay a fee to stop and use any of the facilities. If you have not done this drive in the fall when the leaves are turning, you are missing out! For summer, see below:
Beautiful, easy paved and boardwalk hike along the Alpine Loop. Some stairs, but those parts of the hike can be skipped if you have a stroller or wheelchair. NO PICNICS ALLOWED here. 
Along the Alpine Loop. Swimming, fishing, canoeing/kayaking. You'll probably want 4-wheel drive to access this area. Also google Silver Lake hikes to see hikes around this area. 
Swimming, canoeing/kayaking, fishing. Beautiful! No 4-wheel drive needed.

National Parks & Monuments
45 minutes away
$6/car to enter the area. Cave tours for $8/adult. 

2 hours, 20 minutes away
Learn about the first Transcontinental Railroad. Combine this trip with a visit to the Spiral Jetty!

3 hours away

Miscellaneous
3 hours 7 minutes away
An art installation on the Great Salt Lake. Combine this with a trip to the Golden Spike National Monument, listed above.

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