

Cedar City has always been the gateway to Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon’s North Rim National Parks. Lesser known, and less crowded, are Great Basin and Capitol Reef National Parks, Also there are Cedar Breaks, Pipe Springs, and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, and Snow Canyon State Park within an easy drive. A joint effort by the BLM and Iron County created Three Peaks Recreation Area. It provides facilities for camping, off-road enthusiasts, horse-back riding, and an archery and rifle range all within a few minutes of the city center. Cedar City is surrounded by large areas of National Forest and BLM land with many other sightseeing and recreational activities. Skiing at Brian Head Resort, snowmobile trails, hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting can all be found here

One of our greatest assets are the people themselves. Cedar City was settled by Mormon pioneers sent to work the large iron ore deposits west of town. Farming and ranching also played a large role in the city’s history. Those first settlers had to rely on each other to survive the early years. Those traditions continue to this day. The people in Cedar City are some of the most giving and genuinely hospitable I’ve come to know. Many of our accomplishments depended on the generosity of the locals. SUU’s Centrum Arena, the Sandra L. Maxwell Cancer Treatment Center, the Cross Hollow Events Center, and the Randal L. Jones Theater, all relied heavily on donations from the public to become a reality. The Happy Factory was founded here. This grass-roots foundation distributes hundreds of thousands of wooden toys, produced with donated labor, to hospitalized children worldwide. These are only a few examples of the kind of folks that live here.
Come have a look around for yourself when you have a few free days. It may give you a better idea of what Cedar City and Iron County have to offer. Then you will understand why so many, like me, have chosen to make this our home.
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