Explore Mountain Wilderness at Pine Valley Recreation Area The Pine Valley Recreation Area is full of mountain wilderness that sits in the shadows of the Pine Valley Mountains. You can access the recreation area via the Santa Clara Walkway, a paved walkway in the Dixie National Forest. This family friendly path follows the river and covers everything from the pay station to the campgrounds all that’s within. Just 45 short minutes from St. George UT lies the Pine Valley Recreation Area. The elevation tops off at 6,900 feet and provides a huge, welcoming spot for your spring and summer activities. You can enjoy hiking, biking, fishing, horseback riding, nature viewing, camping and more. There has also been major changes to the recreation area recently, which now boasts new picnic areas, ... 06/05/2014

August is a good time to look back and remember the founding of Southern Utah’s Pine Valley. It started with a lost cow in 1855 when William Haynes and Isaac Riddle were herding cattle from their winter range to their summer range in Washington County, UT. As Riddle tried to track the cow up creek into the higher areas, he came upon an amazing scene spread before him. What Isaac Riddle found was the brilliant morning sun rays washing over the Forsyth Canyon cliffs at Gardner Peak. Riddle even went on to say that the sight before him was the most beautiful he had ever seen on God’s green earth; a sight of huge pine trees that grow down the canyon to its floor of carpeted waving grass. And, of course he found the cow crazing peacefully in the meadow. It was the fall of 1855 when Riddle an... 08/07/2012