Vernal Utah Hotels

Staying in one of the Vernal Utah Hotels is a good base camp for adventures to Dinosaurland, Green River Rafting, and Flaming George...

Vernal Utah Hotels recommended by Utah Trip Advisor.

Vernal does not have the same exciting atmosphere of Moab, but it is the largest town in northeastern Utah, the Uinta recreation area or Dinosaurland.  Vernal has a few decent motels to choose from, nothing spectacular.  The biggest attraction in the town is a dinosaur museum. 

I would call Vernal a "pass-through" town... Fill your gas tank, buy your food, stop off at the Dinosaur museum (it won't take more than an hour or two to see everything).  Or, you could use Vernal as your base for sleeping, while you take day trips to Flaming George or Dinosaur National Monument . 

Vernal does have a commercial airport with flights from Salt Lake City and Denver. 

Flaming George is a family favorite, it is an excellent choice for a vacation destination.  Don't miss the dam tour and rafting down the Green River.

Dinosaur National Monument is in Utah and Colorado.  The thing I remember most (we traveled there a few times when I was a kid) was an enclosed exhibit wall covered with dinosaur bones.  There were actual paleontologists there uncovering dinosaur bones. 

Checking the Dinosaur National Monument website, they state that "the main exhibit wall of dinosaur fossils is closed."  Since this is the most enticing attraction, I do not recommend a trip to Dinosaur National Monument until it re-opens... 

Instead I high recommend a trip to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

Suggestions:

1.  Go to Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

2.  Visit the Dam, take the dam tour.

3.  Raft the Green River.

4.  Cliff jumping at Flamingo Gorge is great fun.

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