Little Sahara Recreation Area, a 60,000-acre pocket of sand, is managed for off-highway vehicles and is a playground for everything from buggies to motorcycles.

The center of attention is Sand Mountain, which is a mound of sand roughly 700 feet high. Within the area there is also a spider web of trails for hiking, biking and/or motoring.

For those without motorized transportation, the dunes have become a playground for those who like to play in the sand, which would include everything from building sand castles to a new sport called sand surfing. Also inside the managed land is the Rockwell Outstanding Natural Area, a desert ecosystem that is about 9,000 acres in size.

In the southeastern corner of the county is Yuba Reservoir, a popular spot in the summer for boaters, swimmers and anglers. Also, there's the Nebo Loop National Scenic Byway, which runs between Nephi and Payson.

Carbon County

Within the county there are remnants of prehistoric life, ruins dating back to early Americans, remains of turn-of-the-century mining and ranching and sites to include everything from high-mountain meadows to desert landscape to recreational waters just made for swimming, fishing and water skiing.

The county is home to some of Utah's most interesting history, and much of it can be seen in the comfort of climate-controlled buildings and through glass cases. There is the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum in Price, which holds a large collection of dinosaur bones, including the famous Utah raptor. There is also a cast of the Huntington mammoth, which was found near Huntington Reservoir back in 1988 and proved to be the skeleton of a prehistoric Colombian mammoth.

Near Price is Nine Mile Canyon, one of the state's best Indian rock art exhibits. The art is different in that the early artists exhibited a special style that shows in greater detail human figures presented with elegant dress and accessories.

Two of Utah's scenic byways are in the county — the Indian Canyon and the Huntington/Eccles canyons.

Cache County

Cutler Marsh is on the lower arm of Cutler Reservoir and offers access to some of the most extensive flat-water boating within the state. Hundreds of miles of waterways weave through the marsh's self-made maze, or on the narrow, 10-mile long reservoir, or on one of its main arteries — the Little Bear, Bear, Logan or Blacksmith Fork rivers. It, too, is sanctuary for one of the state's most extensive populations of migrating and resident birds.