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American Fork Canyon

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61: 178: 147: 578: 304:, created by the Fremont people. They are several thousand years old and can be found along rock faces and walls lining the canyon. Additional artifacts from the Fremont people and other later Native American groups, spearpoints, grindstones, and arrowheads have been found in minor caves along the canyon, suggesting that hunters used these caves as temporary homes or base camps for hunting. 356: 185: 154: 264:
American Fork Canyon was part of the Recreation Fee Demonstration Project pilot project, which has become the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act 2005. The fees collected at the information stations remain in the area to improve visitor services, maintain recreation facilities, enhance wildlife
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are not required to pay the recreation fee to the canyon (unless other recreational facilities are also utilized). There is no fee for non-stop travel on SR-92, "Timpanogos Hwy", "Alpine Scenic Loop", or non-stop travel on SR-114 "Cascade Springs Scenic Backway" into Midway, UT. Concessionaire
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This area is home to many hiking, biking, and equestrian trails with several established campgrounds. Tibble Fork Reservoir and Silver Lake Flats Reservoir are popular camping and fishing spots in the summer as well as offering excellent snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and
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The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest passes, America the Beautiful Federal Recreational Lands passes are valid at recreation fee sites across the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest including sites in American Fork Canyon and
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operated campgrounds and day use fees are separate. You do not need a recreation pass unless you are visiting a recreation site outside of your campground that requires one.
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to the south. Spurs off SR-92 take visitors to Tibble Fork Reservoir and Cascade Springs. A paved road continues east from Cascade Springs to
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habitat, and protect natural resources. As of December 1, 2023 fees for the canyon are as follows}}
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Fork, Mailing Address: 2038 W. Alpine Loop Road American; Us, UT 84003 Phone:756-5239 Contact.
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Recreation Fee Demonstration Project to Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
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View down the canyon to Utah Valley from the entrance of Timpanogos Cave
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1153267.pdf
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Recreation Corridor. Beginning in 2013, visitors going just to
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd479321.pdf
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40°26′N 111°44′W / 40.433°N 111.733°W / 40.433; -111.733

Elevation
Utah County
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40°26′01″N 111°44′21″W / 40.4336°N 111.7391°W / 40.4336; -111.7391
American Fork Canyon is located in Utah
Utah
American Fork Canyon is located in the United States
Wasatch Mountains
Utah
United States
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
American Fork River
State Route 92
Mount Timpanogos
Sundance Ski Resort
Provo Canyon
Midway
Mirror Lake
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Native American
pictographs
Granite Flat
Little Mill
Theatre-in-the-Pines
Utah portal
List of canyons and gorges in Utah
Lone Peak Fire District

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