Vernal Travel Information
A green and tree shaded community in an
otherwise dry plain, Vernal is
an attractive small town with some 8,000 residents. It serves as a
good base for visiting nearby Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming
Gorge National Recreation Area and the Uinta Mountains. It offers a
decent selection of motels and has numerous small restaurants, cafes
and fast food joints. It also has a small, well-done prehistory
museum, a couple of movie theaters and water slides for the
kids. Vernal is located along Hwys. 191/40 in the northeast corner of
Utah. It is southeast of the Uinta Mountains, 20 miles west of
Dinosaur National Monument and 35 miles south of Flaming Gorge. View Area
Map. To learn more about Vernal, select a topic of interest
from the left-hand column, or request a free Vernal area travel planner by mail.
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