Stay within your budget and enjoy the comfortable accommodations at our Horizon Hotel in Vernal UT hotel near Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Utah dinosaur country. Located just off Highway 40, our Vernal, Utah, hotel offers handy amenities like free WiFi, allowing you to post photos online of your adventures in the Colorado Plateau. Soak in the hot tub or lounge beside the large heated indoor pool while the kiddies splash around(pool area closed in winter). Start with free 8-item breakfast each morning, grab a free area map from the lobby, then be on your merry way. Kids 17 and under stay free with an adult and we offer free car parking.

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

Be wowed by the view from above Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, with sprawling canyons and exotic wildlife, and hike, bike, boat or fish in the reservoir waters and Green River below – all of it under an hour drive from our Vernal, Utah, hotel through the Ashley National Forest. Warm up for your dinosaur visits at Field House of Natural History State Park Museum, just five minutes from our hotel, then head 40 minutes down Stegosaurus Freeway and be in Dinosaur, CO. From there, it is just a short drive to Dinosaur National Monument, home to ancient fossils and the new Quarry Visitor Center and Exhibit Hall.

DINING OPTIONS

For wings and things, walk from our Vernal, UT, hotel to either Bar-B-Que or Winger's Grill & Bar, and Canton Chinese restaurant is just as close. If you feel like something else, head up Highway 40 towards town — which turns into Main Street — and find spots like Cafe Rio, JB'S Restaurant, Betty's Cafe and dozens of other family-style restaurants within a mile of our front door.