Places to visit while driving between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.?

I'm flying in to Vegas to stay for a couple days, then driving to visit my sister in Salt Lake. I'm looking for some suggestions on places to stay or visit on the drive up. Any suggestions?Places to visit while driving between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.?
Rather than doing the always boring trip up I-15 Try this instead and yes I have driven it many times

The short version is

LAS%26gt; Mount Carmel Junction UT %26gt;Escalante UT %26gt;Torrey UT%26gt;Salina UT %26gt;Nephi UT %26gt;SLC

The routing itself takes up I-15 up thru the awesome Virgin River Gorge then thru Zion NP Bryce NP %26gt;Capitol Reef NP [if you make a right at Torrey%26gt;and you should check out Capitol Reef for an hour or so ]

The drive from the bottom of the Gorge to Nephi on the route described is just flat out spectacular.

In all fairness I should tell you that once this route leaves the interstate it is very three dimensional and it is driven on mostly high speed 2-3 lane roads.If you chose to do this make sure that your rental has a V-6 in it.

Since you will visiting three national parks you may want to invest in a National Parks Pass. Get it when you pull up to the entrance at Zion NP

http://www.nps.gov/fees_passes.htm



Avoid highways

From: McCarran Int'l Airport



Drive: 194 mi 鈥?about 3 hours 21 mins

194 mi 鈥?about 3 hours 21 mins

1. Head north on Paradise Rd 0.1 mi

2. Take the Flight Path Ave exit toward Economy Parking %26amp; Vehicles over 8'-0" 0.1 mi

3. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Parking/Arriving Flights/Terminal 1 315 ft

4. Turn left at Flight Path Ave 36 ft

5. Turn left to merge onto Paradise Rd 1.4 mi

6. Take the exit onto Bruce Woodbury Belt/I-215 W toward Las Vegas 1.5 mi

7. Take exit 12A to merge onto I-15 N toward Las Vegas

Passing through Arizona%26lt;%26lt;=Virgin River Gorge

Entering Utah 134 mi

8. Take exit 16 toward Hurricane 0.3 mi %26lt;%26lt;==Get gas

9. Merge onto W State St/UT-9 12.1 mi

10. Turn right at UT-9 44.6 mi

To: Mount Carmel JunctionUninc Kane County, UT

Drive: 103 mi 鈥?about 2 hours 16 mins

103 mi 鈥?about 2 hours 16 mins

11. Head southeast on UT-9 toward US-89 289 ft

12. Turn left at US-89 43.1 mi

13. Turn right at UT-12 59.7 mi

To: Escalante, UT

Drive: 64.6 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 35 mins

64.6 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 35 mins

14. Head east on W Main St/UT-12 toward S Center St

Continue to follow UT-12 63.6 mi

15. Turn left at UT-24 1.0 mi

To: Torrey, UT

Drive: 70.9 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 20 mins

70.9 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 20 mins

16. Head west on UT-24 toward S Center St 13.2 mi

17. Slight left to stay on UT-24 47.8 mi

18. Turn left at UT-259 0.2 mi

19. Turn right onto the ramp to Salina 0.3 mi

20. Merge onto I-70 E 7.1 mi

21. Take exit 56 for US-89 N/I-70-BL toward Salina 0.4 mi

22. Turn left at I-70-SPUR/S State St/US-89 1.8 mi

23. Continue on US-89 256 ft

To: Salina, UT

Drive: 55.2 mi 鈥?about 56 mins

55.2 mi 鈥?about 56 mins

24. Head north on US-89 toward W 100 N St 14.3 mi

25. Continue on UT-28 38.8 mi

26. Continue on I-15-BR/UT-41/UT-91 2.1 mi

27. Turn right at 100 St N/UT-132 282 ft

To: Nephi, UT

Drive: 89.1 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 26 mins

89.1 mi 鈥?about 1 hour 26 mins

28. Head east on 100 St N/UT-132 toward N 100 E 1.0 mi

29. Turn left to merge onto I-15 N toward Salt Lake 82.4 mi

30. Take exit 308 for I-80 W toward S.L. Int'l Airport/Reno 0.7 mi

31. Continue straight onto I-80 W 2.9 mi

32. Take exit 115A toward Airport 1.0 mi

33. Continue straight 1.1 mi

To: Salt Lake City Int'l Airport

Have a safe trip
The drive is 425 miles and about 7 hours. It doesn't leave a lot of time and energy for sightseeing unless you stay in a hotel along the way.

The Shakespeare Festival is supposed to be amazing. It is right along the interestate. Very near the festival is Bryce Canyon National Park.Places to visit while driving between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.?
We did this trip a few years ago.



Utah is LOADED with National Parks; Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, Arches, just to name some of them.



Get a National Parks pass. It's good for a year and allows admission for the car and occupants.



Take a camera. You'll want to remember a lot of this trip.



If you have the time, try a few of the backroads that veer away from but head in the same direction as the interstate. Those backroads are loaded with scenery.
Mesquite, NV

St George, UT

Cedar City, UT



But the drive to SLC is one day by freeway!