 Panguitch Main Street | ||
| Panguitch | ||
| State | Utah | |
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| Residents | 1.470 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 1623   | ||
| height | 2,019 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.panguitch.org | |
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Panguitch is a city in Garfield County in Utah.
background
Panguitch is not far from Bryce Canyon National Park and offers several hotels. The first Mormon settlers came to Panguitch in 1864. The place name means "big fish" in the Paiute language. In the first year after settlement, the harvest in the fields froze to death before it was ripe because of the altitude. The settlers had nothing to eat for the winter. A group of 7 men volunteered to go through the deep snow over the mountains to an already established village to get food. As they sank more and more into the snow, they use quilts as a base. They were slowly but surely coming back with food. Since then, the Quilt Festival has been celebrated every spring.
Panguitch is not far (25 miles) from Bryce Canyon.
Panguitch has a hospital, a bank, a post office and motels, bed and breakfast quarters, and a campsite. In the historic quarter there are shops, a museum and restaurants.
getting there
In the street
- From the west: Interstate I-15 is accessible via Highway 20 to Panguitch.
- From the north, from Salt Lake City, or from the south, from St. George, use the same I-15 freeway.
- From the east, from Capitol Reef National Park, one drives over the Scenic Highway 12 via Escalante and Tropic to Panguitch
mobility
You need a car.
Tourist Attractions
- There are some old red ones in the village Brick houses that are worth seeing.
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, 125 E. Center Street. Historical exhibits from Panguitch are shown here.
activities
- boating
- fishing
- hike
- horse riding
shop
There is an Indian shop not far from the big turn on US-89.
kitchen
- Cowboy Smokehouse, 95 N Main Street. Serves, among other things, a cowboy-style fried biscuit, smoked over mesqzuito wood and then grilled. The taste takes getting used to, but good! There is no alcohol, but non-alcoholic beer. The restaurant is inexpensive. In the main season there is country music in the evenings.
accommodation
- New Western. Has a swimming pool and washing machines. You should have a look at the room beforehand, because some rooms are in the old building.
- Adobe Sands, 390 N. Main Street. Open: May - October
- Marianna's Inn, on US Highway 89.
Practical advice
- Tourist information, Garfield County Travel Council, 55 S. Main Street.
There is a post office.
