Welcome to Kanab, Utah Located in Southern Utah Learn about pioneer and Kaibab Paiute life at the Visitor Center & Museum at Pipe Spring National Monument, about 30 minutes from Kanab, UT. Photo courtesy National Park Service.

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  Central to northern Arizona; Denver, Colorado; and Salt Lake City, Utah; Kanab is in close proximity to Zion National Park, Bryce National Park, the Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, Lake Powell National Recreational Area, and more. A quaint town with the ambiance of the historic Old West, Kanab is home to a population of 5400 residents, and boasts an ideal climate with average winter temperatures of 47/23 degrees, and average summer highs and lows of 93/58 degrees.
  The first inhabitants of the area were the Anasazi [Mo-Kee] Indians, which is where the name Kanab [place of willows] in the Paiute language comes from. In 1864, Fort Kanab was built as a base for exploration of the area and as protection from the overwhelming attacks on settlers from the region’s Indians. It eventually succumbed and the Fort closed down in 1866. In 1870, the Mormon Prophet Brigham Young and a handful of his followers fell in love with the area and it’s isolation from the rest of the country, and they reoccupied the Fort and laid out plans to build Kanab into a permanent settlement.
  Kanab has since played a major role over the years in the development of the region, especially when the motion picture industry discovered it’s beauty and isolation. Many major western movies and TV shows were produced in the area including ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’ and ‘Gun Smoke’, and soon Kanab became known as ‘Little Hollywood’.
  A trip to Kanab lets visitors relive the Old West, and experience some of the country’s most spectacular scenery.
       

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