Hurricane
The basecamp
- From Hurricane
- Your basecamp
- Vibe
- Services, dining & lodging
- Gateway to
- The whole valley
- Population
- ~20,000
The story
Hurricane is where most people sleep, fuel up, and stage from. It has the restaurants, groceries, and lodging that the smaller towns down the corridor don't — which makes it the practical hub for everything to the east and the lakes to the south.
Its existence is owed to one stubborn feat of engineering: the Hurricane Canal, dug largely by hand between 1893 and 1904 to carry Virgin River water up onto the bench. That water turned dry rock into farmland and made the town possible. You can still trace parts of the old canal on foot today.
Things to do here & nearby
- Sand Hollow State Park — warm blue water and red dunes, about 10 minutes south
- Quail Creek State Park — calmer water and quieter shorelines, about 10 minutes
- Sky Mountain Golf Course — in town, with red-rock and Pine Valley Mountain views
- Hurricane Canal Trail — walk the hand-dug pioneer waterway
- JEM Trail & Hurricane Rim — flowy, classic Southern Utah mountain biking
Where to eat & stay
Local listings for Hurricane will appear here from the directory.
Getting there
Hurricane sits along the SR-9 corridor east of Hurricane.
Open directions in Google Maps