Cedar
City, the home of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, is
conveniently located between Zion National Park and Cedar
Breaks National Monument. It is in Iron County, which
also includes the communities of Brian Head and
Parowan,
the county seat. Brian
Head
is 2 miles north of Cedar Breaks N.M. and offers
accommodations, food, and shopping. Parowan is north of
Brian Head, close to Interstate 15, as is Cedar
City.
What
to See & Do
The
Dixie National Forest lies to the west and east of
Cedar City, providing many recreational opportunities as
well as camping. The highly regarded Shakespearean
Festival is staged each summer from the last week in
June through the Labor Day weekend. Not only the plays of
William Shakespeare are put on in the Adams Shakespearean
Theater and the Randall Jones Theater, but other
playwrights' works are featured as well; plays by Edmund
Rostand and Noel Coward were recently staged. The Royal
Feaste is a saucy Tuesday and Friday entertainment with a
medieval dinner and bawdy celebration in the King's
Pavilion. For information on all festival events, phone
(435) 586-7800 (Mon.&endash;Fri., 8 am to 5 pm) or (435)
586-4300.
Cedar
City is also the home of Southern Utah University.
Art fans should not miss visiting the Braithwaite Fine
Arts Gallery, on the university campus at 351 W. Center.
Cedar Ridge Golf Course is located at 100 E. 800
North. Winter brings snow to the area, and there are
groomed cross-country ski trails located at Duck Creek
Village, 30 miles east of Cedar City. Iron Mission
State Park preserves the early Mormon foundry established
in 1851.
The
downhill ski resort is located at Brian
Head.
This is a scenic resort town nestled in the Dixie
National Forest north of Cedar Breaks. There are
cross-country ski trails throughout the area, including
those that provide access to scenery along the Cedar
Breaks rim.
Summer
brings people who stay at Brian Head while visiting
Cedar
Breaks
and commuting to the Shakespearean festival. The resort
stages its own summer cultural events including a jazz
festival each July Fourth and the Children's
International Folk Festival at the end of July.
August brings a country dancing event, and people flock
to the area to view the fall colors around Cedar Breaks.
This is also a popular mountain biking area.
Cedar
City Camping
Cedar
City KOA (435-586-9872) is open all year with 200
sites, including 70 for tents. It has a pool, laundry,
grocery store, and dump station. Country Aire RV
Park (435-586-2550) is also open year-round with 70
sites (30 for tents) as well as a pool, laundry, and
playground.
