St. George / Hurricane KOA Journey Campground Blog

Hike or Bike to a Historical Navigational Arrow

4/7/2025

Navigational arrows were used in the early days of flight to direct pilots during daylight hours. Beacons were later added to assist night flyers. These 1500 early ground-based tools became obsolete with radio and radar. The remains of one of these guides can be found south of KOA, on the peak...

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Experience a Utah Soda Shop

3/3/2025

The "dirty soda" started in 2010 when the first soda-only shop, Swig, opened in St. George. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) bans alcohol, coffee, and tea, but it does not ban caffeine. Soda shops have thrived in the "Mormon Corridor" - Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, and Nevada,...

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