Cache Valley

Cache Valley covers the northeastern corner of Utah, the high alpine valley between the Bear River Range and the Wasatch Mountains. The terrain is dominated by the broad agricultural valley itself — sitting at 4,500 feet — with dairy farms and small towns along the Logan and Bear rivers, and the steep mountain walls climbing above 9,000 feet on either side. Bear Lake, the half-Utah, half-Idaho turquoise lake, sits in the eastern county. Cache and Rich counties cover the region. Cache holds Logan (the largest city, with Utah State University and the Logan Tabernacle); Rich holds Garden City and the Utah portion of Bear Lake. Anchor attractions include the Utah State University campus, the Logan Tabernacle and Logan Temple, the American West Heritage Center, Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area (with elk feeding grounds in winter), the Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway. Most trips here split between Logan and Bear Lake. Logan handles the college-town and historic downtown itinerary — the Tabernacle, the Cache Valley Center for the Arts, the Aggie ice cream creamery; Bear Lake pulls summer beach-and-water visitors to its turquoise water and the famous raspberry shakes; the Logan Canyon drive between the two carries fall foliage traffic; the Hardware Ranch elk feeding ground draws winter visitors.