Panoramaland

Panoramaland covers the central swath of Utah south of the Wasatch and east of the West Desert, the broad rolling country running between Provo’s southern edge and the Color Country canyon-and-park region. The terrain is dominated by the southern Wasatch Plateau, the Sevier and San Pitch valleys cutting through, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin extending west into Millard County. Capitol Reef National Park sits at the southeastern corner. Six counties cover the region. Sevier holds Richfield (the largest city); Juab holds Nephi; Sanpete holds Manti (with the historic Manti Temple) and Ephraim (with Snow College); Millard holds Delta and Fillmore (the original 1851 territorial capital); Wayne holds Loa, Bicknell, and Torrey (the western gateway to Capitol Reef). Anchor attractions include Capitol Reef National Park, the Manti LDS Temple and the Mormon Miracle Pageant, Fish Lake (Utah’s largest natural mountain lake), the Topaz Internment Camp National Historic Site, Yuba State Park, and Otter Creek State Park. Most trips here run scenic-driving and Mormon-history focused. Capitol Reef draws the largest single-stream visitor traffic — the Scenic Drive, Cathedral Valley, the historic Fruita orchards; the Manti Temple anchors the Mormon-pioneer itinerary along the Sanpete Valley; Fish Lake handles trout fishing and summer cabin traffic; Topaz preserves the WWII Japanese American internment site near Delta.