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From St. George you can study everything from Anthropology to Zoology, including one of the world largest laccoliths, dinosaur tracks, Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyons (now that's erosion).
There's also Golf, Tennis, Softball, Hiking, Biking, Shakespeare, Musical Theater, Ghost Towns, Rodeos, Art Festivals and a Marathon.
The COLLEGE INN offers a great location, comfortable accommodations and modern transportation for educational groups of almost any size. We can even provide you with suggestions for activities, speakers, instructors, trail guides and places to eat. Call one of our travel consultants and start planning a truly exceptional activity.
Climate: St. George is 2,880 feet above sea level with peaks over 10,000 feet on Pine Valley Mountain only a short drive away. Typically we have more than 300 days of sunshine a year. The temperature varies from a low in January of 40.3 to a high of 102+ in July. We never shovel snow and many golf year round.
| F° avg | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| High/Low | 54/25 | 60/31 | 66/36 | 74/45 | 85/54 | 95/63 |
| F° avg | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| High/Low | 102/71 | 99/69 | 92/62 | 80/51 | 65/31 | 55/27 |
Human History: The first people in the area are called Anasazi (the ancient ones.) They came here around 200 B.C. and left tin about 1200 A.D. They left only their dwellings, rock-art as evidence of their 1,000 year existence in the southwest.
The next group to live in this area were the Paiute Indians. They were here from about 1100 and 1200 A.D. to the present. The first known contact of the Europeans and the Paiutes were with the Spanish. They met with other trappers and pioneers occasionally, but had the area mostly to themselves until the Mormon Pioneers settled in this area in 1861.
Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, sent a groups of pioneers from the Salt Lake Valley to grow cotton, grapes and to harvest silk. The weather was much milder in this southwestern corner of Utah and they believed these crops could be grown here. They called the area, Utah's Dixie.
Today the cotton fields are gone, the wineries are closed and the silk industry has given way other businesses; but traces of the past still decorate the desert.
Before the Anasazi: Dinosaurs left tracks which were made in the soft mud clay millions of years ago. There are hundreds of dinosaur tracks throughout Washington County, two of the most accessible are: Warner Valley's Fort Pierce area and the other is in the City of Washington on Dr. & Mrs. Johnson's farm.
Johnson's Farm Dinosaur Tracks were unearthed in February, 2000, when he came across a three-foot layer of bedrock that dates back to the Jurassic Period. The dinosaur tracks were found on the underside of the bedrock Instead of an imprint, the track was in the form of a cast. The track casts turned are over two hundred million years old.
Geology: Souther Utah and Northern Arizona for are know for their diverse geological formations. From the depths of the Grand Canyon through the Navajo Sandstone (deposited by ancients seas), to the volcanic platos and lacvoliths of Pine Valley and Cedar Mountain we have it all. There is petrified wood, long cold lava flows and cinder cones, faults that reveal strata from the ancient past and landscapes of Hoodoos and Arches carved by natures hand.
Sports and Activities: St. George boast ten Championship Golf Courses, Tennis Courts, Swimming, Softball Tournaments, the Huntsman Senior Games, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Biking and Spas within a few minutes drive of the COLLEGE INN. Try a slick rock biking trail, rapell down or climb one of our beautiful red and white cliffs. There are hundreds of miles of trails and a country wide enough to give you a break from the crush of the crowd. Climb to the top lofty mountain peaks or descend to the bottom of the worlds grandest canyon.
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