Top 10 reasons to visit Park City, Utah for your summer vacation

Hiking and Biking - Park City offers some of the best hiking, mountain biking and road cycling available. The town’s three ski resorts provide lift-served, single and double-track mountain biking and hiking during the summer months. Bikers are welcome on any section of Park City’s 325+ miles of public trails...ranging from mellow, scenic rides to adrenaline-raising thrills on steeper terrain. 

Golfing in the Mountains! - It's hard to imagine a better setting for a game of golf in Park City. Breathtaking mountain vistas, cool dry breezes and more blue sky days than you'll find at almost any elevation. Maybe that's why the Park City area is becoming a renowned golf destination offering a variety of 18-hole championship courses. Add guaranteed tee times and the opportunity to book 60 days in advance when you stay with ResortQuest, and you'll wonder why you've never played here before.  The Park City Golf Club is consistently ranked as one of the premier public golf courses in the intermountain region; Park City Golf Club offers a challenging game at one of the state's most enviable locations.

Visit Utah Olympic Park - Visitors can take a bobsled ride in the summer or winter -- if you're prepared to fly down the track at 70 or 80 miles an hour with 4- to 5 Gs of force pushing against you during the less-than one-minute ride.  Or, if you've been curious and if you've the guts to slide down a nordic ski jump, visit the Utah Olympic Park.  At this playground for adventurous travelers, which is open summer and winter, you can ride in a bobsled moving at 4- to 5 Gs, take an extreme zipline ride -- or simply learn more about the 2002 Winter Olympic Games on a tour while your friends challenge themselves in these special sporting venues.

Go Shopping!  Few can resist the allure of Main Street!  There are over 100 shops to explore throughout Park City, offering everything from books, art collectibles, and handmade furniture to western antiques, wildlife photography and sportswear.  And if you’re an outlet fan, the Factory Outlets, just 6 miles from downtown Park City, have everything you need to satisfy any brand-name cravings. 

Enjoy Park City Dining and Park City Nightlife! Take a stroll down Main Street and follow the music.  There are more than 20 bars in town, and many are located on historic Main Street.  Live jazz, rock and dance music spill into the streets.  It is likely at least one of them will be calling your name.  View the Park City Top 10 restaurants.

Experience our Art and Culture! Park City offers gallery strolls and art centers, the Egyptian Theater, Kimball Art Center and Sundance movies, even in summer, free outdoor concerts in the Park and symphonies.  Our most famous events are:

Park City Food and Wine Festival – July 10 -12, 2009
The 36th Annual Park City Art Festival – August 1-2, 2009
Park City Jazz Festival – August 21-23, 2009

Enjoy an old-fashion Miner’s Day Parade and Celebration – On Monday, September 7th, guests will enjoy the traditional parade down Historic Main Street followed by an exciting mucking and drilling contest.  Come spend the weekend with us and listen to the 6am dynamite salute, have pancakes in the park, and compete with Park City’s colorful miners who return to the mucking and drilling competition to relive the rich mining history.

Shop the Park City Silly Market - an ecofriendly open air market, street festival and community forum where neighbors and friends come together to celebrate our commUnity of fun and funky Park Sillians.  The Park Silly Sunday Market’s free “CommUnity Elements” are what make this weekly street festival the unique and exciting event it is.

Visit Deer Valley Resort and enjoy the Park City Jazz Festival - The wonderfully relaxed summer days and activities at Deer Valley Resort make the transition from winter to summer something to look forward to. This summer season, we invite you to join us for a summer filled with lift-served mountain biking, hiking, scenic chairlift rides, dining on the deck of Royal Street Café, outdoor concerts and mountain bike races. This summer the Deer Valley® Music Festival will start with a bang! Join us as we kick-off our best festival yet with Keith Lockhart conducting the Utah Symphony in a cannon-filled performance of Tchaikovsky’s explosive overture.

Go Fly-Fishing - One of Utah's best kept secrets is the quality of its fly-fishing.  Montana, Idaho and Wyoming -- are much publicized, but you can find their equal in Utah if you know where to go and how to fish.  Great spots on the Weber and Provo Rivers are just 15 to 40 minutes from Park City. These rivers flow through scenic countryside and provide fishing for big browns and rainbows in “blue ribbon waters”. Jan’s Guide Service offers half-day and full-day trips to local waters as well as overnight trips to Fishing Lodges.  Free fly-fishing clinics are held every Monday and Thursday at the Deer Valley ponds throughout summer, come learn or test your skills.