Location

Setting

Second Nature Entrada for Adults is located near St. George, Utah. St. George is in the most southwestern point of Utah surrounded by many great western wonders.  Two hours east of Las Vegas, two hours north of the Grand Canyon and surrounded by both mountains and deserts. It’s no wonder St. George is one of the fastest growing towns in the country.

Entrada is a type of sandstone deposited throughout the Colorado Plateau - indigenous to the southwestern Utah landscape. This rock formation makes up the Arches of Arches National Park, and Entrada is also Spanish for entrance or gateway. Second Nature Entrada for Adults offers a setting with some of the most unique geographical formations in the world, where the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau and the Mojave Desert converge. Program field areas are public lands, managed by the Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Services. The elevation ranges from 3500-5500 in the winter months and extends to elevations up to 8000 feet during the summer.

Climate

The climate is semi-arid with two separate rainfall seasons in the early spring and late summer, which averages about eight inches of annual precipitation and over 300 days of sunshine. Temperatures in the summer range from the upper 90s during the day to mid-60s at night while winter temperatures are fairly mild with daily highs in the 50s and 60s and lows reaching into the 20s and 30s.


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