Mountain View Lodge

Southwestern Utah


This well-managed budget hotel in peaceful Parowan provides an affordable base for Brian Head, about 13 miles south. There's an indoor pool and Jacuzzi, an excellent on-site Chinese restaurant and pleasant rooms with heavy furnishings crafted from old elm wood brought over from China.


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