Experience Historic Logan
- Take a five-minute drive from central Smithfield to walk in the historic footsteps of pre-Utahn settlers. After all, people have been strolling through what is now Logan since the area was an ancestral Shoshoni hunting ground. Logan became the provenance of a handful of hardy mountain men in the 1820s before being settled by pioneering Mormons later in the century. "Meet" these early Cache residents at the American West Heritage Center, a reenactment village situated on a working farm that has remained in operation since 1919. Seasonal activities include baby animal days during the April foaling season, a Halloween corn maze and a late-July Pioneer Day that features interactive heritage games for all ages.
Hear the Sleigh Bells Jingling
- If you've never taken a sleigh ride and you're lucky enough to be around Smithfield in the winter, get on board. There's arguably no better place to try one than at the Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge. The tranquil ride comes within photographing distance of the refuge's protected herd of Rocky Mountain elk before delivering passengers to a yummy barbecue dinner.
Zoom Along the Scenic Byway
- Take your motorcycle or car for a lazy Sunday ride on the Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway. Accessed from downtown Logan, the Byway is a circuitous, scenic stretch of two-lane road that connects to the azure waters of far-northern Bear Lake. On the way, you'll pass undulating fields of fragrant wildflowers, scoot between sheer cliffs and wind in tandem with the canyon's multitude of bubbling creeks.
Take a Self-Guided Food Tour
- Cache Valley is one of the region's most sophisticated "bread baskets." Locavorism is less a movement and more a natural state of being in an area with such a high concentration of artisanal producers. With Smithfield as a base of operations, you can conveniently visit every producer on the self-guided Cache Valley Food Tour -- a route set up and mapped by the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau -- and collect the fixings for a spectacular picnic lunch. The tour includes bakeries, confectioneries, coffee roasters, gelato artisans, cheese makers, creameries and a pick-your-own berries farm.
