Wedding Venues in Utah // You are getting married and are now looking at the sheer amount of wedding venues all around the country? No worries, we got you. It is tricky to find the perfect location that fits your style and expectations. Getting married in Utah is a great choice, to begin with. From epic mountains to deep canyons and amazing national parks, Utah has lots of stunning places to get married at.

That is why we took our time and picked out the most outstanding and epic spots for your big day. Scroll down to all the amazing wedding venues in Utah to find your perfect place eventually!

Wedding Venues in Utah Top 11

Arches National Park

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The Arches National Park is a spectacular venue out of all the wedding venues in Utah and offers different elopement packages and locations for you. Exchange vows at one of the breathtaking spots, such as the Delicate Arch, Delicate Arch Viewpoint, The Windows Section, Landscape Arch, Pine Tree Arch, Panorama Point, Devils Garden Campground Amphitheater, Park Avenue, or the Sand Dune Arch. Make sure to get a permit if you want to get married there and double-check the group size limitations for each wedding location. The best time of the year for an Arches National Park wedding in spring.

Big Cottonwood Canyon

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The Big Cottonwood Canyon is a beautiful outdoor location in the mountains. The canyon can be accessed by the 15-mile Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway and is famous for numerous amazing ceremonies at the rocky mountainside. This venue offers a spectacular panorama and is perfect for smaller weddings. After your ceremony, you can enjoy lots of leisure activities the canyon has to offer, such as mountain biking, rock climbing, or hiking the most popular trails.

Bonneville Salt Flats

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Out of all the wedding venues in Utah, the Bonneville Salt Flats is a truly unique wedding location. The Bonneville Salt Flats are located near the Great Salt Lake, in western Utah. This very unique environment offers vast areas of glittery salt and makes your big day extra sparkly.

You can book accommodations in Wendover, Nevada, as it is just 5 minutes away from the Bonneville Salt Flats. The federal government manages this area, so make sure to get a special use permit for your wedding. Also, keep in mind to bring shoes that you can easily clean. The months from April to May are perfect for a ceremony as it is usually warm and flooded there.

Canyonlands National Park

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The Canyonlands National Park features wilderness, numerous canyons, and the Colorado River. This special location has four districts, divided by rivers: The Maze, the Island in the Sky, The Needles, and the rivers themselves. Get married in a primitive desert atmosphere and enjoy the fantastically formed buttes. You need a special use permit and can only get married at these three locations at the Island in the Sky: Grand View Point, Green River Overlook, and Mesa Arch.

For more inspiration, check out this magical sunset elopement at the Canyonlands National Park.

Dead Horse Point State Park

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The Dead Horse Point State Park will blow your mind, with its prominent Dead Horse Point, 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, and its desert environment. Make your wedding a true adventure and enjoy vertical cliffs, canyons carved by the elements, and plants and animals surviving in extreme conditions. The Dead Horse Point State Park allows weddings, but you need a special use permit for your ceremony. There are multiple site options for smaller and medium-sized weddings. Check out their Dead Horse Point Wedding Packet for more information. They also offer an indoor wedding venue for up to 50 people.

Goblin Valley State Park

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Have you ever dreamt of getting married on Mars? Well, here might be the next best location for that. The Goblin Valley State Park is often compared to Mars due to its landscape that is covered with sandstone goblins and formations. This colorful valley is unlike any others in Utah and truly a hidden gem. This state park is way less popular than other venues in Utah such as Zion National Park, Moab, and Park City – that´s why this venue is perfect for a private, intimate wedding.

Log Haven

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Log Haven is a romantic Utah mountain wedding and reception venue. This popular wedding location features wildflowers, waterfalls, and lots of nature. You can book their private dining room and use their meadow for an outdoor ceremony. 40 acres of private land and a pristine lake are located in the mountains of the Wasatch National Forest. Log Haven offers full-service wedding planning and a nationally acclaimed chef. Out of all the wedding venues in Utah, this venue is so popular, that you have to book it quite early.

Provo Canyon

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Provo Canyon has been carved out by the Provo River over centuries and is situated between Mount Cascade and Mount Timpanogos.  The scenic drive through Provo Canyon is famous for its breathtaking views of the Bridal Veil Falls, the scenic Heber Valley, and the Deer Creek Reservoir.

The scenic park is a popular spot for an intimate ceremony and has a pavilion, that can be reserved for free.

For more inspiration, check out this industrial wedding in Provo.

Quiet Meadow Farms

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The Quiet Meadow Farm is a beautiful wedding venue, located in Mapleton, Utah. Get married at the base of a beautiful mountain and celebrate your big day in the large barn surrounded by fields of grain. This little patch of heaven even has a few small goats that graze in a nearby field. If you are looking for a quiet and secluded wedding venue with lots of outdoor space, then you should consider the Quiet Meadow Farm.

Sand Dunes

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The Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park offers orange-red sand dunes, old junipers, and ponderosa pines as a backdrop for your wedding day. If you prefer an outdoor location with a shifting sea of sand, dunes that are up to 15,000 years old, and a park that is open all year long, then check out the Sand Dunes in Utah.

It is totally easy to get to this stunning location, you can even park right inside the park. The best time of the year to get married at the Sand Dunes is from spring until fall. The weather is usually quite mild and temperate during this time.

Zion National Park

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The Zion National Park is a wonderful outdoor location with lots of different wedding venue spots to chose from. Some of the top locations are the Anasazi Plateau, the Canyon Overlook from Kolob Rd, the Slot Canyon, the Temple of Sinawava, and the Zion Overlook. But there are many more, that you can check out. You can easily get a permit for a specific location in the National Park. Go to this Zion National Park wedding for more inspiration.

If you love adventurous wedding venues, then make sure to check out our post about the ultimate guide for your adventurous elopement in Utah or this Moab wedding for even more information.

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A Styled Moab Wedding / Elopement that turned into a real proposal by The Hearnes

“Oh my goodness, this day was the most amazing way to kick off our 2020 Moab Elopement season!! Schadell fully believed they were just coming to Moab to model for us, and I even asked Rue de Seine to send us some of their wedding dresses (side note, their dresses are AMAZING, but you already know that if you’ve looked at any of these photos!) so it totally seemed like a real elopement styled shoot, but Jamaal had a big secret up his sleeve and he surprised her with a proposal!! She said yes, obviously. But I want to start from the beginning and share this whole story because it was all so perfect.

Who are Schadell and Jamaal?

Schadell and Jamaal are such an incredible couple. She works as a flight attendant, and he’s currently in training to be a pilot, so clearly we connected immediately. A few years ago they were invited to model for a photography workshop and absolutely loved the experience, so they’ve turned it into a bit of a side-gig where they travel to amazing places and model for photographers, which is why she didn’t think anything suspicious about our shoot AT ALL! So, while I coordinated this shoot “with Schadell” I was also texting with Jamaal to set up an official plan for his proposal!

Preparing the surprise proposal

We’ve shot a few surprise proposals before and one of my biggest “rules” is having the actual moment early on in the shoot. I’ve found that it helps the personal popping the question be less nervous (or at least their nerves don’t have to be dragged out for so long!) and the emotions that come after such an exciting occasion make for absolutely amazing photos, so we like to capitalize on them! Plus, the quicker it goes down, the less likely someone will ruin the surprise or something will go wrong! The only issue with that idea was that we were planning to shoot at two different locations that afternoon/sunset, and I knew the second spot at sunset would be the most epic. Jamaal obviously wanted the most epic possible spot if they were going to come all the way out to Moab for this! So, the day before, we changed things up and decided to start with sunrise in Canyonlands National Park and I am SO glad we did because it ended being reaaaaaaaally amazing.

The big day

That morning, we picked them up at their hotel in Moab at 6am and drive an hour up to the top of the Canyonlands. They’d never been to Moab before and arrived the evening before, so it was extra special to know their first real glimpse of the Moab desert would be at sunrise on the edge of a cliff. We arrived up top and they got dressed in our camper (#clutch mobile bridal suite) and to no surprise, the Rue de Seine East Gown sample looked like it was made for Schadell! We hiked down to the overlook, I made sure “everyone had everything they needed * wink wink *” and we positioned out on this beautiful overlook and told them to just soak it in for a minute or two. Jamaal had Schadell turn around so he could “fix her hair” and then he got down on one knee!!! And she had the most adorable reaction – she was so surprised and said “are you really doing this? for real? is this real???” and then after a moment of excited squealing she goes “okay sorry I’ll let you finish” and he asked her to marry him! It was amazing. And we were able to get great photos because we didn’t have to hide at all.

Surprise succeeded!

After that, we let them have their moment and soak it all in, as the sun came up behind the mountains and washed all the canyonlands in the most beautiful golden light. Then we spent the next hour taking some REAL engagement photos for them! It was the best time! We absolutely love being in Moab in the winter, we had the area all to ourselves for the whole sunrise, and it honestly wasn’t even that cold! The north-facing cliffs still had a beautiful dusting of snow, and everything was so quiet. As we wrapped up and drove down, they were still reeling from such an exciting morning. We dropped them off to enjoy their day in Moab (they hiked in Arches and absolutely loved it!) and then I picked them up again in the afternoon for a sunset engagement session (aka the original planned shoot) in another part of the desert.”

The end – What else do you need to know?

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BOHO DESERT WEDDING DRESS: EAST GOWN BY RUE DE SEINE
BRIDE’S EARRINGS: BRI BOL
BRIDE’S FRINGE JACKET: VINTAGE PROVIDED BY ABBI HEARNE
BRIDE’S LEATHER BOOTS: FRYE COMPANY

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Moab Wedding by The Hearnes

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Zion National Park Wedding // LOOKSLIKEFILM Pro member Angie McCabe shared a beautiful elopement which she captured in the stunning desert of Utah. But not only the images are just fantastic. Mikayla, the bride, is also an amazing photographer and a member of our community as well. However,  let’s hear the impressions of Angie about this special day in the Zion National Park.

“I never had the opportunity to meet Mikayla or Harley until the day of their beautiful and intimate wedding in Zion National Park, Utah. For years, I have known Mikayla through the online wedding community — it’s amazing how close-knit this big old photographer community is. No matter how many borders and miles between us, we are all brought together over the same passion for human connection and documenting lives. Mikayla is an amazing wedding photographer based out of Alberta, and you should definitely check out her work.

When asked to photograph other wedding photographer’s weddings, it is not only flattering, but you feel the need to go above and beyond to produce some epic content. The thing is though, on a wedding day no matter who the couple is they’re just two people in love — a bride and groom (or groom and groom, or bride and bride). It wasn’t until I eloped and hired one of my favorite photographers to photograph my wedding day until I realized, “wow, I’m JUST a bride today.” There is a sense of trust, and you are just able to fully enjoy your day and not think about all the little things that photographers tend to focus on during a wedding.”

About Zion National Park

“After the ceremony, we bombed off to Zion National Park. Although I did my best, I still feel like there is no camera that can truly capture how magnificent Zion National Park is. Its vast mountains and unique vegetation make it feel surreal. I have never felt so small. Winding roads, rich colors, intricate patterns in the rocks… so many beautiful things to distract you while driving! Later, we headed to the Pink Coral Sand Dunes. It has been on my bucket list to shoot in dunes, and it came to life that day. The perfect sunset and the rich colors of the sand were amazing. The only thing I have to warn you about sand dunes is your legs get a major workout when trekking through them! #totallyworthit”

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The Team:

Dress:  Tanya Grig Bridal
Custom alterations: Anika Somerville  
Makeup Artist: Cherisa MUA
Florist: Haper Florals
Hair: Hair by Double AA
Baskets/ceremony decor: Home Sense
Harley’s Jacket: Le Chateau
Jeans: Levis
Table/chairs: St. George Party Rentals

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