Logan Canyon Scenic Byway
Tony Grove Canyon Recreation Area, UT

During the 1880s and 1890s, wealthy families from Cache Valley, such as the Thatchers and Eccles, would brave the dusty, bumpy road in order to spend six glorious weeks in a lush grove of trees that once existed near this site. Early Logan residents dubbed the area Tony Grove, because of its popularity with the tonies or high-toned, uptown set.

Just inside the turnoff lies a one-story, hewn-log cabin built in 1907 to house the canyon's first forest ranger. In the years since its construction, the Tony Grove guard station has also served as a tree nursery, CCC work site, center for collection of snow data and a headquarters for summer recreation rangers.

If you continue straight on the turnoff, you will reach Lewis M. Turner Campground where ten campsites provide a convenient starting place for exploring the surrounding landscape. In the winter the large parking area is full of the vehicles of snowmobilers, cross-country skiers, snowshoers and other recreationalists.