Southern Utah’s Kane County is also known as “Utah’s Little Hollywood.” MGM liked Kanab so much they built a makeshift studio outside of town in the 1940s. More than 100 motion pictures have been filmed here.

In fact, more Westerns were produced here than anywhere outside of California. John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood and a host of stars made movies in the area.

The “Gunsmoke” TV series used the Johnson Canyon Movie Set for over 20 episodes shot between the ‘50s and ‘70s. The now-famous western town is located just east of Kanab. The set is on private property but can still be viewed from the road, or with a tour guide. Sets from “Outlaw” and other movies can be visited for free at Frontier Movie Town.

The Paria Canyon movie set was used in the Clint Eastwood classic “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” Lake Powell was the location for “Maverick”, “The Hulk”, “Broken Arrow” and both versions of “Planet of the Apes”. “A Monster in the Attic” was filmed in Kane County in 2007.