Sand Hollow Reservoir

A Visit to our State Parks!

Hurricane Valley is home to Quail Creek State Park Lake and Sand Hollow State Parks. Our waters are fairly warm-they never freeze over!! Quail Creek lures boaters and anglers year-round. Folks also come to enjoy Camping, Hiking Biking, fishing, and ATV adventures. Quail Creek reservoir was completed in 1985 to provide irrigation and culinary water to the St. George area. Most of the water in the reservoir comes from the Virgin River. Two dams form the reservoir. The main dam is an earth-fill embankment dam. The south dam is a compacted concrete dam. Quail Creek reaches a maximum depth of 120 feet and is stocked with rainbow trout, bullhead catfish, and crappie. Scoot on over to Sand Hollow State Park and you will find beautiful rock formations all around the reservoir and a large rock outcrop not far offshore where you can pull in your kayak and climb up the rocks for incredible views. Or you can Boat, fish, and dive at Sand Hollow Reservoir, explore and ride the dunes of Sand Mountain on an off-highway vehicle, then RV or tent camp in a campground or the beach. Sand Hollow is also a man-made body of water created in 2002. The reservoir sits at an elevation of 3,000 feet and has a maximum depth of ninety-five feet. If you are a diver, you might find some surprising items including a toilet, Cessna 320 twin-engine airplane, an air tank that looks like a bomb with fins welded on the side, as well as a 26-foot Renell Cruiser boat that was sunk during a search and rescue practice drill. Be sure to visit one or both of our State Parks and be prepared for lots of fun!!

Contributed by Sharon Shores

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