Moving to Huntington, Utah

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, NOAA, the Utah State Tax Commission, and Huntington City. Prices move, so ask me for current numbers.

Huntington is a small farm and power plant town in Emery County, in eastern Utah. The Census estimated 1,986 people in 2025, up from 1,914 at the 2020 count. That makes it the largest town in Emery County. The town had 2,129 people in 2010, fell through that decade, and has edged up every year since 2020. It covers 2.26 square miles, about 1.9 miles north to south and 1.8 miles east to west.

Huntington sits where Huntington Canyon opens into Castle Valley, on SR-10, which is Main Street. City Hall is at about 5,790 feet, and the ground across town runs from about 5,700 to 5,900 feet. It falls about 150 feet from the west edge to the creek on the east side. The Wasatch Plateau rises west of town, and SR-31 climbs Huntington Canyon onto it, on a byway that rises up to 10,000 feet. The San Rafael Swell lies out east. The city calls itself "the North entrance to the San Rafael Swell."

Castle Dale, where the Emery County offices are, is about 9 miles south, a drive of about 11 minutes. Price is about 22 miles and about 30 minutes north. Provo is about 97 miles, just under 2 hours. Salt Lake City is about 140 miles, or about 2.5 hours. A partner agent I trust does the work on the ground here. I do the homework and stay on your file.

How the town began

Stockmen grazed herds on Huntington Creek from 1875. The city's history sign says horses came first, then cattle and sheep in 1876. In June 1877, explorers from the Thistle Valley found men with horses at the canyon mouth. On October 15, 1877, families came back from Fairview and spent the winter in dugouts, which are homes dug into the ground, on Huntington Creek.

The townsite was surveyed in the fall of 1880 as 64 blocks of ten acres, each split into four lots. The men drew lots from a hat. The Huntington Canal Company formed in 1885 to bring water to the fields. The town was incorporated on October 3, 1891, and brick building began in the 1890s. Utah State Parks says the name honors three Huntington brothers, Oliver, William and Dimick, who explored the area in 1855.

The power plant years

The town had 123 people in 1880 and 1,285 in 1910. By 1960 it was down to 787. Then the Huntington and Hunter power plants were built in the 1970s. The city's 2017 plan says the population passed 3,000 in the mid-1970s, then settled to 2,316 at the 1980 count. That growth almost doubled the city's area. Both plants are still running in 2026. The economy topic has the jobs picture and the plant dates.

Two other moments shaped the town. In 1988 a mammoth skeleton, one of the most complete ever recovered, was found near the top of the canyon. The outdoors topic tells where. In August 2007, nine men died in the Crandall Canyon mine disaster, six miners and three rescue workers. The Heroes Among Us memorial, with nine bronze portraits, stands in Miners Memorial Park at the west edge of town. The things to do topic has the details.

The short version for a buyer

Huntington is a working town built on farming, ranching and energy. The glance box at the top of this page shows the Census typical home value. Only a handful of homes are for sale at a time. The weekly shop, the hospital and the college are in Price, about 30 minutes away. Much of the work here leans on two coal plants and the mines, so read the economy topic next to the real estate topic.

Sources: the Census, the Huntington City history sign, the Huntington City General Plan (updated January 2017), Utah State Parks, the U.S. Labor Department inspector general, and the city website.

Want the street level story? Huntington on The Local has six guides, from the state park lake to the Swell. Price has its own page at Price, and Helper, about 35 minutes away, has one at Helper. My relocating to Utah guide covers the wider move.

Huntington has a high desert climate with a mountain wall at its back. Summer days are hot and dry, and the nights cool off. Winter is cold, with light snow that comes and goes. Spring warms fast. Fall is clear and mild. A normal year brings only about 8 inches of rain and melted snow.

Huntington has no weather station with current normals. The numbers below come from the station at Castle Dale, about 9 miles south and about 160 feet lower. NOAA calls it CASTLE DALE. The 1991 to 2020 normals are the latest set. Treat them as a guide, not a reading from your yard.

Month by month

These are the normal highs and lows for each month. Look at how far the air cools at night. In July, the low runs about 37 degrees under the high.

• JanuaryHigh 40°F, low 10°F
• FebruaryHigh 47°F, low 16°F
• MarchHigh 58°F, low 25°F
• AprilHigh 66°F, low 31°F
• MayHigh 75°F, low 40°F
• JuneHigh 85°F, low 47°F
• JulyHigh 91°F, low 54°F
• AugustHigh 89°F, low 52°F
• SeptemberHigh 81°F, low 43°F
• OctoberHigh 68°F, low 32°F
• NovemberHigh 53°F, low 20°F
• DecemberHigh 41°F, low 11°F

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, CASTLE DALE station (USC00421214).

Frost and the growing season

The last spring freeze usually comes about May 18. The first fall freeze usually comes about September 27. That leaves about 128 days between them, a short growing season. Frost can come a week earlier or later in any year. The USDA plant zone for Huntington's ZIP code is 6a.

Late summer storms make September the wettest month, at about 1 inch. October is next, then August. Rain is light the rest of the year. Those storms can wash out dirt roads and side washes, so the home checks topic has the drainage questions.

About 186 nights a year fall to freezing or below, and about 11 fall below zero. Those are normals, so any one year can differ.

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, the CASTLE DALE station, and the USDA plant hardiness zone map.

Snow, summer heat, wind and air have their own topics. The snow topic, the summer topic, the wind topic and the air topic have the rest.

A typical winter brings about 15 to 20 inches of snow in town. That is light for Utah. Most of it falls a few inches at a time. December and January are the snowiest months, at about 5 inches each. February brings about 3 inches, and March about 1. Almost none falls from April through October.

Winters swing a lot. At Castle Dale, the 1991 to 2020 normal is 16.6 inches a year, and NOAA marks it provisional. Some winters bring almost none, and the snowiest brought about 44 inches. The last 12 winters averaged about 19 inches. So a range of 15 to 20 inches is a fair guide, but plan for the swing.

The Huntington bar uses the Castle Dale figure. No closer station has a sound record, so town itself may run a little different.

The deep snow is up high, not in town. A gauge at the Skyline Mine, at the top of Eccles Canyon on the plateau, averages about 225 inches a year. That is feet on the plateau while town gets inches. SR-31 is the road that climbs into it.

The traffic topic covers winter on SR-31. For the bigger picture on snow and water in Utah, read my guide on Utah water and snowpack.

Sources: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, CASTLE DALE (USC00421214) and SCOFIELD-SKYLINE MINE (USC00427729), and NOAA daily records for Castle Dale.

Summers are hot, dry and bright. A normal July afternoon reaches about 91°F. That is about 3 degrees cooler than Salt Lake City. The nights are the relief. A July night usually falls to about 54°F, so a house can cool off by morning.

A normal year has about 44 days at 90°F or hotter. Days at 100°F are rare, only one or two a year. August runs a little cooler than July, with highs near 89°F. Late summer storms make September the wettest month.

Ask how a home is cooled and insulated. The home checks topic has the list for older homes.

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, the CASTLE DALE station.

No wind reading for Castle Valley was found, so this page gives no wind figure for Huntington. The town sits at a canyon mouth with the Wasatch Plateau to the west. That is a setting, not a measurement.

Here is what I would do. Visit on a breezy day and on a calm one. Look at roofing, fences and window seals, because wind works on all three. Ask the neighbors which season blows hardest on that street.

An inversion is when cold air gets trapped near the ground under a lid of warmer air. Haze builds up in the trapped air. A storm or a change in the weather usually clears it out.

Castle Valley has some of the setup in winter. Castle Dale's January low is about 10°F. That is about 6 degrees colder than the Price airport, which sits at about the same height. On still winter nights, cold air settles in the valley. Huntington is a little higher, at the canyon mouth, so it may drain a little better.

No air quality monitor reading was found for Castle Valley. So this page gives no count of inversion days or smoky days for Huntington. A weather station can tell you the temperature, but only an air monitor counts haze.

Smoke is the other risk. The Seeley Fire of 2012 burned about 47,600 acres of the Huntington Canyon high country. The Trail Mountain Fire of 2018 burned about 18,000 acres toward Joe's Valley. Near town since 2021, only small fires have burned. Smoke can drift in during summer fires. I have no smoke day count.

Check the air on the state's air quality site the way you check the weather. If air matters to you, visit on a calm winter morning before you buy. The first 90 days topic has the car rules, including that Emery County has no emissions test.

Sources: NOAA climate normals at CASTLE DALE and the Price airport station, and the National Interagency Fire Center fire perimeter record.

Housing is the biggest cost in Huntington, and it is the main reason people look here. The glance box at the top of this page shows the Census typical home value. That number is what owners say their homes are worth, averaged over five years. It is not a sale price.

Only a handful of homes are for sale at a time. So few sell that one sale can move any average. Look at a full year, not one month, and price each home against recent sales of similar homes nearby. I do not publish a monthly market report for Huntington.

Everyday errands are in town. Hometown Market, at 221 North Main, is a grocery store with a pharmacy at the same address. It is open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed Sunday. Family Dollar and three fuel stops with food cover the gaps. The weekly big shop, the hospital and the college are in Price, about 30 minutes away. The shopping topic lists the stores.

Water and sewer run through the Castle Valley Special Service District, which sets the rates. The district adopted yearly rate steps through 2030, so budget on the rate in force when you buy. The utilities topic tells where to sign up.

Next to Price, you trade the regional services for a quieter town, a state park at the edge and the canyon at your back door. Next to Castle Dale, where the Emery County offices are, Huntington is a little bigger and has the middle school. Ask me for a side by side of the towns you are weighing, and I will run the numbers with you.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024; Utah State Tax Commission; Huntington City Resolution 4-2026; Hometown Market. Rates change, so ask City Hall for today's numbers.

For general information only. This is not tax or financial advice. Tax rates and home prices change. Consult a qualified professional for guidance specific to your situation.

Three taxes matter most when you move here: sales tax, state income tax, and property tax. Here is each one in plain terms. The sales tax rates are the ones in effect in October 2026.

The primary home exemption

Utah gives a tax break to the home you live in. A primary home is taxed on 55% of its market value. Second homes and nightly rentals do not qualify, so they are taxed on the full value.

Where the property tax goes

Huntington's tax area adds up to a 2025 levy of 0.016530. Take 55% of that and a primary home pays about 0.91% of its value a year. The largest share goes to the Emery County School District. The rest goes to Emery County, Huntington City, the Emery Water Conservancy District and the Castle Valley Special Service District. The city's own share is small.

Emery County's average bill on a primary home is about 0.88% of its value. That is the highest of Utah's 29 counties, against about 0.52% for the whole state. Much of the reason is that PacifiCorp's power plants and other centrally assessed property make up about 49% of the county's taxable value. That figure is the county average, not Huntington's. Your tax notice is the final word.

Car fees

Utah charges a fee at registration that depends on the age of the car. Emery County has no emissions test. The first 90 days topic has the registration steps.

Sources: Utah State Tax Commission (sales tax rates in effect October 1, 2026; the 2025 annual property tax report, Table 6; approved 2025 rates); Utah DMV. Questions about your own bill go to the Emery County Assessor.

For general information only. This is not tax or financial advice. Tax rates and home prices change. Consult a qualified professional for guidance specific to your situation.

The glance box at the top of this page shows the Census typical home value. Huntington is a very small market, and only a handful of homes are for sale at one time. With so few sales, the numbers can swing in a single month. That is noise, not a trend. Recent sales of similar homes tell you far more than any town number. Ask me for current numbers.

Huntington has about 735 homes. About three of every four lived-in homes are owned by the people in them, and the rest are rented. About seven in ten homes are detached houses. Nearly one in five is a mobile or manufactured home, and about one in ten sits in a building with two to four units. These are Census estimates for 2020 to 2024, and in a town this small they carry a wide margin.

The median home was built in 1977. The 1970s are the biggest wave, about 38% of all homes. The 1990s come next, at about a quarter. About one home in ten dates from 1939 or earlier, and very few have gone up since 2000. That is the power plant boom in wood and brick.

Zoning in plain words

Single-family lots in the city need at least 10,000 square feet and 85 feet along the street. A home must be at least 24 feet wide. Manufactured homes are permitted in the residential zone. Livestock and new subdivisions need a conditional use permit, which is a case by case approval. The 1880 blocks give the old core deep, wide lots. The median parcel in the city's map layer is about 0.43 acre.

An accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, is a small second home on a lot. Huntington allows one by conditional use permit, only on a lot of at least 0.45 acre. The owner must live on site, and a detached one needs its own water and sewer meters.

Nightly rentals

On September 16, 2026, the city council passed a short-term rental rule. It sets a citywide cap on licenses and a waiting list. Ask City Hall for the cap before you buy a home to rent by the night. Do not count on nightly rentals or quick price gains.

The plants, and the long view

The two coal plants in this valley employ hundreds of people and make up a large share of the county's taxable value. Both plants are running in 2026, and the owner's final 2025 plan set no retirement date. The economy topic has the dates the plan has moved through. Take the long view. Choose a home that still works for you if the local economy changes.

You can browse every Huntington home for sale any time. No account is needed to look.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (housing counts are estimates with a margin); Huntington City Code, Title 9, through May 2026; the city parcel layer; city council agendas, September 2026; Utah News Dispatch. Ask the county recorder about any specific parcel.

Huntington is a grid of broad streets along SR-10. City Hall is at 20 South Main Street, and the drive times below start there. Here is each area, from the center outward. No named home subdivisions show up in the city maps or agendas.

• CenterThe original townsiteMain Street and the 1880 blocksThe town was laid out in 1880 on SR-10, with wide streets and deep lots. City Hall, the library at 70 South Main, Huntington Elementary and the school district office at 120 North Main all sit here. The homes are the oldest in town, so the inspection matters.
• NorthThe north side toward the canyon roadNorth of Main StreetCanyon View Middle, at 550 North 400 West, is inside the city line, about 4 minutes from City Hall. In September 2026 the council rezoned four lots on North 100 West and North 200 West from residential to commercial.
• MiddleThe streets that filled in during the 1970sBetween the old blocks and the edgesWhen the power plants went up, the city grew, and its area almost doubled between 1960 and 1980. About 38% of today's homes date from the 1970s. No street names are on record for this period, so ask which blocks a home sits on.
• EdgesPasture, horse property and the creekThe low east side and the west edgeGround falls about 150 feet from the west edge to the creek on the east side. About 226 parcels in the city are an acre or more. Value rides on water shares, wells and fencing as much as on the house. Livestock needs a conditional use permit.
• Outside the cityHuntington State Park, Lawrence, Cleveland and ElmoNorth, south and up SR-155Huntington State Park is just north, about 5 minutes. Lawrence is an unincorporated place to the south, about 7 minutes, and its water comes from North Emery Water Users. Cleveland, about 11 minutes, and Elmo, about 20, are their own towns up SR-155. County rules apply outside the city line.

Because the market is small, what is for sale changes fast. Tell me what you are looking for, and I will pass it to the partner agent on the ground. You can also browse every Huntington home for sale.

Locations come from map points and the Census city line, measured from City Hall. Drive times are by car and are estimates.

New building is thin in Huntington. No builder and no named home subdivision is active in 2026. The city's planning commission agendas from January through September carry one unnamed preliminary subdivision review in January and one private subdivision request in May. They also carry code updates on flag lots, ADUs, short-term rentals, water outside the city line, and annexation. New homes go up one at a time, as custom and owner builds.

How it works here

Building permits come from Emery County, at 75 East Main in Castle Dale. Zoning clearance and utility hookups happen at City Hall. The 2026 hookup fees are $2,000 for culinary water, $1,400 for sewer and $2,100 for secondary water, which is about $5,500 for all three. Those are the district's schedule, adopted by the city, so ask City Hall for today's numbers.

A lot outside the city line raises a new question. Can it hook to city water, or must it join the city? The city rewrote its rules on outside water hookups and annexation in 2026, and you will likely have to hand over water shares. Ask City Hall before you buy. For a septic system on the edges, ask the Southeast Utah Health Department in Castle Dale.

Buying new works differently from buying resale. You pick a lot, follow a build schedule, and sign the builder's contract. Builders often cover the buyer agent fee, and your agent puts that in writing before you sign. I am licensed in both real estate and lending, and on any one purchase I take one role. If I am your lender, I can line up a construction loan early so nothing surprises you at the framing stage.

Sources: Huntington City planning commission and council agendas, January to September 2026; Huntington City Resolution 4-2026 and Code, Title 9; Emery County. Fees change, so ask City Hall for today's numbers.

Every town has its own list of things to check. Huntington has nine, and none of them should scare you off. They are the questions I would ask about any home here. Several have a free map you can look up for one address.

Ask me about any of these on a home you like, and I will tell you what the record shows.

This is general information, not legal, engineering, or insurance advice. Sources: FEMA flood hazard layer; Utah Geological Survey; Utah DEQ radon results (2019); National Interagency Fire Center; Emery Water Conservancy District; a PacifiCorp filing to the Utah Public Service Commission, 2022. Utah law does not require agents to verify or disclose geologic hazards, so have a licensed inspector look at any home before you buy.

The best thing you can do before you shop for a home is get pre-approved. That means a lender checks your finances and tells you how much you can borrow. It shows you what you can spend, and it makes your offer stronger when the right home comes up. In a small market like Huntington, being ready the day the right home appears matters.

Lenders look at a home's condition, not its charm. Some homes get a closer look: old brick, acreage on a well and septic, and land where irrigation shares carry value. So can a manufactured home or a parcel with a tangled mineral history. With few recent sales nearby, the appraisal matters even more. An appraisal is the lender's check on what the home is worth. If I am your lender, I can tell you early if a home could be hard to get a loan on. For a manufactured home, ask the lender about the foundation and the title before you offer.

Conventional, FHA, VA and USDA loans can all work in some cases. USDA has a map of eligible areas. On that map, Huntington and the rest of Castle Valley sit outside the ineligible area. USDA rural loans are open to buyers who qualify. Check any address on the map, because income limits and other rules decide the rest. The loan guides on this site explain each loan type in plain English.

How my dual role works. I am licensed in both real estate and lending. On any one purchase I take one role. Every role is disclosed, and you are always free to choose your own agent and your own lender. In Huntington, a partner agent I trust does the work on the ground. The full explanation is on How I Work. This section is general information, not financial, legal, or tax advice.

Energy is the biggest job base in Huntington. The Huntington power plant sits up the canyon from town, and the Hunter plant is near Castle Dale. Both plants were built in the 1970s.

Their future has moved with each plan. The owner's 2023 plan said 2032. A 2024 update moved Huntington to 2036. The final 2025 plan set no retirement date, and both plants are running in 2026. More than 400 people work at the two plants, according to High Country News in January 2025.

The mine that fed the Huntington plant, Deer Creek, closed in 2015. Emery County still mines coal, and the story here is different from Carbon County's. Fossil Rock, the old Trail Mountain mine near Orangeville, reopened in 2024. Lila Canyon was sealed in January 2024 after an underground fire. The Emery Valley mine, south of Emery Town, stopped in December 2025. It was sold in February 2026 to a company that plans to reopen it.

The state also runs the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Orangeville. A test reactor site broke ground there in September 2025. Emery County had about 3,600 jobs in early 2026, counting jobs covered by unemployment insurance. Unemployment ran between about 4 and 5.5 percent over the past year.

Work in and near Huntington

This list names places that give work. It is not a ranking, because no public list ranks them.

Some workers drive out of town each day. The traffic topic has the commute numbers from the Census.

Working from home? The internet topic covers fiber. Moving for a job? My job relocation guide covers the timeline.

Sources: PacifiCorp plan news from 2023 to 2025, High Country News (January 2025), the Utah Geological Survey coal tables, 2024 and 2026 mining news and the BLS. No wage figure is printed on purpose.

Not in town, and not in Emery County. Castleview Hospital is at 300 North Hospital Drive in Price, about 23 miles and about 30 minutes from City Hall. It has 39 beds and an emergency room that is open around the clock.

The hospital is a Level IV trauma center. Trauma levels run from I, the most complete, to V. Its services include surgery, orthopedics, and labor and delivery.

Closer in

Emery Medical Center is at 90 West Main Street in Castle Dale, about 12 minutes away. It is a family practice clinic run by Castleview, and walk-ins are welcome on weekdays. The hours are Monday to Wednesday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check before you go, because hours change. It is not an urgent care.

Castleview Urgent Care is in Price at 317 East 100 North. It is open weekdays from noon to 8 p.m., and weekends from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A pharmacy shares the grocery's address on Main Street in Huntington. The shopping topic has the stores.

When you need more

The nearest Level II trauma center is Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, about 1 hour 55 minutes away. Serious injuries and rare conditions often mean that drive. Huntington has its own fire department, which is part of the county fire district. The Huntington senior center, at 176 West 100 North, serves lunch on Mondays.

On military orders? My military PCS guide covers VA loans and timing the move.

Sources: Castleview Hospital and its clinic pages, the Utah Bureau of EMS trauma list, the Emery County senior services page and the county fire district, checked in October 2026. Drive times are map estimates from City Hall.

Huntington is in the Emery County School District. The district office is at 120 North Main Street in Huntington. The district has 10 schools and about 1,900 students, from the Utah State Board of Education count for fall 2025. Two of its schools are in town.

The district confirms which school serves an address, so ask before you make an offer. The state's fall 2025 list shows no charter school in the county.

I do not rate schools, and I would be wary of anyone who says which one is best. Boundaries and programs can change. The links below go to the district and to independent sites, so you can look for yourself.

Counts come from the Utah State Board of Education (fall 2025), kindergarten to grade 12 only. Addresses come from the school sites. Ratings and boundaries come from independent third parties and the district, not from me.

Not in town, but one is close. Utah State University Eastern is in Price, about 30 minutes north. It offers bachelor's and associate degrees, plus technical training.

Utah State University also runs a small site in Castle Dale, called USU Castle Dale. It is inside Emery High School at 975 North Center Street, about 11 minutes south. It offers Utah State degrees in person and online.

For a large campus, go to the Wasatch Front, about 2 to 2.5 hours away. The drive times topic has the miles and minutes.

Sources: USU Eastern's site and the Utah State University statewide campus page for Castle Dale, checked in October 2026. Drive times are map estimates from City Hall.

Traffic in Huntington is light. SR-10 is Main Street. It runs north to Price, and south through Castle Dale and Ferron to I-70. No count of cars is posted.

How long people drive to work

The Census counts about 880 workers who live in Huntington. About half of them get to work in under 15 minutes. That fits work in town and at the plants. About a third travel 15 to 34 minutes, which reaches Price, Castle Dale and the mines. About one in eight travels an hour or more. These are survey estimates with wide margins, so treat them as a guide. The jobs topic has where people work.

The roads

SR-31 climbs Huntington Canyon over the Wasatch Plateau to Fairview. With SR-264 and SR-96 it forms the Energy Loop, a National Scenic Byway. The Federal Highway Administration puts the loop at about 86 miles, or 1.5 hours to drive and a day to visit. SR-155 runs to Cleveland and Elmo. SR-29 climbs to Joe's Valley from north of Castle Dale.

SR-31 is a real mountain road. Snow, avalanche work and blowing snow can close it. Avalanches closed it in 2019 and 2023. In July 2026, a flash flood buried parts of SR-31 near Pole Canyon in mud and rocks. The road was shut between Huntington and Fairview while crews dug it out. Check UDOT Traffic before you go. No chain rule or fixed closing season is posted for the road.

Sources: the Census ACS (2020 to 2024), Utah Code route definitions, the Federal Highway Administration byway page, news reports from 2019 and 2026. Counts carry wide margins. The route times are in the drive times topic.

There is no city or county bus, and no ride service is listed. Emery County has no fixed-route bus. Plan on a car for daily errands.

The nearest passenger trains are Amtrak's California Zephyr. It stops once a day in each direction at Helper, about 29 miles and about 35 minutes away. It also stops at Green River, about 80 miles and about 1.5 hours away.

At Helper, the eastbound train leaves early in the morning. It was listed at 6:22 a.m. on the October 2026 timetable. The westbound train leaves in the evening, and it was listed at 7:53 p.m. Schedules change, so check the current timetable. The Helper station has no staff, so buy your ticket ahead. The Helper hub tells more about the town.

Sources: the Emery County department list, Amtrak's station page and timetable (October 2026) and the Utah Code route definitions. Drive times are map estimates from City Hall.

Not for airline flights. Huntington Municipal Airport is owned by Emery County, about 3 miles northeast of town and about 7 minutes from City Hall. It has a 4,048 foot paved runway and self-serve fuel. No airline flies there.

Carbon County Regional Airport, near Price, is for private planes only. Airlines fly from Provo and Salt Lake City. Provo Airport has Allegiant, American and Breeze. Salt Lake City International is the full-service airport.

• Provo (PVU)~98 mi · ~1 hr 55 min
• Salt Lake City (SLC)~148 mi · ~2 hr 40 min

Sources: the Emery County airport page, FAA data effective October 2026, the Provo Airport airline list and map drive estimates from City Hall. Winter storms add time.

Huntington sits where Huntington Canyon opens into Castle Valley. SR-10 runs through town as Main Street. Price lies north, and the other valley towns lie south. Everything here is measured from City Hall, 20 South Main Street.

Castle Dale

~9 mi · ~11 min

Ferron

~20 mi · ~25 min

Price

~22 mi · ~30 min

Helper

~29 mi · ~35 min

Provo

~97 mi · ~1 hr 50 min

Salt Lake City

~140 mi · ~2 hr 30 min

From the center of town

• Huntington State Park~5 min
• Emery High (Castle Dale)~11 min
• Emery Medical Center~12 min
• Huntington Power Plant turn~17 min
• Castleview Hospital~30 min
• Joe's Valley Reservoir~40 min

Here are more drives people ask about. The road to Provo is the long one.

The outdoors topic covers what is at the end of the canyon and Swell drives, and the nearby topic covers the towns.

These are map estimates from City Hall in normal conditions, not official figures. Gravel roads are slow. Add time for snow, and check your own route.

Going somewhere else? Look up any Utah drive between 138 towns.

Huntington City Hall is the one counter for most of this. It is at 20 South Main Street, phone (435) 687-2436. The city site is huntingtonut.com. Here is who to call.

A home on a well or septic system needs a different call. Ask the Southeast Utah Health Department about septic permits and water tests. Call 811 before you dig.

Sources: Huntington City Resolution 4-2026, the district's rate notices, the city services page, state utility maps and the county landfill page, checked in October 2026. Rates change.

Good, on paper. Fiber to the home is reported in Huntington. E Fiber is the brand of Emery Telcom, which is based in Orangeville. It advertises speeds of up to 1,000 megabits each way. Fiber is a glass cable that carries internet very fast.

The state map shows what providers report at single points, not what a given house can order. Check the exact address before you count on it.

Fixed wireless, which is home internet by radio signal, is listed too. The companies include River Canyon Wireless, Verizon and T-Mobile. Satellite service from Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat is also listed. No cable internet is reported in Huntington.

Cell coverage drops in the canyons and out in the San Rafael Swell. Expect gaps there, and check each carrier's own map for the address you like.

Source: the Utah Broadband Center provider layer, queried at points in October 2026, and Emery Telcom's site. Other streets may differ. No prices are listed on purpose.

Moving day is only the start. Here is the short list for your first 90 days in Huntington. Most of it starts at City Hall or in Castle Dale.

1. Set up your accountsStop by City Hall, 20 South Main Street, phone (435) 687-2436. City Hall posts no office hours, so call first. Ask about water, sewer and secondary water hookups, garbage and the city dump site. A new utility account asks for a deposit.
2. Call the power and gas companiesRocky Mountain Power is 888-221-7070. Enbridge Gas Utah is 800-323-5517.
3. Register your carUtah gives you 60 days after you become a resident. The DMV is at 75 East Main Street in Castle Dale, phone 435-381-3545, open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A first Utah title needs a VIN check. Emery County has no emissions test.
4. Get your Utah driver licenseThere is no license office in Emery County. The Price office is at 940 South Carbon Avenue, open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed from 12 to 1.
5. License your dogThe city charges $30 a year for a dog that is not spayed or neutered. A spayed or neutered dog is free. Bring a rabies certificate. Dog and business licenses end December 31.
6. Register to voteRegister online at vote.utah.gov, or in person with ID.
7. Sign up for schoolAsk the Emery County School District, at 120 North Main Street, which school serves your address.
8. Know the town rulesThe city council meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Planning and zoning usually meets the second Thursday. The city lists no police department of its own. The Emery County Sheriff's Office is in Castle Dale. Huntington has its own fire department.
9. Test for radonTest every home. The home checks topic has the numbers.

Rules and office hours change. Check each office before you go.

Huntington has one grocery store, and the weekly shop is in Price. Hometown Market is at 221 North Main Street. It is open Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed on Sunday. A pharmacy shares its address.

Family Dollar is at 151 North Main Street. The city counts three fuel stops with snacks and food, and the restaurants topic names them. Castle Valley Supply, on Canyon Road, sells moving and packing supplies and is a U-Haul dealer. No hardware or feed store is confirmed in town.

Down the valley, Stewart's Marketplace in Castle Dale is a full grocery with a deli and bakery. The weekly big shop is in Price, about 30 minutes north. Lin's Fresh Market, Walmart and Smith's each have a pharmacy. Price also has Ace Hardware and Tractor Supply.

What Huntington does not have

These stores are not in town. Here is the nearest one of each.

In summer, the Carbon and Emery Farmers Market meets on Saturdays in Price.

Store lists and hours change. These come from the stores' own sites and the county's dining list, checked in October 2026. A business missing here is not necessarily closed.

Huntington's outdoors runs in three directions. There is warm water at the edge of town, cold water and high country up the canyon, and red rock desert out east. The lake is about 5 minutes from City Hall. The other two take a longer drive.

Huntington State Park

The city calls it Huntington Lake. It lies about 5 minutes north of town. The warm-water reservoir was finished in 1966 and sits at 5,840 feet. County tourism lists it at about 237 acres. The park has a beach and a boat launch, and people waterski and swim here. Paddleboard and kayak rentals run from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Anglers catch largemouth bass and bluegill. The state limit is 6 bass, and only 1 may be over 12 inches. A trail from the city's softball complex winds around to the lake.

The park is getting a new campground building. In October 2026 its page still said the showers and restroom building were closed. Check the park page before you plan a stay. The park closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Huntington Canyon and the Energy Loop

SR-31 climbs Huntington Canyon into the Manti-La Sal National Forest. It is a National Scenic Byway, called the Energy Loop. Along the way are campgrounds, four-wheeling in summer, and snowmobiling and cross-country skiing in winter. The power plant turn is about 17 minutes up. The turn to Crandall Canyon is about 30 minutes up, and the county lists a miners memorial in that canyon.

The San Rafael Swell, from the north entrance

The city calls itself the north entrance to the San Rafael Swell. The Swell is a huge area of canyons and rock walls, about 80 miles long and 35 miles wide. The BLM, the federal land agency, manages close to 217,000 acres of it as a recreation area. There are no services out there. Bring water, a real spare tire and a downloaded map, since cell coverage drops.

Joe's Valley

Joe's Valley Reservoir is about 23 miles and 40 minutes from town, west of Orangeville. It covers 1,170 acres at 7,000 feet. It holds trout, tiger muskie and splake. The canyons off SR-29 are known for bouldering. The festival that gathers there each fall calls it some of the best bouldering in America. It is held in early October.

Sources: Utah State Parks, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 2025 to 2026 fishing rules, the Federal Highway Administration, the BLM, Huntington City and Emery County tourism. Drive times are map estimates from City Hall.

Arches National Park is the nearest national park. The visitor center is about 128 miles and about 2 hours 20 minutes from City Hall. Moab is about 2 hours 25 minutes away. That makes Arches a long day or a weekend trip.

Closer in, a few places fill a day trip. Each can change with the water level or the road, so check before you go. Huntington State Park, at the edge of town, is in the outdoors topic.

Jurassic National Monument

The BLM runs the monument. It is about 22 miles east of Huntington, and the last 11 miles are graded gravel. More than 12,000 bones from at least 74 animals have come out of one hillside. The BLM calls it one of the densest concentrations of Jurassic fossils ever found.

The building over the quarry was closed for construction in 2026. The visitor center and the trails stayed open, and the BLM listed Thursday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the BLM Price Field Office before you drive, because the closed part and the hours can change.

Sources: Utah State Parks, the BLM (checked October 15, 2026), Emery County tourism and the National Park Service. Drive times are map estimates from City Hall. Alerts and water levels change, so check each park's own site.

There is no ski area in Emery County. The nearest open one is Sundance Mountain Resort, in Provo Canyon. It is about 111 miles and 2 hours 10 minutes from City Hall. Snow sets its opening date, so check the resort. Eagle Point will not open for the 2026-27 season.

A ski day from Huntington is a long one. Winter sports close to home are up Huntington Canyon, where people go snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. The plateau gets far more snow than the town does. The snow topic has the numbers.

Drive times are map estimates from City Hall with no traffic. Winter storms add time.

Huntington has no golf course in town, but one sits down the valley. Millsite Golf Course is in Ferron, about 33 minutes from City Hall. It has 18 holes and opened in 1988. It lies next to Millsite State Park. The course is usually open from mid-March to late November.

Sources: Emery County tourism and the Millsite State Park page. Call the course for the current season, rates and tee times.

Huntington has a few places to eat, and the full range of restaurants is in Price, about 30 minutes north. The places below sit along Main Street, except one. They run from a sit-down grill to fuel stops with food.

Six places, by kind of food

• GrillPonderosa Grill686 North 400 EastBurgers, pizza and sandwiches. You can eat inside, sit outside or order curbside pickup.
• Grocery counterHometown Market221 North MainThe town grocery, with ready-made hot meals to take home.
• SandwichesSubwaySouth MainA Subway on south Main Street.
• Fuel stopHarts Gas and Food135 South MainFrozen yogurt and shakes at a fuel stop.
• Fuel stopMaverik200 North MainBurritos, sandwiches, pizza and coffee.
• Fuel stopBK's Stop-N-Shop500 North MainA deli with pizza and hot sandwiches, and weekly lunch specials.

These are facts, not a ranking, and no one paid to be on this list. Small places change owners and hours, so check before you drive.

More to know

Plan dinner with the hours in mind, because few places stay open late. For groceries and the big-store runs, see the groceries and shopping topic.

Sources: the Emery County tourism dining list, each business's own page where one was found, and the city's about page. Hours change, so check before you go.

Huntington is small, but a few places are worth a stop. A lake, a library, a memorial, parks and a county museum are all within about 15 minutes. The festival season is in the events topic.

• LakeHuntington State Park5 minutes northThe warm-water lake. The outdoors topic has the details.
• MemorialHeroes Among UsMiners Memorial Park, west edge of townA curved wall of nine bronze portraits, unveiled September 14, 2008. In August 2007, nine men died at the Crandall Canyon mine: six miners and three rescue workers. The sculptor was Karen Jobe Templeton.
• LibraryHuntington Library70 South Main StreetOpen Monday 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends. You can borrow laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots.
• City parksSplash pad and skate parkIn townThe city parks have pavilions with tables, a splash pad, a skate park and playgrounds. A trail from the softball complex runs to the lake.
• MuseumMuseum of the San Rafael70 North 100 East, Castle DaleAbout 11 minutes south. It shows dinosaur fossils, Native American artifacts, and pioneer and industry exhibits. Check its hours before you go.
• PoolsEmery County Aquatic Center240 East 800 North, Castle DaleAbout 12 minutes south. It has an indoor pool and an outdoor pool.
• Pioneer cabinsO'ville Pioneer VillageOrangevilleEight rescued pioneer cabins, about 15 minutes south.

The Prehistoric Museum is in Price, about 30 minutes north. For the dinosaur quarry east of town, see the parks topic.

Sources: Huntington City, the Emery County library, tourism and department pages, and a 2008 Deseret News report on the memorial. Hours and seasons change, so check before you go.

The arts scene is small. Huntington has no gallery row. The library, the county museum and the Emery County Fair in Castle Dale are the main places for local culture.

For a gallery walk, go to Helper, about 35 minutes north. Helper's Main Street has galleries and a First Friday evening walk from April to October. The Helper hub has the details.

Sources: Huntington City, Emery County and the Helper hub. Check what is open before you plan a day around one stop.

Huntington's big weekend is Heritage Days in late June. The rodeo runs on Friday and Saturday, and in 2026 those nights were June 26 and 27. A parade has usually been part of it. The valley around town keeps a full calendar, so the list below mixes Huntington events with ones in nearby towns.

The Emery County Fair is in Castle Dale. In 2026 the main days were July 29 to August 1, with the parade and rodeo on August 1. Joe's Valley Fest draws climbers from far away, and it ran October 1 to 4 in 2026.

• JanuaryMillsite On Ice, a fishing tournament, usually the second weekend. Snowmobiling and cross-country skiing up the canyon.
• FebruaryA quiet month in Castle Valley. Price and Helper hold their own events.
• MarchMillsite golf usually opens in mid-March.
• AprilGreen River holds spring events.
• MayBike the Swell, a mountain bike event (May 1 to 3 in 2026). State park rentals start at Memorial Day.
• JuneHuntington Heritage Days, with the rodeo on Friday and Saturday (June 26 and 27 in 2026). The Castle Country Classic (June 25 and 26 in 2026).
• JulyThe Emery County Fair begins at the end of the month in Castle Dale (July 29 in 2026).
• AugustThe fair parade and rodeo in Castle Dale (August 1 in 2026).
• SeptemberFerron Peach Days (September 10 to 12 in 2026) and Green River Melon Days (September 18 and 19). Fall color up the canyon.
• OctoberJoe's Valley Fest (October 1 to 4 in 2026).
• NovemberGreen River Outlaw Days, usually early in the month. Millsite golf usually closes late in the month.
• DecemberThe state parks close on Christmas. Ski season starts at Sundance when the snow allows.

These are the usual months, from the Emery County 2026 events calendar. Dates move each year, so check the county and each event's own site before you plan a trip. Huntington City has no events page.

Huntington sits at the upper end of Castle Valley. The valley towns run south along SR-10, Price lies north, and the Swell fills the horizon to the east. The county offices are in Castle Dale. These are the drives people make most.

The drive times topic has the full list. The outdoors topic covers the places that need a day.

Still weighing the wider state before you commit to a town? The Relocating to Utah guide is a good place to start.

Drive times are map estimates from City Hall with no traffic.