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Things to do Tremonton

A ranked, honest look at what actually earns an afternoon at the valley crossroads

Things to do in Tremonton, from the summer festivals to the fair to a splash pad.

Tremonton runs a fuller calendar than a town most people pass on the interstate lets on: two homegrown summer festivals, the county fair and its rodeo, a free splash pad, a public golf course, and an old drive-in. Here is the honest ranked list of what earns an afternoon in town, and the day trips a short drive out.

On this page The short answer The ranked list The day trips Living here FAQ
By Scott Buehler, Moving Utah Updated August 2026

The short answer

The best of Tremonton is seasonal and close together. Tremonton Hay Days fills Jeanie Stevens Park in late July, the Box Elder County Fair and its rodeo take over the fairgrounds in late August, and the free Shuman Park splash pad, the farmers market, and Skyway Golf carry the warm months. The big regional days out, from Crystal Hot Springs to Golden Spike, are each a short drive from the crossroads, so the list below marks what is in town and what is a drive.

Where Tremonton, the Bear River Valley crossroads where I-15 meets I-84 in northern Box Elder County
Getting around A flat valley grid you can cross in minutes, with the day trips a short hop by car
Best time Summer for the festivals, splash pad, and golf; late August for the county fair
Cost Most of the in-town list is free or a few dollars
Time needed An afternoon for the core, a full day with a regional drive or two

The ranked list, in and around town

  1. 1. Box Elder County Fair and rodeo
  2. 2. Tremonton Hay Days in July
  3. 3. Shuman Park splash pad
  4. 4. Skyway Golf in town
  5. 5. Farmers market and pumpkin weigh-off
  6. 6. Mack's Family Drive-In
  7. 7. Midland Square downtown
Planning sections The day trips and seasons Living near Tremonton Ways to plan a day Quick answers

Box Elder County Fair and Golden Spike PRCA Rodeo

Late August Fairgrounds The valley's big week

The headline week for the whole valley. The county fair and its Golden Spike PRCA Rodeo fill the fairgrounds at 320 N 1000 W in late August, with a parade, a carnival, livestock exhibits, a junior livestock auction, and four nights of rodeo. The fair dates to 1925 and marked its 100th year in 2025. It earns its own guide, so here it is a pointer. Read the county fair and rodeo guide.

Tremonton Hay Days in late July

Late July Jeanie Stevens Park Mostly free

The one a lot of visitors miss: Tremonton throws its own civic festival, separate from the county fair. Hay Days lands around Pioneer Day in late July at Jeanie Stevens Park, and the lineup runs to fireworks, food trucks, live music, a 5K, a home run derby, a free pancake breakfast, and a Guns and Hoses softball game between the police and the fire department. The exact weekend shifts each year, so confirm the current dates before you plan around it.

The Shuman Park splash pad

200 N Tremont St Free Summer

The free splash pad at Shuman Park is the town's summer default for young kids, running roughly Memorial Day through Labor Day. The small park does a lot of work: the farmers market, a stage, and the Tremonton City Library all cluster here beside Tremont Street, so a splash-pad stop turns into an easy morning. Hours and dates move each season, so check before a special trip.

Skyway Golf, right in town

In town Public Spring to fall

Skyway Golf and Country Club is Tremonton's public course, open to walk-on play through the golf season and a rare thing for a town this size to keep in its own limits. It means a warm-weather round without a drive down the corridor. Tee times and hours change with the season and the day, so confirm current hours before you drive over.

The farmers market and the pumpkin weigh-off

Shuman Park May to October Free entry

The Tremonton Farmers Market runs monthly through the warm season at Shuman Park, with dozens of vendors and a car show on the July market. The season caps in October with a Giant Pumpkin Challenge weigh-off, where valley growers roll in their heaviest pumpkins for the scale. Market months and the weigh-off date shift year to year, so confirm the current schedule.

Mack's Family Drive-In, since 1965

80 E Main St Since 1965 Check before you go

Mack's Family Drive-In has been a Main Street burger-and-shake institution since 1965. A grease fire closed it in the spring of 2024 and the family has been rebuilding, so its current open status is the one thing on this list to confirm before you count on it. Check the drive-in's own page or call ahead before you make it the plan.

Midland Square downtown

75 W Main Downtown Any season

Downtown's public square sits at 75 W Main, on the ground where the Midland Hotel and its neighbors burned in 1994. The city turned the footprint into an open gathering space that holds the town's veterans memorial, an easy stop on a walk through the center of town and the anchor for a lot of downtown events. More on what makes Tremonton different.

One more, if it happens to be open

Holmgren Historical Farm, a National Register historic farmstead with a Gothic-arch dairy barn northeast of downtown, has long opened for the occasional event rather than daily tours. Public access comes and goes, so check the farm's own page before you count on a visit.

The day trips and seasons

What is a drive, and when to come.

Tremonton sits where I-15 and I-84 split, which puts three directions of day trips within an easy reach. Those big regional stops belong to their own guides, linked below, so this page keeps them as pointers rather than claiming them. Drive times are for ordinary conditions and are estimates, not published figures.

About 11 min south

Crystal Hot Springs

Mineral pools and slides in Honeyville, a short hop down the valley.

Read the guide

About 45 min west

Golden Spike

Where the transcontinental rails were joined in 1869, out at Promontory.

Read the guide

A drive south

Bird Refuge

A free auto loop through Great Salt Lake wetland, out past Brigham City.

Read the guide

About half an hour south

Willard Bay

Freshwater beaches, boat ramps, and winter eagles behind the dam.

See the guide

Summer, for the festivals

July and August are the fullest window: Hay Days around Pioneer Day, the splash pad and golf in full swing, and the farmers market at Shuman Park.

Late summer, for the fair

The county fair and rodeo land in late August, and the market caps its run in October with the Giant Pumpkin Challenge weigh-off.

Winter, for the drive out

The valley gets a real northern-Utah winter with snow and the odd inversion, so a cold-season trip leans on the day trips and the indoor soak at Crystal Hot Springs.

Much of this list keeps a season or a schedule. The two festivals and the county fair fall on weekends that move year to year, the splash pad, golf, and farmers market run mainly in the warm months, and Mack's Family Drive-In is rebuilding from a 2024 fire, so confirm its open status before you count on it. Small-town hours change, so check what is open before you set out, and watch the weather on the day trips west to Golden Spike and south down the corridor.

Living near Tremonton

A calendar to visit, and a working town to live in.

The reason a small town can fill a things-to-do page is that Tremonton runs like a real hub for the northern valley, not a bedroom stop off the interstate. For anyone weighing a move up here, that is the part worth sitting with.

A self-contained town

For a place this size, Tremonton keeps a lot in its own limits: Intermountain Bear River Valley Hospital, a full grocery in Ridley's Family Market and a Walmart Supercenter, a public library, and community fiber. Most weeks never require leaving the valley.

Where it sits

This is the crossroads where I-15 and I-84 split, with SR-30 running east to Logan. Garland is two miles north, close enough that the two towns share schools and run as one. Brigham City is 15 to 20 minutes south, and the nearest FrontRunner is about 40 minutes south in Ogden.

If you are house-hunting

Tremonton is repeatedly ranked among Utah's fastest-growing small cities, and the trade it offers is more house and land for less proximity to big-metro jobs and stores. The widest errands still mean an easy drive south.

Thinking about planting yourself at the crossroads for good? The Tremonton guide gets into prices, neighborhoods, schools, and what is for sale today, and the Box Elder County overview maps how the towns and open country of the valley string together.

Put it together

An afternoon, a family day, or a festival weekend.

A handful of ways to fill the time, sorted by how long you have and what draws you.

A summer afternoon

  • Cool off at the Shuman Park splash pad
  • Browse the farmers market next to it
  • Walk Midland Square downtown
  • Grab a burger if Mack's is open

A family day

  • Run the splash pad in the morning
  • Play a round at Skyway Golf
  • Catch the car show at the July market
  • Soak at Crystal Hot Springs down south

A festival weekend

  • Time it to Hay Days in late July
  • Or the county fair and rodeo in August
  • Catch the parade and the fireworks
  • Confirm the current dates first

A wider valley loop

  • Drive west to Golden Spike at Promontory
  • Soak or camp at Crystal Hot Springs
  • Loop south to the Bird Refuge
  • Base the whole run out of Tremonton

Keep reading

More of Tremonton, one guide at a time.

The whole picture

Tremonton, start to finish

The overview that ties the crossroads, the industry, and the calendar together.

Open the hub

The big week

County Fair and Rodeo

A county fair dating to 1925 and four nights of PRCA rodeo.

Read the guide

The identity

What makes Tremonton different

The cereal plant, the crossroads, and the growth story.

Read the guide

Outdoors

Parks and recreation

The neighborhood parks, the splash pad, and Skyway Golf.

Read the guide

Everyday life

Living in Tremonton

The grocery, the hospital, the library, and the fiber.

Read the guide

Moving here

Moving to Tremonton

The commute south, the winters, and what is not in town.

Read the guide

Quick answers

Things to do in Tremonton, answered.

The in-town list runs to Tremonton Hay Days in late July, the Box Elder County Fair and Golden Spike PRCA Rodeo in late August, the free Shuman Park splash pad, Skyway Golf, and the Tremonton Farmers Market. Regional day trips like Crystal Hot Springs and Golden Spike are each a short drive out. An afternoon covers the core, and a full day lets you add a drive.

Tremonton Hay Days is the city's own festival, held around Pioneer Day in late July at Jeanie Stevens Park. It runs to fireworks, food trucks, live music, a 5K, a home run derby, a free pancake breakfast, and a Guns and Hoses softball game. The exact weekend shifts each year, so confirm the current dates before you plan around it.

The Box Elder County Fair and Golden Spike PRCA Rodeo run in late August at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds, 320 N 1000 W in Tremonton, with a parade, a carnival, livestock exhibits, and four nights of PRCA rodeo. The fair dates to 1925 and marked its 100th year in 2025. Exact dates move each year, so check the current schedule.

Yes. The free splash pad at Shuman Park, 200 N Tremont Street, runs through the warm season, roughly Memorial Day to Labor Day. The park also holds the farmers market, a stage, and the city library beside Tremont Street. Splash-pad hours and dates change each season, so confirm them before a special trip.

Yes. Skyway Golf and Country Club is Tremonton's public course, open through the golf season. It keeps the town's warm-weather recreation in town rather than down the corridor. Tee times and hours change with the season, so confirm current hours before you drive over.

Mack's Family Drive-In has been a Main Street institution since 1965, but a grease fire closed it in the spring of 2024 and the family has been rebuilding. Its current open status is the one thing on this list to confirm before you count on it, so check the drive-in's own page or call ahead before making it the plan.

Several of the region's biggest days out sit a short drive from the crossroads: Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville about 11 minutes south, Golden Spike National Historical Park to the west, the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge south toward Brigham City, and Willard Bay farther south. Each has its own guide, and drive times are estimates that change with the season.

Yes. The Tremonton Farmers Market runs monthly through the warm season at Shuman Park, with dozens of vendors and a car show on the July market. The season caps in October with a Giant Pumpkin Challenge weigh-off. Market months and the weigh-off date shift year to year, so confirm the current schedule.

An afternoon covers the in-town core: the splash pad, the farmers market, Skyway Golf, and a walk through Midland Square downtown. A full day lets you add a regional drive like Crystal Hot Springs or Golden Spike. If you come for Hay Days in July or the county fair in late August, plan for a busy festival weekend rather than a quiet visit.

Scott Buehler, Moving Utah

A good afternoon here, and a valley worth a longer look.

Filling a Saturday here is one thing; deciding the valley is where you belong is another. A day of splash pads and hot springs will not show you what a lot near the fairgrounds sells for, what a January run down I-15 to Ogden does to your patience, or whether a town this size holds the jobs and schools your household needs. That is the part I help with. Say what you are trying to figure out, and I will pair you with a Box Elder partner agent who calls this valley home, then handle the research and financing once you are ready.

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