The interchange Toquerville
I-15 exit 27, and how Toquerville reaches the rest of Utah
Anderson Junction, where Toquerville meets the interstate.
Anderson Junction is the I-15 interchange at exit 27, a few minutes north of Toquerville, and it is how a quiet historic town plugs into the wider world. From this one turn onto the freeway, St. George is about 25 minutes south and Cedar City about 35 minutes north. Here is the honest picture of what the junction is, what it is not, and the drives it opens up.
By Scott Buehler, Toquerville local
Updated September 2026
The short answer
Anderson Junction is the Interstate 15 interchange at exit 27, sitting at the north end of State Route 17 a few minutes above Toquerville. It is not a town or a place you stop, it is the turn that puts Toquerville on the interstate, and that is the whole reason it matters. From this one on-ramp, St. George is about 25 minutes south and Cedar City about 35 minutes north, and the Zion corridor feeds onto the freeway right here. If you are weighing a quiet historic town, this junction is a big part of why it still works for a real commute. Everything below is how those drives actually shake out, and what is and is not there.
Start here
One turn, and the whole town is on the freeway.
Anderson Junction is simply the point where State Route 17 meets Interstate 15, at exit 27. It is the north end of SR-17 and, in plain terms, Toquerville's door to the interstate. Almost everything the town reaches in a hurry, St. George, Cedar City, and on a longer day Las Vegas, it reaches by driving up SR-17 to this one turn.
The order along the corridor is worth having straight. Anderson Junction sits at the top, on I-15. From there SR-17 runs south about six miles, through Toquerville first and then down to La Verkin, where it meets State Route 9. SR-9 is the Zion road, heading east to Springdale and the park's south entrance and southwest toward Hurricane. So the junction is the corridor's link to the freeway, while La Verkin, a few miles further south, holds the corridor's link to Zion.
What Anderson Junction is not is a destination. There is no downtown here, no main street, nothing that would make anyone say they live at the junction. The town itself sits a few minutes south. That gap is the point: Toquerville gets a genuine interstate on-ramp close by, without the noise and frontage of living right on the freeway.
Anderson Junction at a glance
Exit 27
the I-15 interchange
~3 mi
north to the junction from town
~25 min
south to St. George
~35 min
north to Cedar City
What is actually there
A junction, not a town center.
It is worth saying plainly, because the name can mislead a newcomer: Anderson Junction is a freeway interchange, not a place with a center. There is no square, no main street, none of the cluster you might picture from the word junction. The businesses that gather near any interstate exit come and go, and I would rather not sell you on services that may or may not be there on the day you drive through. What the junction reliably is, is the on-ramp.
Toquerville's actual life sits a few minutes south, along State Route 17 and the older streets of the 1858 townsite on Ash Creek. That separation is deliberate, and for most buyers it is welcome. You get the interchange's quick shot to the freeway without the frontage roads, the fuel stops, and the through traffic that come with living right at an exit. The junction does the connecting; the town stays a town.
If you are coming from out of state and pinning the town on a map, put Toquerville just below the exit, not at it. The interchange is the gateway, three miles up the road, and the place you would actually live is the quiet stretch of SR-17 south of it.
Roadwork is a fact of life on this corridor. Anderson Junction and the SR-17 corridor see periodic construction, so ramp and lane configurations change from season to season. If a trip depends on a specific ramp or stretch being open, check current UDOT conditions before you go.
The drives this opens up
Where you can get from here, and how long it takes.
The reason Anderson Junction matters to anyone deciding on Toquerville is simple: it turns a quiet town into a connected one. Once you are on I-15 here, the two anchors of southwest Utah are close. St. George, with the region's main hospital, its airport, and the big stores, is about 25 minutes south. Cedar City, home to Southern Utah University and the Utah Shakespeare Festival, is about 35 minutes north.
The Zion corridor runs the other way. Head south on SR-17 to La Verkin and east on SR-9 and you reach Zion's south entrance at Springdale in roughly 45 minutes. The park's quieter Kolob Canyons entrance is closer still, about 15 minutes north up I-15. And because this is the interstate, the wider world is a straight shot too: Las Vegas in a little over two hours south, Salt Lake City in about four hours north.
These are honest averages for normal conditions, not promises. Zion traffic, weather, and roadwork can each move them.
Scott Buehler
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Anderson Junction, answered.
Anderson Junction is the Interstate 15 interchange at exit 27, at the north end of State Route 17 and a few minutes north of Toquerville. It is how the town and the wider Zion corridor get onto the freeway.
Just north of town. Toquerville sits south of the junction along State Route 17, about three miles from the historic core, so the interchange is a short drive up SR-17 rather than part of the town itself.
Head north on State Route 17 to Anderson Junction at exit 27, about three miles and five minutes from the historic core. That short, direct link to a true freeway on-ramp is one of Toquerville's real everyday advantages.
About 20 miles south on Interstate 15 from the interchange, or roughly 25 minutes from Toquerville once you count the short drive up SR-17 to the freeway.
About 35 minutes north on Interstate 15. Southern Utah University is in Cedar City, which puts it within a comfortable commute from Toquerville by way of Anderson Junction.
No. Anderson Junction is a freeway interchange, not a town center or a main street. Toquerville's actual homes, church, and historic core are a few minutes south down State Route 17.
From the interchange you take State Route 17 south to La Verkin, then State Route 9 east toward Springdale and Zion's south entrance, about 45 minutes in all. Zion's Kolob Canyons entrance is closer, about 15 minutes north up Interstate 15.
The short state highway that runs from Anderson Junction and I-15 at its north end, south through Toquerville to La Verkin, where it meets State Route 9. It is the spine that ties Toquerville to the freeway in one direction and the Zion road in the other.
For a lot of buyers, yes. A real interstate interchange three miles out means a fast, genuine commute to St. George or Cedar City without living right against the freeway. I am happy to walk through what that means for a specific home.
A quiet town with a fast way out is a specific kind of good.
If a genuine interstate commute from a small historic town is what you are after, Toquerville's spot just off Anderson Junction is a real part of the case. I have lived and worked in this corner of Washington County for years, and I am glad to talk through whether it fits what you need, no pressure either way.
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