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Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is a state park of
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, US, which interprets archaeological remains of the Fremont culture. The park is located in Sevier County, Utah in the
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. The park directly adjoins
Interstate 70 Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the co ...
as it travels up the Clear Creek Canyon, and thus is highly accessible by auto. The nearest town with full services (
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, etc.) is Richfield. There are campgrounds and RV parks in the area as well. The site was discovered during construction of Interstate 70, and thousands of artifacts have been excavated from the ancient village and put on permanent display at the museum there. The museum offers hiking trails and picnic areas. The Fremont Indians were agriculturalists who lived from about 400 to 1300 in north and central Utah and adjacent parts of Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. The Fremont are thought to have come from hunter-gatherers who previously lived in this location and were influenced by the Ancestral Puebloans who introduced corn and pottery, making year-round settlements possible.


Climate

Fremont Indian State Park has a borderline
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and
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(
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''BSk''/''Dfb''), characterized by cold winters, warm-to-hot summers, and high
diurnal temperature variation In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day. Temperature lag Temperature lag is an important factor in diurnal temperature variation: peak da ...
throughout the year.


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Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
{{authority control Archaeological museums in Utah Fishlake National Forest Museums in Sevier County, Utah Native American museums in Utah Protected areas established in 1987 Protected areas of Sevier County, Utah State parks of Utah 1987 establishments in Utah