Take the
detour.
One day in Midway, Utah — every stop scouted, driven, and vouched for by a local who lives for a good adventure. Show up. Lose track of time. Not a list. A plan.
Free · Half a day · Under an hour from Salt Lake
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Get a taste.
The first stop is already open below. The rest of the day is sitting right behind the blur.
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Open the whole day.
Twenty seconds — who you are, when you're going. The full plan appears right here. Nothing to wait for.
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Just show up.
Every pin, price, and best-time-to-be-there is already sorted. You bring the person and the playlist.
Midway, quickly
Swiss settlers put down roots in this valley in the 1860s and never let the Alps go — the town still runs on chalets, cheese, and a cuckoo clock. Underneath it all is geothermal water, which is why there’s a 10,000-year-old hot spring crater sitting right off Main Street. It’s the closest thing Utah has to a European day trip.
The Midway Detour
The day you’ll keep talking about.
Curated by Hayden W., who lived in Midway. Every stop is one he’s driven, eaten, and vetted in person.
When to go
Tuesday through Saturday
The Pizza Yard is closed Sunday and Monday, and the farm store is closed Sunday — either day breaks the detour before it starts.
Hours change with the season and any stop can close without notice. Every map link opens that place's live Google listing — confirm before you drive up.
12:00 pm
The Pizza Yard
Start easy. Wood-fired pizza, outdoor tables, zero pressure. Order two things and split both.
An adventure awaits
The rest of the day is right here — where to eat, where to wander, and exactly where to be when the light goes gold.
Unlock the full detourFree · 20 seconds
What you get
- The whole day, already sequenced — so you never have to ask what’s next
- Every stop: what to do, what to order, what it costs
- The exact map pin and street address for every stop — no wrong turns
- The swim spot locals don’t post — including where to park
- Backups and add-ons if you want to stretch the day longer
- Free. All of it.
Unlock the rest of the day
Free. 20 seconds.
The whole day is one step away — every pin, every price, and exactly where to be when the light goes gold. One unlock opens every town on the site, and you’ll be first to know each time we drop a new date or adventure idea.
Tell us who you are and when you’re taking the detour. The full day opens right here.
Free. No spam. The page unlocks instantly.
More detours
Midway isn’t the only one.
- Donut FallsUtah
45 minutes up Big Cottonwood
A waterfall you can climb inside, an overlook at 9,700 feet, lunch at the top of a funicular nobody knows is free, and ski jumpers landing in a pool.
See the day
- WendoverNevada
2 hours from Salt Lake
Thirty thousand acres of salt, the airfield the Enola Gay flew out of, Indian food at a truck stop, and the best sunset in the state.
See the day
Questions
Is it actually free?
Yes. Unlocking the detour costs nothing, ever. A few stops cost money once you’re standing there — lunch, a ticket, a tank of gas — and we put the price on every one so nothing catches you off guard.
Who put this together?
Hayden W. — these are his places. He’s either lived in these towns or drives out to them often enough that the stops aren’t research, they’re habit. He drove the whole thing, ate at every stop, and cut anything that wasn’t worth your day. No scraped lists, no sponsored placements, no tourism board. Just the day we’d take ourselves.
Why do I have to give my info?
Because we’re building more of these. The people on the list hear about every new date and adventure idea first. Twenty seconds, no spam, instant unlock — and it unlocks every town, not just this one.
Do we have to do the whole thing?
Not even close. It’s a plan, not homework. Do three stops, skip the rest, stay somewhere twice as long as we said. Getting lost in it is the point.
What if the weather’s bad?
Bring a rain coat and go anyway — you’ll have a good day. Check the forecast before you drive, then decide how you want to adventure: some stops don’t care what the sky is doing, and the ones that do are easy to swap or save for next time.
Is this a date thing or can I bring friends?
Either. It works as a date and just as well with three friends in the car — same stops, same day. Bring whoever you’d want sitting next to you at sunset.