Why Kanab Is Called ‘Little Hollywood’ – 4 Movie Locations Worth Visiting
You wouldn’t expect a town of less than 5,000 people tucked into southern Utah’s red rock country to have a star-studded past—but Kanab isn’t just any small town. It's been chased by outlaws, kissed under desert sunsets, blown up by aliens, and rescued by heroes on horseback... all before lunch. Locals call it “Little Hollywood,” and not as a marketing gimmick. It earned that nickname the old-school way—by showing up in over a hundred films and TV shows across nearly a century. Westerns, sci-fi flicks, historical dramas, low-budget oddities with cult followings—you name it, the cameras were rolling here. So…
