Thousand Springs State Park and the nine beautiful units within are testaments to why the area is called the Magic Valley. Visitors can explore the magnificent Malad Gorge, access the riding arena at Billingsley Creek, view Niagara and Crystal Springs and take in the scenery at Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserve, see the old dairy barn on Ritter Island, walk the trail through Bonnieview, and see Vardis Fisher Pond. Vardis wrote 22 novels here including Mountain Man which was the basis for the movie Jeremiah Johnson.