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The Ultimate Southwest Vacation includes Zion National Park, Utah!

Stay in Mount Carmel Junction, the heart of the parks, and visit the treasures of the Southwest.

Zion Park 12 miles
Grand Staircase 9 miles
Sand Dunes 11 miles
Dixie Forest 22 miles
Cedar Breaks 45 miles
Red Canyon 47 miles
Coyote Butte 57 miles
Bryce Canyon 60 miles
North Rim 85 miles
Toroweap 90 miles

In these pages you will find insiders information on Zion National Park lodging, adventures and hikes. This detailed guide includes road maps, park maps, pictures, trail beta, backpacking, history, fees, geology, flora, fauna, campgrounds, things for kids to do and even information on Zion's hidden treasures.

Making summer memories in the Utah National Parks and National Monuments.

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Zion National Park Map

Directions to Zion National Park
From Salt Lake City: Travel I-15 south, past Beaver. Exit on Hwy 20. Follow US-89 to Mount Carmel Junction. Take U-9 to Zion's east entrance.
From Arizona: Travel 89A through Fredonia, Arizona and Kanab Utah. Follow US-89 to to Mount Carmel Junction. Take U-9 to the east park entrance.
From Las Vegas: Travel I-15 north. Take exit 16 and travel through Hurricane. Make a right on U-9 at the second traffic light in LaVerkin. Continue on U-9 to the south entrance of the park. U-9 through Zion National Park is always open and is also called the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway.

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Zion Canyon Shuttle Information

Photo: Tanya stemming in Red Hollow
I want to thank my awesome hiking partner and best friend, Bo Beck, for all his help creating this guide for Zion National Park and the surrounding areas. ~tanya

Greater Zion Area Trails and Photos

Amazing geography lines the scenic byways and fills the national parks and monuments on the east side of Zion National Park. Sculpted sandstone, vermillion cliffs, forests, hoodoos and more grant the photographer a wealth of photo opportunities.

East Zion Slot Canyon Photos & Trails

Hidden in the depths of some of the most outstanding scenery on earth are magnificent slot canyons. The east side of Zion National Park contains a huge share of these photogenic places.

Red Hollow Photos
Red Cave Photos
Spring Hollow Photos
Red Canyon  Photos
Meadow Creek - Mineral Gulch Photos

Zion Park Slot Canyons Photos & Trails
(starting outside the east side of the park)

Orderville Canyon Photos
Zion Narrows Photos
Canyoneering in Zion
(many slot canyons start in East Zion)

East Fork Virgin River Photos

The East Fork of the Virgin River is one of the most incredible places in or near Zion National Park. The trail begins at Checkerboard Mesa inside the park and ends at Mount Carmel Junction on the east side of Zion.

Fat Man's Misery Photos
Parunuweap Canyon Photos

Moquith Mountain Photos

Moquith Mountain is found off US-89 near the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. The area is a haven of slickrock plateaus, vermilion cliffs, drainage's, beautiful canyons and hidden treasures such as the South Fork Indian Pictographs.

S. Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs Photos
Helldive Canyon Pictographs  Photos

Canaan Mountain Photos (Zion Overlook)

The Canaan Mountain trail goes through Water Canyon, over wind swept slick rock, past volcanic rock and white hoodoos, moqui marbles, sand and then climbs to the top of the mountain where white hoodoos reveal a wonderful view of Zion National Park. Hardcore hikers/backpackers might want to continue all the way to the exit at Eagle Crags instead of backtracking once at the windlass.

Canaan Mountain Photos
Canaan Mountain Day Hike
Squirrel Canyon Photos

Grand Staircase Escalante Slot Canyons

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has an enormous terrain filled with canyons, buttes, terraces and wilderness scenery galore. Travel this arid landscape to some of the most photogenic slot canyons anywhere.

Lick Wash Photos
Willis Creek Photos
Bull Valley Gorge Photos
Round Valley Draw  Photos
Hackberry Canyon Photos

 

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While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~ Dorothea Lange Photo: Pine Creek Waterfall © Photography by Tanya

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