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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
Plan your Zion National Park Vacation with our Utah Maps and
Information
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.
Utah!
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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.
Oversized
Vehicle Information
Zion
Canyon Shuttle Information
Zion Photo: A child watches the water
drip from the sandstone in Orderville Canyon where it joins with the Zion Narrows.
The Zion Narrows is usually too deep for most children, but this
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Zion Park
It's the water in Zion Park
that brings the desert to life.
Zion Park is a high altitude desert of stunning natural beauty, where clean,
clear skies lend the perfect palate for multi-hued sunsets. The horizon is vast,
forbidding and thirsty. A place where jagged rock pillars offer only isolated
pockets of shade. Parched red rock is a reality broken by immense vertical canyon
walls offering refuge from the blaring sun. Utah's southern most land is a scene
of technicolor sandstone, situated in the harshest of environments. The desert
gives life to scorpions, cactus and other creatures that have adapted to its
land, but the water in Zion Park makes it an oasis to enjoy. The water makes
the desert and it makes Zion National Park one of the most incredible places
on earth.
If you plan to stay in your car with the air conditioner running you will
have no need for the information on this page, but if you plan to experience
Zion Park to its fullest, which can only be done on foot, then this page will
be invaluable to you.
Searching for the water in Zion Park
Zion Park has all kinds of trails, for all
levels of hikers, that lead to stunning displays of water cascading from low
sandstone steppes, to 100' seasonal waterfalls pouring from towering cliffs.
The Virgin River supplies the majority of water found in Zion Park. The Virgin
River looks calm most of the time, however it drops nine times faster than the
Colorado River. When the Virgin River flash floods, it becomes a torrent of force
that alters its watercourse and poses a grave threat to human lives. Be sure
to check the weather report and heed the
cautions of rangers at Zion Park.
Exploring the Canyons in Zion Park
Canyoneering,
is the term used to described amphibious technical hiking.
Not all the slot canyons in Zion Park require the skills of a climber
and swimmer.
The Zion Narrows is perhaps the most spectacular slot canyon in the park
and it is easily traveled by most average hikers.
Zion
Narrows
Right Fork North Creek
For those who have some rope skills, the semi-technical slot canyons are an
option.
The
Subway
Orderville
Canyon
You do not have to walk through water to find gorgeous waterfalls, emerald
green ponds or to take a leisurely stroll along a river. Here is a list of the
hikes that fit into that category.
Easy Trails
Weeping
Rock
Riverside
Walk
Lower
Emerald Pools
Pa'rus
Trail
Moderate Trails
Pine
Creek
Emerald
Pools (middle and upper)
Strenuous Trails
Parunuweap
Canyon
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