Zion National Park

 
Established: 1909

Season

The National Park is open throughout the year with a wide variety of site-seeing, hiking, and climbing opportunities. For most of the year access into the main canyon is by free shuttle bus. In winter, generally from December to March, there are not shuttle buses and private vehicles are allowed in the main canyon. Other roads in the park are always open to private vehicles, year-round. Campgrounds are open year-round, as is the Zion Lodge, providing accommodations within the park. Between May and October temperatures frequently rise above 99°F/37°C, and there are often short, violent thunderstorms during the afternoon in July and August. The best times for a visit to the National Park, therefore, are spring and autumn.

Situation and topography

Zion National Park takes in the imposing canyons of the often tumultuous Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River, and its tributaries, which in the course of millions of years have carved their way through the horizontally bedded sandstones, limestones and slates of the Markagunt plateau, an offshoot of the Colorado Plateau, creating a magnificent landscape of sheer-walled gorges up to 3000ft/900m deep, mesas (isolated tablelands), rock domes and battlements, in a play of colors ranging from whitish-gray by way of orange and red to deep purple.
Things to See

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Read More Kolob Canyons Section

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Read More Pa'rus Trail

Read More Riverside Walk

Read More Riverside Walk (formerly Gateway to the Narrows)

Read More Sand Bench Trail

Read More Taylor Creek

Read More Temple of Sinawava

Read More The Zion Narrows

Read More Timber Creek Overlook

Read More Watchman Trail

Read More Weeping Rock Trail

Read More West Rim Trail

Read More West Temple

Read More Wildcat Canyon

Read More Zion Canyon Scenic Drive

Read More Zion Canyon Visitor Center

Address: Zion National Park, State Route 9, Springdale, UT 84767-1099, United States
Phone: 1 (435) 772-3256, Fax: 1 (435) 772-3426
Tips: Admission valid for 7 days.

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