Zion National Park Utah 's Oldest National Park Home of the Red Rocks
See the beauty of millions of years of Mother Nature's work building huge mountainous canyon walls reaching the beautiful blue sunny skies of Southern Utah. You experience Zion; you can walk the Zion National Park trails, hiking among the skyward cliffs on meticulous groomed hiking trails, or extend your physical inner strength and participate in Zion Canyoneering by hike in the small narrow canyons. Cool your feet in the Virgin River, tube or swim in the summer heat.
Hiking in national parks as a family will make memories that will last a lifetime. By discovering America 's scenic wonders on foot, you will see panoramic landscapes that will become indelible images in your mind. These distinctive characteristic of the sandstone cliffs, checkerboard plateaus vary in color from white to red. See unique shapes carved by Mother Nature's water and wind over million of years of hard work. Enjoy Zion National Park weather mild in spring and fall, hot in the summer and cooler winter temperatures with small amounts of snow to enhance the towering canyon cliff wall.
Zion National Park hiking trails traverse fantastic scenery, from hanging gardens to natural arches to incredible top-down viewpoints. While hiking on these incomparable trails, however, wouldn't it be nice to find out a little bit more about your surroundings? Traditionally, ranger-led hikes have been the method visitors find out more information about the park's history, geology and wildlife while hiking park trails. Due to budget cuts and under staffing the National Park Service offers fewer such hikes and sometimes the guided trips are at inconvenient times.
