National Park - Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell

Zion National Park - 46 miles from St. George, Utah
SR 9
Springdale, UT 84767-1099
Telephone: 435-772-3256
Zion is an ancient Hebrew word meaning a place of refuge or sanctuary. Protected within the park's 229 square miles is a dramatic landscape of sculptured canyons and soaring cliffs. Zion is located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin and Mojave Desert provinces. This unique geography and the variety of life zones within the park make Zion significant as a place of unusual plant and animal diversity.

Bryce National Park - 150 miles from St. George, Utah
Highway 63/1 Park Road
Bryce Canyon, 84764-0201
Telephone: 435-834-5322
Bryce Canyon, famous for its worldly unique geology, consists of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved from the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah. The erosional force of frost-wedging and the dissolving power of rainwater have shaped the colorful limestone rock of the Claron Formation into bizarre shapes including slot canyons, windows, fins, and spires called "hoodoos."

Capitol Reef National Park - 267 miles from St. George, Utah
HC 70 Box 15
Torrey, UT 84775-9602
Telephone: 435-425-3791 x111
The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell). Capitol Reef National Park was established to protect this grand and colorful geologic feature, as well as the unique historical and cultural history found in the area. For more information, click on the "In Depth" button on the right.

Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Telephone: 928-638-7888
The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view. It is more than a pleasuring ground for those who explore the roads, hike the trails, or float the currents of the turbulent Colorado River.

Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area)
Page, AZ 86040-1507
Telephone: 928-608-6404
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) offers unparalleled opportunities for water-based & backcountry recreation. The recreation area stretches for hundreds of miles from Lees Ferry in Arizona to the Orange Cliffs of southern Utah, encompassing scenic vistas, geologic wonders, and a panorama of human history. The park offers opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, backcountry hiking and four-wheel drive trips.