Zion National Park, Zion National Park Lodging at The Cliffrose Lodge & Gardens, 281 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT 84767

Park Info

Entrance Fees

7 Day Pass:   $25.00 per private vehicle or per family
America the Beautiful:   $80.00 Vald for 1 year
America the Beautiful Age 62 & over:  $10.00 Valid for Life

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The new Zion National Park Visitors Center offers a state of the art visitor experience and is only a 5 minute walk along a 200 yard section of the Virgin River from the Cliffrose Lodge. Most notable is its outstanding outdoor interpretative center.

While many enjoy the top-down view of nearby Grand Canyon, Zion is most easily experienced from the bottom up. In sheer magnitude and color, Zion is very likely one of the most awe-inspiring National Parks in the world with the annual number of visitors ranging over 2.5 million.

Throughout the park iron oxide has colored the sandstone a myriad shades of red, while more natural white or ochre hues have remained in various sections and layers. Water flow from rain, and river has etched through the rock and created deep chasms of twisted and convoluted mass. During storms, large boulders and trees crash down these canyons more rapidly eroding the deepening gorges. Collecting rains on Zion's massive plateaus rage to central gathering points and gush over precipices descending hundreds and sometimes one-thousand feet in awe-inspiring waterfalls, disappearing within minutes of the conclusion of a storm.

Elevations in the Park range from 4,000 feet in the valley floors to nearly 9,000 feet at the highest points. Rock climbers and hiking enthusiast from around the world come here to experience the vertical climbs and zig-zagging trails which ascend to pinnacles, domes, arches and spires.

The upper layers of porous sandstone allow water to seep thousands of feet through the rock, but the more dense lower layers force the water to exit and pour down the faces of sheer walls. Where the water leaves the rock, hanging gardens and natural stains line the walls, creating a tropical paradise in the midst of the otherwise arid desert surroundings.