Planning a road trip through Utah’s national parks sounds exciting until you sit down and realize how much ground there is to cover. While it might not look like much on a map, The Mighty 5 ...

Arches National Park comprises 76,519 acres or 119 square miles, while Zion has 229 square miles and 124,462 acres. The difference is Zion has a shuttle system and Arches does not.

Utah’s national parks are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You don’t need to go on a weekend in July between the hours of 8am and 5pm. This is, as you might expect, the absolute worst ...

LATEST April 10, 3:40 p.m. — Eighteen days after announcing an indefinite closure of its highly desirable Fiery Furnace hike, Arches National Park announced Thursday self-guided permits for the ...

How to plan the ultimate RV trip to several national parks in Utah, including Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Arches. ... Don’t solely rely on Google Maps.

Traffic to Utah’s national parks ramps up in March. In 2023, the number of visitors to Arches tripled from February to March. At Zion, visitation jumped from 133,000 visitors in February to more ...

Utah's national parks saw 15.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $1.9 billion in 2023. Visiting Utah’s national parks will become more expensive for international tourists because of an ...

Utah's national parks saw 11 million visitors in 2023, a 5% increase. Federal funding for Utah's parks totaled $48.9 million in 2023, plus $143 million since 2021.

More than 11 million people visited Utah's national parks last year, a 5% increase over the previous year. National park visitation in the state grew 100% between 2005 and 2024.