Zion National Park

  A little advance planning is necessary for a visit to Zion, something that we didn’t do, so when we arrived at the park in mid afternoon to find that the first come/ first serve campsites were all taken, we decided to skip the shuttle bus tour of the main section of the park and just drive through on Route 9. This is a gorgeous drive but we really have to come back and visit the rest of the park in the future.

  To help with congestion and pollution the main park road is closed to traffic from the end of March to the beginning of September. A free shuttle bus leaves from the visitor center parking lot and makes nine stops at points along the scenic drive. The bus has a wheelchair lift. People who have medical conditions that require devices which can only be transported in their private vehicle may use that vehicle instead of the bus.

   Most of the trails are tough hikes but two are marked as being accessible – a section of the Pa’rus Trail which can be accessed from the South Campground and the Riverside Trail  at the north end of the bus route. The visitor center and history museum are both completely accessible.

  The visitor center lot has a section for RVs. Most of the roadside pull offs are long enough for RVs. Visitors traveling through the park on Route 9 must purchase a tunnel permit ($15.00) if their vehicle is wider than 7’ 10” or higher than 11’ 4”.  Zion
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