Zion National Park

SPRINGVILLE » Utah's spectacular Zion National Park is open during the holidays. The park is open Christmas and New Year's Day, but the Zion and Kolob Canyon visitor centers are closed on Dec.  

Markus SteinhauserThe first glimpses of the morning sun illuminate rock formations at Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, on Thursday, Dec. 24. Markus SteinhauserPatches of snow cover the trail to the Canyon Lookout in Zion National Park, Utah, on Thursday, Dec. 24. Markus SteinhauserIcicles cover the walkway to the Weeping Rock in Zion National Park, Utah, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. Visitors had to be carefull not to get...  

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — Zion National Park is establishing a sister relationship with a national park in China. Zion Superintendent Jock Whitworth said the agreement with Danxiashan National Park will involve sharing ideas, staff and research to better understand both parks. "The real value is in the exchange of culture," he said. The new relationship was celebrated Sunday as the deal was finalized for Zion's first sister park in...  

The recent conviction of two undocumented aliens for illegally harvesting hundreds of pounds of wildflower seeds in Zion National Park sheds light on a little-publicized criminal activity in our national parks. read more  

The temperature was a balmy 4 F as we pulled away from my home in Springville on Dec 26. The forecast called for haze and a daytime high of a balmy 24 F.We drove south heading for Utah's Dixie, where the summer sun spends the winter. I wanted to explore some of the lower areas in Zion Park, to hike, stretch my legs and work the smog out of my lungs.Coalpits wash drains some of the Zion's southwest desert area. Where the wash crosses Hwy 9...  

Utah's Zion National Park has formed a sister relationship with Danxiashan National Park in China. TheSpectrum.com has this article about the relationship. Below are details."The real value is in the exchange of culture," he said. "It leads toward a peaceful co-existence."He added that the agreement between the parks will involve sharing ideas, staff and research in an attempt to better understand both parks and cultures.Danxiashan Director Yu...  

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah - Zion National Park is establishing a sister relationship with a national park in China. Officials say Danxiashan National Park is Zion's first sister park in China, accor...  

© Lauren Himiak Zion National Park has joined other national parks trying to stay green. The park recently installed solar photovoltaic systems at the park's South and East Entrance Stations. The systems provide 50 percent of the power needed to run the entrance stations and avoid the need for storage batteries. The park also received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds in 2009 to install solar photovoltaic systems at the...  

Zion National Park covers hundreds of square miles of southwest Utah, but to understand why it is so revered, families need only spend some time in Zion Canyon. The Ancestral Puebloan people who lived here treasured this 6 1/2-mile-long oasis in the ...  

Examiner.comIdaho woman dies after fall in Zion National ParkDeseret NewsZION NATIONAL PARK — An Idaho woman fell to her death Friday while hiking Angel's Landing in Zion National Park. The victim, 50, fell in an accident ...Woman Falls to Death in Zion National ParkAbout - News & Issues (blog)Woman Dies in Fall From Angels Landing At Zion National ParkNational Parks Traveler (blog)Victim of fatal fall identifiedSt. George Daily SpectrumSalt...  

© Lauren Himiak Zion National Park is looking for volunteer birders to participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count. he event will be held on Saturday, December 19. This year is the 110th annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count and is open to birders of all skill levels. Over 55,000 volunteers from all 50 states, every Canadian province, parts of Central and South America, Bermuda, the West Indies, the Pacific Islands and...  

Springdale » Zion National Park has installed solar power systems at the south and east entrance stations. Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth says the 2-kilowatt systems provide half the electricity needed to run the stations.  

ST. GEORGE - For more than 90 years, Zion National Park has been both a muse and magnet for J.L. Crawford. The two have been connected since Crawford was born there in a shanty in 1914 where the park's headquarters now sit. At 95, Crawford is just ...  

ZION NATIONAL PARK » Zion National Park is looking for volunteers for an annual bird count. The National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count in Zion will be held Dec.  

There aren't many places in the world where the forces of nature have come together with such dramatic results as in Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. From arid desert and desolate canyons to pine-covered peaks and awe-inspiring rock formations ...