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Overview
Entering Zion Canyon is a journey into the distant past, surrounding visitors with multicolored formations of 240-million-year-old rock as they plunge 2,000 feet down to a claustrophobic riverbed just 20 feet wide in places.
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Entering Zion Canyon is a journey into the distant past, surrounding visitors with multicolored formations of 240-million-year-old rock as they plunge 2,000 feet down to a claustrophobic riverbed just 20 feet wide in places. Convenient to Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon, this popular Utah park also features a striking desert landscape of arches, mountains, buttes, mesas, and monoliths. Carved by the Virgin River, the canyon can be accessed by the 6.2-mile Zion Canyon Scenic Drive; visitors are shuttled from the park visitor center to eight stops, including trails to the popular Emerald Pools. At road's end is the trailhead of the one-mile Riverside Walk, permitting visitors to follow the river through a narrow section of Zion Canyon. Beyond the paved path, hikers can walk or wade into the Zion Narrows. A separate visitor center is located at Kolob Canyon, which has its own five-mile scenic drive; here you'll find the trail to Kolob Arch, whose 310-foot span makes it one of the largest freestanding rock arches in the world. Established: July 31, 1909 Area: 146,597.6 acres Website: [www.nps.gov/zion](http://www.nps.gov/zion)
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