Zion National Park

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Address:SR 9
Springdale, UT 84767
Phone:435-772-3256
Fax:435-772-3426
Web: www.nps.gov/zion/
Size: 146,598 acres.
Established: Mukuntuweap National Monument proclaimed on July 31, 1909; incorporated in Zion National Monument by proclamation on March 18, 1918. Established as national park on November 19, 1919.
Location:In southwestern Utah. The Visitor Center at the Kolob Canyons entrance is accessible from I-15, Exit 40. The eastern entrance to the park is from US-89 to UT 9. The Zion Canyon Visitor Center is a short distance from the Park's South Entrance adjacent to Springdale.
Facilities:Campgrounds (é), picnic area, rest rooms (é), cabin rental, lodging, restaurant/snacks, visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Camping, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, mountain climbing, wildlife viewing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, tram tours, auto touring, ranger-led programs.
Special Features:Colorful canyon and mesa scenery includes erosion and rock-fault patterns that create phenomenal shapes and landscapes. This includes the world's largest arch - Kolob Arch spanning 310 feet - and other natural wonders such as waterfalls and clear backcountry pools. The elevation differences at Zion provide habitat for extremely diverse plant communities. Evidence of Ancestrial Puebloans, known as the Anasazi, date from 2,000 years ago.

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He grew up around Zion National Park, earned his Ph.D.

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A six-night package starts from pounds 1,651 from Manchester Airport including return flights into Las Vegas, room-only hotel, transport, professional tour leader, and guided walks through Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, plus sunrise or sunset tour of Grand Canyon.

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Travel facts CLAIRE WALKER joined the Canyons and Indian Lands tour by Grand American Adventures, which offers a six-night package from pounds 1,549 including return flights ex-Heathrow into Las Vegas, room-only hotel accommodation, in-country transportation, professional tour leader, entrance to Grand Canyon IMAX theatre, guided walks and hikes through Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, plus sunrise or sunset tour of Grand Canyon.

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Chesher a Utah-based writer and National Park Service ranger for 20 years in such places as Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks, offers first-time visitors to Zion National Park a complete guide for planning their trip to one of America's magnificent national treasures.

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In the North Fork of the Virgin River in Zion National Park, hundreds to thousands of people walk on the riverbed each day during summer.

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Zion National Park. In 2006 he won second prize from the Utah Arts

Hanging by a thread

Researchers who demonstrated the link between wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone and the park's subsequent ecological upswing have set their sights on another top predator, the cougars of Utah's Zion National Park. Oregon State University's William Ripple and Robert Beschta found that cougars, like wolves, signal a healthy ecosystem in Zion.

The cougar connection

Angel's Landing, Heywood's winning full orchestra composition, is named after the famous hiking attraction in Zion National Park. Paralleling a hike to Angel's Landing, Heywood's composition has two main contrasting themes: the rhythmically charged theme represents struggle and perseverance, while the lyric theme represents the feeling of satisfaction in completing something difficult but worthwhile.

ASTA awards Merle J. Isaac composition prize

Highlights include Moab, the north rim of the Grand Canyon and the trails around Zion National Park. Most of the cycling is done at an elevation of between 5,000 and 9,000 feet, which means the temperatures never get too hot.

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In southern Utah, just east of the salmon-colored outcroppings of Zion National Park, David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue, owns and operates the 4,000-acre Zion Ponderosa Ranch.

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