Is Zion National Park Worth Visiting?

If you’re considering a US or even Utah-based vacation, you might stumble across Zion National Park as an option.  It’s a famous site after all.  Next, you might wonder if it’s worth visiting Zion.  That’s a valid question.  None of us like to waste our free time and money.  So, we’re discussing that very point here today.  Is Zion National Park worth visiting?

Zion National Park Highlights

Zion National Park ranks among the top 3 best known national parks in Utah.  If you’ve seen pictures, it should be obvious why.  The eroding hard red sandstone creates amazing canyons which you can explore.  Zion also offers lots of outdoor adventures in the form of hiking, camping, horseback riding, and more in that outdoor playground described above.  Now, if that didn’t answer your question, I hope that these landscape photos of the park will do the work for me.

Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of a moody summer evening view of the Virgin River and Watchmen peak at Zion National Park Utah
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of the view from Double Arch Alcove of Kolob Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah at sunset in spring
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Fine art landscape photograph of a silky water stream flowing though the red rocks of Zion National Park, Utah with spring green plants by Audrey Cramer Photography
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of a waterfall and bridge on the Virgin River in Zion National Park Utah
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Fine art landscape photograph of evergreen fir trees together with the Checkerboard Mesa of Zion National Park, Utah by Audrey Cramer Photography
Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph looking down on a snowy Walter's Wiggles in Zion National Park Utah
Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of a golden sunset over the Canyon Overlook trail view in Zion's National Park Utah
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of the bottom alcove of Double Arch Alcove in Kolob Canyon of Zion National Park, Utah in spring
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of sunset and dramatic skies at Kolob Canyon Zion National Park Utah
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of Kolob Canyon's finger canyons in winter in Zion National Park, Utah at sunset
Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of an autumn canyon view from a Zion's National Park cave in Utah
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Audrey Cramer Photography's fine art landscape photograph of a waterfall on Virgin River in Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park Utah
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These landscape photos include many of the highlights you’ll find at Zion National Park.  There are other highlights which I have not included.  You’ll need to track those down for yourself.

Conclusion

So, now that you’ve seen what Zion National Park has to offer you, let’s tackle the titular question again.  Is Zion National Park worth visiting?  If you can’t already tell from the landscape pictures, I sure do think it’s worth visiting.  However, you must decide the answer to this question for yourself.  Also, remember that it is a desert so you must prepare for a high desert climate if you do decide to visit.

In conclusion, given what you see above, do you think Zion is worth visiting or do you think otherwise?  Please share your thoughts and previous adventures there in the comments section below.  I’d so love to learn what you think of this national park in Utah.

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