Utah’s 'Big Five’ parks in winter By Crai Bower Updated Jan 16, 2015 4:46 p.m. Easy footpaths connect Turret Arch with the North and South Windows in the surprise that is Arches National Park.

All of the “Big Five” national parks in Utah have now closed due to the coronavirus, the latest shutdown being Capitol Reef National Park. Gov. Gary Herbert announced Capitol Reef's closure ...

Traffic to Utah’s national parks ramps up in March. In 2023, the number of visitors to Arches tripled from February to March. At Zion, visitation jumped from 133,000 visitors in February to more ...

From Bryce Canyon to the next stop, Capitol Reef National Park, the drive is 2 hours if you go via Utah 63 and Utah 22 or 2.5 hours if you take Utah 12 the entire way. The final two parks take a ...

Across Utah, it is the state's national parks that seem to draw in the most tourists from around the world. With five national parks, dubbed the Mighty 5, Utah has more national parks than nearly ...

The Mighty 5: With all that Utah has to offer, its crowning jewels are the five national parks that call the state home, The Mighty 5: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion.

Utah’s Mighty 5 national parks are famous among park lovers. Images of Arches , Bryce and Zion are all over social media, but you don’t hear as much about Capitol Reef and Canyonlands.

But the main attraction—and what brought our video crew and me to tiny St. George in the state's southwest corner—is the Big Five. Utah boasts a quintet of huge national parks, each with its ...

Utah's 46 state parks, combined, attracted over 12.9 million visits in 2024, a 7.5% increase over the previous record set in 2023, according to a KSL.com analysis of Utah Division of State Parks data.