Meet Sylvia Friday, Zion National Park’s first Artist-in-Residence of 2025. During her residency, Sylvia harvested willow near the Virgin River to create intricate baskets—a process that takes ...

Zion National Park has announced its 2023 Artists-in-Residence, with three artists all working through different media scheduled to live and work inside the park boundaries. Most national parks ...

SPRINGDALE, Utah — While it may be impossible to truly capture the beauty of Zion National Park, a program is allowing selected artists to be truly surrounded by its grandness for free.

Yet visiting 146,597-acre Zion National Park does require a bit of know-how, ... as well as a rotating art exhibit. Don’t miss the bookstore to buy park gear as well. ...

Zion National Park encompasses 229 square miles, or about 150,000 acres. But there are even more public lands to explore when you venture outside the park — and they’re all much less busy than ...

There is one hotel inside the park, Zion National Park Lodge, which is operated by a third-party concessionaire and open year-round. There are also three campgrounds : Watchman, South and Lava Point.

In southwestern Utah, Zion National Park’s astounding red-rock formations, mesas, and water-carved canyons were among the earliest additions to the the U.S. National Park System.