Roadwork Closures and Delays Coming in 2010
Major roadwork will occur on the Zion Mt.-Carmel Highway in the spring of 2010. Expect delays and temporary closures.
No more details have been posted at this time by the park.
Source: NPS

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NOVEMBER         2009
11    Veterans Day
13-14    Annual Bighorn Sheep Festival
A chance to view desert bighorn sheep in sunny southeastern Utah awaits as the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) hosts its annual Moab Bighorn Sheep Festival. The event is free, and people of all ages are invited to attend. Sheep watchers are encouraged to bring binoculars [...]

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Movie night at the Museum
11/13/2009
Utah Field House of Natural History
Come join the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum and the Uintah Recreation District for our 3rd annual “Movie Night at the Museum”. We will be showing the family film “Night at the Museum:Battle for the Smithsonian.” The event is free, but tickets [...]

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The Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel on the east side of Zion National Park will be closed to vehicles for three hours on August 26, 2009. The closure will be in effect from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. During this time, vehicles will not be able to drive through the park on Highway 9. Alternate east/west routes [...]

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The last of three “fee-free” weekends announced by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar as a way of encouraging Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit their national parks is quickly approaching. On Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments,  will join national park [...]

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July 20, 2009 — Bryce Canyon National Park officials reopened the main park road by yesterday afternoon. Due to fire, smoke and hazardous trees from the Bridge Fire, 15 miles on road have been closed since July 14th. With changing fire conditions, there may be temporary closures and additional restrictions and if conditions warrant, a [...]

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This season Bryce Canyon National Park will be offering a daily guided tour to Rainbow Point, free of charge, from now until late September. Operated by the Bryce Canyon Shuttle, this 4- hour roundtrip tour covers 40 miles with stops along many of the park’s scenic viewpoints. The tour begins at 11:00 AM and ends [...]

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Color Country and The Water Pocket Fold
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:00 am, Utah
Join Paul Remeika, retired Ranger at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and field expert on Anza-Borrego’s geology and paleontology, on a fascinating one-of-a-kind 4-wheel drive field trip through Utah’s Color Country and the backcountry fantasyland known as the Grand Staircase. The scenery is remarkably [...]

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Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent, Eddie Lopez, invites you to join Bryce Canyon’s “Dark Rangers” and amateur astronomers from the Salt Lake Astronomical Society for the Ninth Annual Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival.
“Astronomy is fast becoming a big part of Bryce Canyon’s international appeal,” says Superintendent Lopez, “People come from all over the world to see [...]

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Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its ninth summer of operations. Kate Cannon, Superintendent of the Southeast [...]

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