A Side of Zion Almost No-one Sees: The Kolob Canyons

Kolob Canyons is part of Zion National Park, but it’s a full 40-minute drive from the main entrance. Follow the red dirt road on a 5-mile scenic drive through the canyons for a low-impact, highly adrenaline road trip or take advantage of the area’s extreme backcountry for awesome hikes into true Utah. Tucked into the northwest corner of the park, narrow canyons are cut into the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, forming majestic peaks and 2,000 foot cliff walls made up of soaring Navajo sandstone, canyon streams and cascading falls with panoramic views that stretch all the way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (yes, really!).

It’s like a park within a park, where you’ll likely have the area all to yourself. With each turn more breathtaking and a better photo opp than the next, just say hello, hidden gem. 

Sponsored by St.George Tourism

Kolob Canyons is part of Zion National Park, but it’s a full 40-minute drive from the main entrance. Follow the red dirt road on a 5-mile scenic drive through the canyons for a low-impact, highly adrenaline road trip or take advantage of the area’s extreme backcountry for awesome hikes into true Utah. Tucked into the northwest corner of the park, narrow canyons are cut into the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, forming majestic peaks and 2,000 foot cliff walls made up of soaring Navajo sandstone, canyon streams and cascading falls with panoramic views that stretch all the way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (yes, really!).

It’s like a park within a park, where you’ll likely have the area all to yourself. With each turn more breathtaking and a better photo opp than the next, just say hello, hidden gem. 

Sponsored by St.George Tourism

Kolob Canyons is part of Zion National Park, but it’s a full 40-minute drive from the main entrance. Follow the red dirt road on a 5-mile scenic drive through the canyons for a low-impact, highly adrenaline road trip or take advantage of the area’s extreme backcountry for awesome hikes into true Utah. Tucked into the northwest corner of the park, narrow canyons are cut into the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, forming majestic peaks and 2,000 foot cliff walls made up of soaring Navajo sandstone, canyon streams and cascading falls with panoramic views that stretch all the way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (yes, really!).

It’s like a park within a park, where you’ll likely have the area all to yourself. With each turn more breathtaking and a better photo opp than the next, just say hello, hidden gem. 

Sponsored by St.George Tourism

Kolob Canyons is part of Zion National Park, but it’s a full 40-minute drive from the main entrance. Follow the red dirt road on a 5-mile scenic drive through the canyons for a low-impact, highly adrenaline road trip or take advantage of the area’s extreme backcountry for awesome hikes into true Utah. Tucked into the northwest corner of the park, narrow canyons are cut into the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, forming majestic peaks and 2,000 foot cliff walls made up of soaring Navajo sandstone, canyon streams and cascading falls with panoramic views that stretch all the way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (yes, really!).

It’s like a park within a park, where you’ll likely have the area all to yourself. With each turn more breathtaking and a better photo opp than the next, just say hello, hidden gem. 

Sponsored by St.George Tourism

Kolob Canyons is part of Zion National Park, but it’s a full 40-minute drive from the main entrance. Follow the red dirt road on a 5-mile scenic drive through the canyons for a low-impact, highly adrenaline road trip or take advantage of the area’s extreme backcountry for awesome hikes into true Utah. Tucked into the northwest corner of the park, narrow canyons are cut into the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, forming majestic peaks and 2,000 foot cliff walls made up of soaring Navajo sandstone, canyon streams and cascading falls with panoramic views that stretch all the way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (yes, really!).

It’s like a park within a park, where you’ll likely have the area all to yourself. With each turn more breathtaking and a better photo opp than the next, just say hello, hidden gem. 

Sponsored by St.George Tourism