(Springdale, UT) — Admission is free tomorrow at Utah’s “Mighty 5” and all other national parks and monuments. It’s National Public Lands Day. Admission is waved at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands national parks. The day will include commemoration events, along with volunteer opportunities at parks and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Admission to Utah State Parks will be free this Saturday. Park entry will be made free in recognition of National Public Lands Day, which promotes the enjoyment and conservation of public lands. Hikers will have a great opportunity to check out spectacular scenery at parks […]
(St. George, UT) — Flash floods are likely to sweep across all of Southern Utah’s national parks and national monuments today. The Southern Utah Flash Flooding Potential Rating shows floods are probable at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands along with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon […]
(St. George, UT) — Southern Utah’s National Parks are serious money-makers. Figures out this week show that 13-million visitors to Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Canyonlands national parks, spent one-point-seven billion dollars at those parks and national monuments like Cedar Breaks last year. The 2022 National Parks Spending Effects reports […]
(Arches National Park, UT) — Arches National Park is going to an updated timed-entry reservation system. It requires visitors to make online reservations to enter the park at a specific time for trips between April 1st and October 31st. Reservations are offered on a first-come, first-served basis at Recreation.gov and […]
(Moab, UT) — The family of a Ugandan activist killed in Arches National Park is being awarded more than ten-and-a-half-million dollars in damages. That was the verdict of a federal judge in Utah yesterday in a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government, the largest in state history. Esther Nakajjigo […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The family of a woman killed at Arches National Park is seeking more than 100-million dollars in damages from the U.S. government. The woman from Uganda was killed in 2020 when wind blew the park’s gate into the path of her rental car. A five-day […]
(Moab, UT) — Officials at Arches National Park say overwhelming demand was responsible for a decision to cut off entry to the park early yesterday. Cars lined the road leading into the park yesterday, and managers took to social media around 10 a.m. to tell visitors that they would not […]
(Arches National Park, UT) — Officials at Arches National Park are warning visitors about potential long lines as its test of a timed entry system comes to end. The park began a trial of the reservation system in April, but it will end next Tuesday. They expect long waits to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Several Utah national parks and recreation areas could see flash floods later today. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for portions of southern Utah, including Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion national parks. The weather services rates flash floods as […]
