Zion Canyon National Park is located only 163 miles from Las Vegas, and is roughly a 2.5 hour drive from the pickup point to the park itself in Springdale Utah. Zion has become one of the most popular national park destinations in the United States over the past few years, even though there was a time a few years ago when tourism levels at most national parks were low, and there was a discussion in the government about the funding for maintenance of the parks was not justified by the amounts of people who visit them. This discussion is still going on with regards to many national parks, but Zion itself is seeing record levels of visitors, even though it had no specialized marketing campaign of it's own and was simply a part of a larger campaign called "Find Your Park" which was designed to increase tourism at all southwestern parks. So why did Zion benefit from the campaign so much more than it's sister parks? Probably because of it's close proximity to Las Vegas, and the ability for Las Vegas to host visitors on it's own. The closest national park to Zion is Bryce Canyon, which is situated 80 miles from it. This puts Bryce at almost exactly the halfway point between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, which would be the other logical choice for a lace to begin the tour. These are the closest major cities to these parks that can accept commercial airline traffic, so unless you live within a drivable distance to either park there is a good chance you are going to have to fly into one of the starting cities in order to begin your tour. The distance from Salt Lake City to Bryce Canyon is about 4 hours drive, so no matter
Zion Canyon National Park is located only 163 miles from Las Vegas, and is roughly a 2.5 hour drive from the pickup point to the
