Utah National Parks Road Trip Planner
Use this utah national park road trip itinerary to plan your own dream vacation.
Utah national parks road trip planner. A utah national parks road trip is one of the best national park road trips in the country. Salt lake city to fishlake zion. Trip planning to effectively plan a trip to utah you re going to want to know when to come here how to get here and what to see and do while you re here. The grand circle road trip includes parks.
Plan your trip utah has the wasatch mountains and salt lake city to the north the salt flats and great basin desert to the west red rock country and national parks to the south and mountains rivers forests and state parks everywhere in between. How exciting to be planning a utah national parks trip. So i loved this trip so much that my mom and several older relatives did this trip after me following my itinerary. There are 2 ways to get into canyonlands from moab.
There are five national parks in utah zion bryce canyon capitol reef arches and canyonlands and each has something special to offer families. Visit zion bryce canyon capitol reef arches and canyonlands plus the grand canyon and adventures in salt lake city old oraibi and kanab on this 1 302 mile trip. Zion and bryce canyon national parks arches and canyonlands national parks grand canyon national park capitol reef national park and more. We ve developed itineraries to help people plan and enjoy trips to the best destinations in utah and the surrounding area.
Stop 2 on the utah road trip and another one of utah s big five national parks close to moab is canyonlands national park. Towering aspen trees line much of this drive which is quite a change of scenery from the national parks in this state. You can head north and visit the island in the sky which is an amazing place to drive through and check out all the amazing overlooks and grand views during the drive. From skiing up north to exploring national parks down south there are a lot of activities to choose from.
They were all in their 60s 70s and were able to hike on most trails i talk about in the posts on each individual park with the exception of the last bit of angel s. Utah trip itineraries as close as you can get to hiring your own personal local guide to plan your trips. Drive to capitol reef visit capitol reef sleep in torrey or near bryce canyon. On your way to zion from salt lake city airport i highly recommend taking all or a portion of the 40 mile fishlake loop.
If you only have one week here is a whirlwind road trip through utah to visit all five national parks. Mighty 5 road trip itinerary. Arrive in salt lake city drive to moab.