Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; weap is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entire canyon is located within the western half of Zion National Park.[1]
^"Zion National Park, Utah". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
ZionCanyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; weap is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern...
229-square-mile (590 km2) park is ZionCanyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to 2,640 ft (800 m) deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored...
The geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area includes nine known exposed formations, all visible in Zion National Park in the U.S. state of Utah. Together...
1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing and provides panoramic views of ZionCanyon. The trail to Angels Landing is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long with an approximate...
views for park visitors. Bryce Canyon National Park is much smaller and sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce...
adopted at Zion was less extreme in its rustic character than that employed at other parks. Compared with the Bryce Canyon Lodge, the Zion Park Lodge...
south from Bryce Canyon National Park and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, through Zion National Park, and into Grand Canyon National Park....
slot canyons in the world with over one thousand slot canyons in the desert lands south of Interstate 70. Utah's slot canyons are found in Zion National...
Wise Men) is a set of three sandstone monoliths on the west side of ZionCanyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. The three...
Among its nine national parks are Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Black Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Petrified Forest. Among...
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and shale. The lower red cliffs visible from the Zion Human History Museum (until 2000 the ZionCanyon Visitor Center) and the St. George Dinosaur Discovery...
the Earth (1983), To the Limit (1989), The Endless Summer 2 (1994) and ZionCanyon: Treasure of the Gods. In the late 1980s, he made 18 trips to Afghanistan...
of New York Bay. The Narrows, which is the narrowest section of ZionCanyon in Zion National Park, Utah. "narrow". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.: "a...
designed the Zion Lodge as part of a series of similar structures for the Utah Parks Company at the north rim of the Grand Canyon and at Bryce Canyon National...
exposed in Bryce Canyon are about 100 million years younger than those in nearby Zion National Park, and the rocks exposed in Zion are younger than those...
known by the common name Zion milkvetch. It is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in Zioncanyon. Its range extends from Zion National Park across southern...
5 mi (4.0 km) west-northwest of Zion's park headquarters, towering 3,500 feet (1,100 m) above the floor of ZionCanyon and the Virgin River which drains...
National Park and Parunaweap Canyon, with the North Fork Virgin River, that flows from Navajo Lake through ZionCanyon in Zion National Park. The river flows...
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