(Salt Lake City, UT) — Many federal services across the Beehive State shuttered yesterday amid the U.S Government shutdown. Officials with Utah’s national parks say Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion remain open, though services and staffing are reduced. Law enforcement is reportedly taking care of shuttles, trash […]
(Canyonlands National Park, UT) — Two people from Durango, Colorado, face charges for alleged trespassing and artifact theft at Canyonlands National Park’s Cave Spring Cowboy Camp. Authorities say 39-year-old Roxanne McKnight and 43-year-old Dusty Spencer entered a fenced-off area in March and took historic artifacts despite clear signage prohibiting entry. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
MOAB, Utah-Effective Saturday March 28, Arches and Canyonlands National Park will be closed because of the coronavirus. The parks, each of which are close to Moab, are shut down until further notice. Per statements made to the media Friday by Utah Governor Gary Herbert, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Moab tourism officials have launched a marketing campaign that aims to blunt the negative effects of the millions of visitors who visit the southeastern Utah town each year. Moab Area Travel Council officials say the “Do It Like a Local” campaign is meant to educate […]
JENSEN, Utah (AP) — Dinosaur National Monument is the latest National Park Service land in Utah permitting electronic bicycles. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reported Tuesday that e-bikes will have access to paved and unpaved roads inside on monument land. Monument officials say traditional and electronic bikes cannot be on any trails. […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Two national parks and two national monuments in southeastern Utah will allow the use of electric bicycles on roads in areas where traditional bicycles are allowed. Park Service officials said the new policy takes effect Tuesday in Arches and Canyonlands national parks and in Hovenweep and […]
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Arches National Park in southern Utah is now certified as an International Dark Sky Park. The National Park Service and the International Dark-Sky Association said in a joint announcement Friday that the designation recognizes the park’s “quality night skies and a commitment to protecting […]
