Park overview · ZION

Zion.

Zion National Park: National Park in UT.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Zion National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit in UT (NPS unit code ZION), centered on the Virgin River's sandstone canyon and the shuttle-only Zion Canyon Scenic Drive that runs most of the year. The park recorded 4,984,525 recreation visits in 2025 and runs a 5-year mean of 4,857,321 annual visits. The busiest month is June and the quietest is January. Winter visits run at roughly a quarter of June's peak, the only stretch private vehicles drive Zion Canyon directly. This page is the navigation anchor for Zion coverage on this site: the best-time-to-visit pillar covers the month-by-month crowd, weather, and access verdict including monsoon flash-flood timing and the Angels Landing permit lottery; the visitation page covers the long-run annual chart through the 2021 record and the 2025 second-highest reading.

Zion on this site.

Zion National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit designated as a National Park, located in UT (NPS unit code ZION). For when to go, what each month looks like, and the access calendar, follow the best-time-to-visit page. For the long-run visitation history and the disruption events that shaped recent years, follow the visitation page.

Park data card

FieldValue
DesignationNational Park
StateUT
NPS unit codeZION
Latest annual visits (2025)4,984,525
5-year mean annual visits4,857,321
Busiest month (5-yr mean)June
Quietest month (5-yr mean)January

Month by month

Methodology

Identity, designation, and coordinates come from the official NPS unit page. Annual recreation visits, busiest month, and quietest month are computed from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025 on NPS IRMA Stats. This hub does not duplicate the per-month editorial that lives on the best-time page or the year-by-year chart that lives on the visitation page; follow those links for the deep view. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

Independence

Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-05-19