Review of Zion National Park: Our travel notes and tips
Zion National Park Zion National Park is Utah’s first national park. It encompasses 229 square miles and is located in southwest corner of the state of Utah, in the town of Springdale. Zion National Park is 163 miles from Las Vegas, NV and it should take about 2 hours and 45 minutes by car. Zion is world renowned for massive sandstone cliffs, slot canyons, and for hiking trails. My wife and I drove on an early Friday morning during our stay in Las Vegas, to Zion National Park. Let me start by saying the drive to Utah is incredible. After about 30 minutes of driving outside of Las Vegas city limits, the roads really open up. The speed limit will reach up to 75 miles per hour. Our rental car for the trip, a Mustang convertible, was more than up to task for our drive there. When the roads got curvy, Mustang was ready for action. It was planted to the road and it had more than enough juice to get to passing speeds on the wide open roads. I will always remember the beautiful vi