Zion National Park
Parks near Hurricane
Go late. Most visitors are queuing for the shuttle before ten, and the canyon empties out after four.
The canyon everyone comes for: the Narrows, Angels Landing, and the switchbacks climbing to the tunnel on the east side.
Stay close to it
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More around here
Gooseberry Mesa
Slickrock mountain biking on a mesa above town, with the Zion skyline in view most of the way round.
River Rock Roasting Company
Coffee, wood-fired pizza and a deck built out over the Virgin River gorge, on the road to Zion.
Quail Creek State Park
The warmest water in the county by late May, and quieter than Sand Hollow next door.
Sand Hollow State Park
Red rock standing in blue-green water with sand dunes behind it — the closest swimming, boating and dune riding to Hurricane.
Red Cliffs Recreation Area
Short red-sand trails to waterfall pools and petroglyphs, in the reserve between Hurricane and St. George.
Snow Canyon State Park
Petrified dunes, lava tubes and white-on-red sandstone in a canyon you can walk across in an afternoon.