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During peak visitation seasons, the park offers a variety of ranger-led activities to help you get the inside scoop on the park.

There are tens of thousands of ruins, artifacts, petroglyphs and pictographs throughout the region. One of the most fun things you can do is find an ancient artifact on your own.

There are many excellent trail riding adventures within the national parks, national forest and other public lands throughout the region.

In-park trail rides follow the course of the Virgin River or expand out into Sand Beach Trail.

There many national parks nearby in addition to Utah's five. Mesa Verde and the Grand Canyon are very close and worth the extra drive.

Bicycles and pedestrians are prohibited through the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel. If you are entering Zion thru east entrance, you must arrange shuttle service

How to get around Zion National Park by specific modes of transportation, including what is permitted and what is prohibited.

Backcountry permits are required for all overnight trips, all through hikes of the Virgin River Narrows and tributaries, any trip into the Subway.

Utah has three species of native cats, the mountain lion, or cougar; the lynx; and the bobcat, a cousin to the lynx.

Forty percent of all Utah mammals are rodents. You can distinguish rodents by the way they eat.

The popular big game animal known as the "pronghorn" frequents southern Utah.

The fertile grasslands, woodsy forests and lots of streams in Utah allow the jackrabbit, pika and cottontail to flourish.

This elegant animal is one of the most common in the area and can often be seen grazing on the lawns in front of park buildings.

Visitors keep eye's wide to catch a glimpse of the rare gray fox found in Zion's woodlands and shrubs.

The black-footed ferret (the French word for "thief") was once considered the rarest land mammal in North America.

By the end of the 1800's, elk had been hunted to extinction from Zion National Park. In 1912, we began importing them from Yellowstone.

No one who has heard the eerie cry of a coyote during its hunt in Zion can ever forget it. The high-pitched yip, yip and howl are just plain spooky.

Unlike the grizzly, the black bear is still fairly common in the large forested areas of Utah. Rarely black, instead they can be blonde or chocolate brown.

Visit these stunning waterfalls around Utah and in Arizona's Grand Canyon.

The Colorado River is the father of all western rivers, draining the Colorado River Basin from Canada to Mexico.

Zion is characterized by the flows of the Virgin & Santa Clara Rivers.

Awe-inspiring lakes outside of Utah are worth a side trip for visitors wanting exceptional hiking trails, photography and wildlife viewing.

Utah offers many natural lakes and man-made reservoirs. They attract people for far more than fishing. Boating, houseboating, and swimming are all popular.

If you have the time and good shoes, take a ride on The Narrows, an unforgettable wade in cold waters of the Virgin River.

From some of the continent's most ancient artifacts through the living history of the earliest European settlers, there are more historic sites than you can shake a stick at.

Some of the most spectacular can be seen at Bryce Canyon, Arches National Park, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Natural Bridges, Cathedral Valley, and Monument Valley.

Moab offers some of the best end-over opportunities around and of course, made its name as the home to the best mountain biking on Earth.