Zion National Park Zion National Park is located in southwestern Utah about 4 hours south of Salt Lake City, Utah and 3 hours to the northeast from Las Vegas, Nevada. Springdale, Utah is the closest city to the south entrance where there is best access to the canyon and bus shuttle service to the trails. There are accommodations, campgrounds and the Zion Lodge, that are located in the park proper, but there are also many hotels located just outside the south entrance in Springdale. There is a Springdale shuttle that picks up at 9 stops along the road and drops off at the entrance to Zion NP which give you easy access to the park from the Springdale hotels. When you arrive at stop 1, you go through the pedestrian entrance to the park and ride the park shuttle up into the canyon with 9 stops along the way from the park entrance to the Temple of Sinowava. No cars are allowed in the canyon beyond the branch off of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway and the Tem...