Drive USA: 9 National Parks, 7 States including # 33 Utah & Las Vegas 2006

Total Est. Time: 22 hours, 18 minutes Total Est. Distance: 1472.55 miles

Road trip America - Stops & route fm LV for 1 day trip:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/natparks/…

In the evening, the rotating "Horse-A-Round" bar featured in the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is a must.

PARK MAP :
http://www.nps.gov/applications/parks/zi…

FROM SPRINDALE/ SOUTH ENTRANCE take the shuttles for Zion Canyon -in summer. In Nov- find out....http://www.nps.gov/zion/trans.htm

The Zion Canyon Scenic Drive is by shuttle bus only from early April through the end of October. Private vehicles are not allowed. All other parts of the park are open to private vehicles. The shuttles operate in two loops, one making six stops in the town of Springdale and the other making eight stops at points of interest in the park. The shuttle is free.

37-mile round-trip drive - see the HOODOOS
Thousands of delicately carved spires rise in brilliant color from the amphitheaters of Bryce Canyon National Park. Millions of years of wind, water and geologic mayhem have shaped and etched the pink cliffs at Bryce, which isn't actually a canyon but the eastern slope of the Paunsaguant Plateau.

Your first view of Bryce Canyon is dramatic, as rows of pine trees veil the color and grandeur of the canyon until you reach the rim. Here the brilliant hues come alive - especially with the rising and setting of the sun.

Visitors may take a 37-mile round-trip drive to Bryce Canyon's most famous viewpoints, dizzying in scope, including Sunrise, Sunset, Bryce, Rainbow, Yovimpa, and Inspiration Points.

Bryce Canyon National Park is named after Ebenezer Bryce, an early rancher who described it as "a helluva place to lose a cow." It was designated a national park in 1928. An interesting Indian legend describes why the rocks at Bryce have such amazing shapes. Read about it here.

MAP : http://www.nps.gov/brca/PDFs/Wholemap.pd…
BRYCE - ZION - 86 MILES

Great place

Arches to Mesa verde ;
Total Est. Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes Total Est. Distance: 132.45 miles

Canyonlands preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The rivers divide the park into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze and the rivers themselves. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character and offers different opportunities for exploration.

Most visited is Island in the Sky