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HAER No. UT-40-D, "Zion National Park Historic Trails System, Gateway to Narrows, Springdale vicinity, Washington County, UT", 2 data pages; HAER No. UT-72-A, "South Entrance Sign, Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway at south park boundary, Springdale, Washington County, UT", 12 photos, 1 photo caption page
There are 29 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the park, 25 located within Washington County and three within Kane County. The latter three are structures at the East Entrance to the park. A small portion of the park extends north into Iron County but includes no National
Zion National Park is a national park of the United States located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale.Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of life zones that allow for unusual plant and animal diversity.
West end of the Pine Creek Bridge and the east portal of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel, c. 2006 A horseback party at the western entrance to the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel, September 1929. The tunnel shortened the distance from Zion National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park by 70 miles (110 km).
From the South Entrance to Canyon Junction at the mouth of Zion Canyon the road has been reconstructed and has lost many of the characteristic features of the 1930s construction. [2] The original 1916 road, built by Park Service engineer W.O. Tufts, was a single-lane dirt road that extended as far as the Weeping Rock parking area.
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The Zion Lodge Historic District surrounds the rustic lodge originally designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Zion National Park. The lodge served as the center of a group of cabins, employee dormitories and support buildings which are included in the district. A swimming pool and bathhouse were demolished in 1976.
Checkerboard Mesa is an iconic 6,520+ ft (1,990+ m) elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Kane County of southwest Utah, United States. [3] Checkerboard Mesa is situated immediately southwest of the park's east entrance, towering 900 feet (270 meters) above the Zion – Mount Carmel Highway.