Robert Cross

1986: 9,836,306 (earliest available) 1989: 8,336,922 * 1992: 8,931,690 1995: 9,080,422 * Lower multipliers for estimated car-passengers instituted in 1988 and `89.

ZION 1963: 681,081 (first year available) 1967: 788,403 1971: 974,976 1973: 1,087,400 1974: 947,178 (fuel crisis period) 1978: 1,307,919 1988: 2,163,789 1991: 2,503,063 1995: 2,442,062 Bryce Canyon 1929: 21,997 (earliest...

GETTING THERE The five Utah national parks are strung out in a northeasterly direction from Zion to Arches, bounded, roughly, by Interstate Highway 15 on the west, Interstate Highway 70...

BRYCE CANYON AND ZION NATIONAL PARKS,Utah--The five national parks of southern Utah ascend like giant steps toward Colorado and the Rockies. They demark a time-tortured portion of vast high plateaus,...

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah--The cluster of vacationers had to see Delicate Arch, Utah's celebrity rock, the one on the license plates and the cover of the 1996 Rand McNally Road...

Established as a national park: Dec. 18, 1971. Area: 241,904 acres. Visitors: 648,864 in 1995. Entrance fees: $4 daily per vehicle or individual hiker or bicyclist to travel the scenic...

ZION FACTS Established as a national park: Nov. 19, 1919. Area: 146,551 acres. Visitors: 2,442,062 in 1995 Location: In southwestern Utah, 158 miles from Las Vegas. Flora and fauna: 75...

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah--Climbing back up to the Shafer Canyon overlook, a man lugged a camera with a tall tripod, while the woman with him tugged at the leashes of...

144 million-63 million years ago: A great seaway covering much of North America repeatedly invaded and retreated, leaving sediments thousands of feet thick in Bryce and covering, as well as...

Established as a national park: Nov. 12, 1971. Area: 73,379 acres. Visitors: 859,374 in 1995. Entrance fees: $4 per vehicle; $2 per individual hiker or bicyclist (good for seven consecutive...