Name: Canyon Overlook Trail
Rating: 4.7

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · Views · Wildlife

Family Friendly This quick jaunt will allow the kids to get out of the car and deep into the Zion magic within minutes.

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A quick hike out to an amazing overlook.

Description

This short trail originates at a parking lot on the east side of the highway 9 (Zion Park Blvd.) tunnel. The trail traverses out to the rim above a steep canyon wall. Views to the west are breathtaking from the overlook.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Zion National Park

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Trail Ratings

4.7 from 144 votes

#2

in East Zion

#61

Overall

4.7 from 144 votes

5 Star		74%
4 Star		22%
3 Star		3%
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1 Star		0%

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#2

in East Zion

#11

in Utah

#61

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Aug 25, 2015 near Springdale, UT

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Jan 5, 2018 near Springdale, UT

Jul 6, 2016 near Springdale, UT

Backpacking the kids up the Canyon Overlook Trail brings rewarding views for the whole family.

May 14, 2017 near Springdale, UT

Jan 22, 2016 near Springdale, UT

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Check-Ins

May 3, 2023

Tessa Vande Velden

With Carter

Apr 9, 2023

Alea De Belen

Apr 9, 2023

Alea De Belen

Mar 31, 2023

Allisen Lasse Cullum

Feb 11, 2023

Christian Gardner

Feb 5, 2023

SharaLee Ellsworth

Nov 24, 2022

Anil Kanagala

0.7mi — 16h 45m

Nov 22, 2022

Michael Calabrese

Amazing first hike in park. Beautiful sunrise

Nov 2, 2022

Cm Long

Oct 23, 2022

Rick Rogstad

Aug 29, 2022

Eunjung Kim

Aug 16, 2022

Tom and Donna Thomey

Leaving

Jul 25, 2022

Madeline Angel

0.7mi

Jul 21, 2022

Garret Maier

0.8mi — 0h 32m

Jul 19, 2022

Matt Culpepper

Cool little trail at the start of Pine Creek Canyon (1.7/100) 1.7mi

Jul 5, 2022

Michael Pu

Jul 5, 2022

Christina Manglona

Jul 1, 2022

Parker Antwine

Jun 19, 2022

Justine Hill

May 31, 2022

G Allen Daily

0h 29m

May 7, 2022

Sara Gray

With my babies — 1h 18m

May 7, 2022

André Ghantous

1h 18m

Apr 30, 2022

Jose Avila

Liliana y yo ❤️

Mar 12, 2022

Brandon Searcy

Feb 27, 2022

Doug Tam

Jan 6, 2022

Rui Zhang

0.7mi

Dec 17, 2021

Kevin Chen

Nov 13, 2021

Kelsey O'Keefe

Nov 10, 2021

Brittney Vosbrink

Nov 3, 2021

Nancy Randall

Second time doing this trail. This time with Dave, Alex and Lee

Oct 31, 2021

Ashley Ross

Oct 30, 2021

Jonathan Gigot

Oct 24, 2021

Manoj Abey

1.1mi

Oct 19, 2021

Kristy Van

slightly technical at times. slanted sandy rocks.

Oct 2, 2021

MAKENZIE DIAMOND

Sep 10, 2021

Kayla Johnson

Sep 6, 2021

Chomtawat Sethanand

0.7mi

Aug 17, 2021

Sarah Heller

Aug 14, 2021

B F

Great trail. Got up at first light and it was incredible!

Jul 21, 2021

Allie Smogor

Jul 11, 2021

Anthony Gonzalez

Jul 10, 2021

Alec Paden

Awesome view over the entrance to the park. Wasn't too crowded on a July Saturday from 9:30-11:00. Possibly due to the heat advisory 2mi — 1h 15m

Jul 9, 2021

Lora Moy

Jul 8, 2021

Vianni Garcia

First hike of the trip! Very nice views! 1mi

Jun 17, 2021

Patricia KD

Jun 8, 2021

Kevin F

Jun 8, 2021

Rod Stewart

Views are amazing. Some parts of trail are on the edge. 1.8mi — 1h 00m

Jun 7, 2021

William Lanter

Jun 1, 2021

Ainsley Droege

1mi — 0h 56m

May 25, 2021

Michael Chu

May 22, 2021

Emily White

A beautiful small hike up the side of the mountain with a can't beat view of Zion. A great last look before heading to Bryce. Don't skip the drive… 1.4mi — 0h 45m

May 18, 2021

Tammy McClain

May 14, 2021

Leah Walsh

3mi — 2h 00m

May 6, 2021

Cole B

1.2mi — 0h 46m

May 2, 2021

Breck Tuttle

Apr 26, 2021

Brent Thiel

Apr 23, 2021

reyna salazar

Apr 14, 2021

Jessica Messersmith

Apr 8, 2021

Jonathan Hartsell

Apr 5, 2021

Allen Camp

Mar 27, 2021

Paul H

Feb 25, 2021

Nicole Brainard

Went before sunrise

Feb 25, 2021

Carina Searight

Feb 13, 2021

Francisco Colón

Feb 12, 2021

Valerie Insardi

Feb 8, 2021

Tami Thompson

Jan 31, 2021

Owen Szabo

1mi — 0h 30m

Jan 24, 2021

Deacon Klemme

Didn't have the app on. — 7h 45m

Jan 20, 2021

Deborah Denzel

Jan 17, 2021

CHARLES SWAIN

Jan 11, 2021

Daniel Salinas

Jan 3, 2021

David Merrill

Dec 28, 2020

Chintan Shah

0.7mi

Dec 9, 2020

Brock Miskelley

0.7mi

Nov 27, 2020

Freddie Sanchez

Great for the family. Parking was a bit difficult, but it allowed us to see some goats around the start of the trail. 0.7mi

Nov 27, 2020

Chris Bruman

Parked up the road a bit; 1 mile hike normally; Awesome views; Easy hike- at sunrise or sunset is good; 217 elevation gain 2.4mi — 0h 58m

Nov 24, 2020

Liesl Smaistrla

Nov 21, 2020

Florencia Salvio

0.5mi

Nov 21, 2020

David Hitchcock

Nov 16, 2020

Austin Libal

Oct 31, 2020

Charlie Johnson

12h 00m

Oct 30, 2020

Private User

Oct 30, 2020

Kevin H

Oct 17, 2020

Meetal Bhamre

Oct 16, 2020

Laurent Besson

Oct 11, 2020

Andy M

Sep 28, 2020

Diane Dickens

Sep 27, 2020

Jon Bjornen

Great short hike to an amazing view. Grippy hiking or trail shoes recommended. — 4h 00m

Sep 25, 2020

Tess Bernard

Sep 11, 2020

Emily L

Some walking near ledges Great views at the end Two wedding shoots happening at the top

Sep 5, 2020

Madeleine Hart

Sep 5, 2020

Kellen Farnham

Sep 4, 2020

Nicky Wholey

Aug 18, 2020

Maddy Wog

Jul 30, 2020

Jackson Ross

0.7mi — 12h 30m

Jul 16, 2020

Rick Walker

Beautiful morning for this short hike. 0.7mi — 9h 00m

Jul 8, 2020

Brian Olguin

Easy uphill hike with a great view overlooking the canyon — 9h 00m

Jul 7, 2020

Jami Mallen

Jun 22, 2020

Heather Lynn

Jun 16, 2020

Joan Sheets

Jun 15, 2020

Lila Bellucci

Mar 16, 2020

hdjohnson

Enjoyed seeing down into Pine Canyon slot along the way. 0.7mi

Mar 7, 2020

Jen Kwok

Mar 4, 2020

Chelsea Kotun

1.5mi — 1h 11m

Feb 29, 2020

LA Skurupey

Feb 16, 2020

Renae G

Beautiful hike. Challenging for folks with arthritis in joints, due to scrambling over rocks and boulders. Fun hike with a 4 yr old. — 2h 00m

Jan 18, 2020

Jordan De Leon

Jan 11, 2020

Clark V

Jan 9, 2020

Boone Bradley

Dec 31, 2019

Nick Latiano

Dec 27, 2019

Michael Nordon

Went for sunrise. It was snowing and beautiful. There was little visibility at the end but it was awesome to do the hike first thing (and in the dark) 1.4mi

Dec 20, 2019

Kyle Brady

short, busy trail. good views.

Dec 18, 2019

Carolyn Lotus

Really rewarding short hike. Ate lunch here.

Nov 27, 2019

Lizz Anya

Nov 19, 2019

Angie Luo

Nov 15, 2019

Tamaro Johnson

Nov 9, 2019

C F

0.8mi — 1h 30m

Oct 18, 2019

Myron Vaughn Sr.

A short hike to a wonderful view

Oct 4, 2019

Kayla Champagne

Oct 1, 2019

Tami Gonyea

Amazing

Sep 29, 2019

Ada Hui Xu

Sep 28, 2019

Fanny Langlois

Sep 28, 2019

Jena Turner

Sunset

Sep 23, 2019

Lorena G

Sep 20, 2019

P S

Sep 5, 2019

Martha Hernandez

Aug 30, 2019

Chandra Nalluri

Aug 28, 2019

Becka Katherine

Aug 27, 2019

Lucie Daniel

Avec thomas, papa et polo

Aug 24, 2019

Loreleï Noé

Aug 24, 2019

Marc Daniel

Avec Lulu Polo Maxime et Thomas Vanier — 8h 54m

Jul 16, 2019

Hannah Witter

Jul 2, 2019

Scot Andrews

Jun 23, 2019

b Heliker

3mi

Jun 23, 2019

Laura P

Jun 22, 2019

Drew Lawton

1mi — 0h 48m

Jun 18, 2019

Jamie Van Fossen

Strenuous at first bu the view is out of this world! — 1h 00m

Jun 14, 2019

Ashley Overstreet

Jun 10, 2019

Sam Bailey

Jun 9, 2019

Lana Z

Jun 6, 2019

Lauren Yura

Jun 3, 2019

Christina Slaughter

9h 00m

Jun 3, 2019

Sailaja Kotra-Turner

May 28, 2019

Cynthia Fox

May 27, 2019

Gin Ma

1h 07m

May 23, 2019

Ryan Douglas

May 23, 2019

Xian Fang

May 19, 2019

Rochelle Hartigan

Seemed longer than a 1/2 mile each way but great view at the top. A few areas required some sure footing and courage, but includes great amazing cave — 1h 00m

May 13, 2019

Brian Rishel

0.7mi

May 7, 2019

Andre Powell

Narrow as heck at times, pleasant elevation change 1.2mi

Apr 29, 2019

Xie Tracz

Apr 27, 2019

Augustus Sutera

Apr 5, 2019

Steven Davenport

Apr 4, 2019

Jayne Song

Mar 26, 2019

Prabin Shrestha

Mar 26, 2019

Elliot Gardner

1.5mi — 0h 40m

Mar 24, 2019

Dennis Chan

Fun trail with many climbable features enroute if one wishes.

Mar 19, 2019

A H

Feb 23, 2019

Sandy Xian

Feb 23, 2019

John Smith

1.5mi

Feb 22, 2019

Cary Greenfield

The views were spectacular and driving through the 1.1 mile tunnel to get to the trailhead was amazing

Feb 21, 2019

Karijana Kristbergs

Feb 10, 2019

Kimberly Ryan

Dec 27, 2018

Adriel Alvarez

Dec 23, 2018

Fan Lin

0.7mi

Nov 30, 2018

Angelina Fortino

Nov 14, 2018

Alvin Wong

0.7mi

Oct 24, 2018

Susan Jean

Oct 24, 2018

Melissa Lowe

Oct 21, 2018

Casey Bernard

Oct 8, 2018

Michelle Jaeschke

0.7mi

Oct 6, 2018

Emily G

Oct 4, 2018

S W

Sep 25, 2018

Christina Vu

Sep 24, 2018

Quoc Bui

Sep 7, 2018

Roger Chesser

Sep 5, 2018

Abigail Elsmo-Siebert

Sep 4, 2018

Abigail Elsmo-Siebert

Aug 19, 2018

Chloe Berman

Aug 9, 2018

Michael Topolski

0.7mi

Aug 7, 2018

Martin P

0h 44m

Aug 6, 2018

Luis Barreto Jr

Jul 24, 2018

Amber Jackson

Jul 22, 2018

Charm Smith

watched the sunset 0.7mi

Jul 21, 2018

Setty Hadley

Jul 20, 2018

Lamere Buchanan

Nice short walk to a beautiful overlook! One of my favorite views! 1.4mi

Jul 20, 2018

James Holland

0.7mi

Jul 19, 2018

Hollywood58 Woodward

Beautiful side trip, definitely worth the views!

Jul 10, 2018

Brandon Wickersham

Jul 7, 2018

Sara Eileen

Jul 3, 2018

Sherry H.

Breathtaking view at the end! 7mi

Jun 21, 2018

Jing Huang

Jun 19, 2018

Ariel Schell

Jun 10, 2018

Jack G

May 29, 2018

Craig Polizzotto

May 25, 2018

Kate T

May 24, 2018

Kurtis Fuller

May 24, 2018

Evan Pennisi

0.7mi

Apr 29, 2018

Scott Claggett

1h 00m

Apr 21, 2018

Ash Minhas

0.7mi

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Canyon Overlook Trail

“A short trail that leads to incredible views of Zion Canyon. ”

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Dogs No Dogs

Features Birding · Fall Colors · Views · Wildlife

Family Friendly This quick jaunt will allow the kids to get out of the car and deep into the Zion magic within minutes.

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#61

#2

#11

#61

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