Name: Kayenta Trail
Rating: 4.0

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

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This short connector trail links the Grotto Bus Stop to the Emerald Pools. Hike along the mostly flat, well-maintained trail as it parallels the Virgin River to the south.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Zion National Park

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Trail Ratings

4.0 from 48 votes

#4

in Zion Canyon

#88

Overall

4.0 from 48 votes

5 Star		29%
4 Star		46%
3 Star		23%
2 Star		2%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#4

in Zion Canyon

#11

in Utah

#88

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Feb 5, 2015 near Springdale, UT

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Oct 19, 2017 near Springdale, UT

Prickly pear cactus, sweeping views, grateful for patchy shade.

Aug 28, 2020 near Springdale, UT

Red stone steps help with the more steep sections.

Aug 28, 2020 near Springdale, UT

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Mar 8, 2026

Evan Lei

Oct 27, 2025

Lou Hibbard

With Janelle 0.6mi

May 17, 2025

Brian K

Mar 31, 2025

Maelynn Runells-Anderson

Mar 26, 2025

Tarita Fisher Boersma

kayenta trail to emerald pools

Mar 22, 2025

Ryan A

R,B,C,C,S

Oct 25, 2024

Tyler Thieding

Jun 12, 2024

Lee Anne Batal

Jun 12, 2024

Michele ONeill

May 23, 2024

Kimberly Wong

Apr 14, 2024

Paco Velez

Aug 21, 2023

elisa espdor

Aug 13, 2023

Moayad Mar

Jul 6, 2023

Rob Robinson

Jul 5, 2023

Christa Finer

Jun 16, 2023

Rachel Leatherman

0.6mi

Jun 2, 2023

Devin Griffith

May 12, 2023

Missy Voth

May 11, 2023

George Vogel

Apr 14, 2023

Joe Gallo

Oct 20, 2022

Christina Skelton

Sep 30, 2022

J O

Sep 9, 2022

Holly Huston

Did it

Aug 7, 2022

Paul Avazier

Jul 22, 2022

Garret Maier

Jun 17, 2022

William Stokes

May 23, 2022

Brian McDonnell

linked with Upper Emerald Pool hike 0.6mi

May 8, 2022

Joseph Smith

Apr 26, 2022

Ariana Chrisman

Apr 6, 2022

Gary Ryan

Mar 23, 2022

Alex Pukos

Mar 15, 2022

Annette Miranda

Feb 19, 2022

Trey Dirkmaat

Feb 3, 2022

Ashleigh Shunk

Nov 22, 2021

Kelly Champion-Smith

Some elevation. Not hard. Not paved. Some steps were high but easily navigated

Nov 11, 2021

Kelsey O'Keefe

Oct 14, 2021

Cory Finley

Oct 13, 2021

Cory Finley

Oct 5, 2021

Cori Fisher

Sep 20, 2021

Gabriela Lopez

Jul 19, 2021

Emily Belanger

Jul 8, 2021

Maria Vega-Westhoff

Jun 13, 2021

Jonnie H

Jun 1, 2021

Marsha Swainston

May 15, 2021

Lisa Cooper

Wonderful visit with my hubby

May 6, 2021

Lauren Woods

Apr 27, 2021

Jonathan Hilla

Completes 3mi — 12h 00m

Apr 26, 2021

Chelsea T

Apr 14, 2021

Jessica Messersmith

Apr 9, 2021

Jonathan Hartsell

Apr 3, 2021

Christopher Hallowell

Mar 29, 2021

Paul H

Mar 26, 2021

Charlyn Davis

11h 00m

Mar 1, 2021

Stacey Bailey

Feb 26, 2021

Nicole Brainard

Feb 12, 2021

Valerie Insardi

Nov 20, 2020

David Hitchcock

Nov 7, 2020

Tammy Hawkins

Nov 2, 2020

Elston Quiles

Aug 19, 2020

Rin Sarmiento

Aug 12, 2020

Jonathan Everest

Aug 2, 2020

Victoria Lebron

Jun 22, 2020

Heather Lynn

Jun 14, 2020

Campbell Hawk

stopped for view into canyon 0.2mi — 0h 10m

May 15, 2020

Kacper Pawlaczyk

12h 00m

Apr 12, 2020

Jen A

Jan 9, 2020

Boone Bradley

Dec 27, 2019

Michael Nordon

Did this before going up to the middle and upper emerald pools. 1.2mi

Dec 27, 2019

Rosie Betenbaugh

0.6mi — 10h 35m

Nov 7, 2019

C F

0.6mi — 0h 30m

Oct 30, 2019

Katie C

Mom was skeptical at first. Loved it. Hiked to emerald pools tie in and back. 2mi — 1h 15m

Oct 29, 2019

Cheri Fitzgerald

Oct 27, 2019

AJ Kwak

Oct 25, 2019

Stephen LaChance

Oct 17, 2019

Carrie Ensrud

Oct 14, 2019

Reza Haghighi

Jul 9, 2019

Devin G

Jul 5, 2019

Brenden Cologna

Jul 1, 2019

John James

First Zion Hike!

Jun 21, 2019

Audrey Powers

1.8mi

Jun 2, 2019

Kathryn Turner

1h 15m

Jun 2, 2019

Sailaja Kotra-Turner

Jul 23, 2018

Noel Jimenez

Jul 11, 2018

Karen James

Jul 5, 2018

Lea Marx

Jul 2, 2018

Suchita Mujumdar

Jun 25, 2018

Heather Sepúlveda

Connected it to emerald pools 1mi

Jun 13, 2018

Thomas Hunt

Jun 10, 2018

Cindy Erwin

May 29, 2018

Jay Allin

May 11, 2018

Madelyn Egli

May 10, 2018

Jared Egli

Apr 29, 2018

Sherri Johnson

Apr 22, 2018

Kailey Crowell

Apr 14, 2018

Art Vandelay

1mi

Apr 5, 2018

Kevin Maher

Mar 31, 2018

Eugene K

done together with the emerald pools trail 2.5mi

Mar 28, 2018

Tamary Díaz Otero

Mar 28, 2018

Jim Gemelas

Mar 26, 2018

Laura Zacharia

Lower Emerald to Kayenta

Mar 17, 2018

Demetrio Gonzalez

Mar 16, 2018

Jennifer Rueckert

Feb 25, 2018

Roy Cortes

Dec 16, 2017

Cristi P

Nov 6, 2017

Steve Intro

Nov 4, 2017

Nikki Stookey

Nov 2, 2017

Julie Maury

0.6mi

Oct 28, 2017

Camille Smith

Oct 19, 2017

Jeffrey Nguyen

Oct 7, 2017

Matt Lanza

Sep 27, 2017

Rob Humkey

3mi

Sep 25, 2017

Shane Bruhnke

Sep 24, 2017

Brooke Walczak

Combined with Emerald Pools

Sep 24, 2017

Colleen Gebauer

Sep 15, 2017

Matthew Strunk

0.6mi

Sep 13, 2017

Matt Leister

Sep 12, 2017

Cheri Poulos

Took this path to the top of the Emerald pools

Jul 28, 2017

David Gutekunst

Combined with Emerald pools trail

Jul 23, 2017

Bijal P-Dubs

Jul 6, 2017

Karen Sullivan

Jul 4, 2017

Yoran Chiron

Jul 3, 2017

Mark Thielen

Jun 26, 2017

Jenny Lucas

0.6mi

Jun 22, 2017

Shaun Reno

Great walk from the Emerald Pool trail to the Grotto.

Jun 14, 2017

Dan Ogar

Taken by mistake due to wrong turn coming down from Emerald Pools. Became a night hike - LOL!

Jun 5, 2017

Nathan Dolan

Did this after Emerald Pools to finish up at stop 6.

Jun 3, 2017

Ted Christensen

0.8mi

May 31, 2017

Jessica Shallbetter

Continued along riverside walk for 1 hour, taking our time and stopping very often to admire the views. Played in a petrified forest which was amazing 1mi

May 24, 2017

Brian Luttrell

0.6mi

May 17, 2017

Dominik B

May 15, 2017

J C

May 13, 2017

Kate N

May 9, 2017

Antonio Conte

Apr 13, 2017

Bo Johnston

Apr 3, 2017

James Heidlebaugh

Mar 27, 2017

Private User

Mar 25, 2017

Dennis Chan

1.5mi

Mar 20, 2017

Jeremy T

Hiked with Jen in Zion National Park during spring break trip to Las Vegas

Mar 12, 2017

Robin Segert Nuzzo

Mar 11, 2017

Skip Spilman

Hiked with 3yr old. 2.5mi

Mar 11, 2017

Jenn Daniels

Mar 5, 2017

McKenna Luke

Jan 7, 2017

Ashlyn Pieper

A traverse

Jan 6, 2017

sgiguere

Nov 12, 2016

CJ Le Count

Nov 5, 2016

Katie Gallagher

Oct 24, 2016

Lily #G

Oct 19, 2016

Glenn Virdin

Oct 15, 2016

Matt Lackey

Sep 19, 2016

Ali Wiklund

Sep 12, 2016

Dirk Stugg

Aug 21, 2016

Carter Bower

Aug 19, 2016

Thomas Anderson

Our Hike to lower Emerland Pool — 11h 00m

Aug 6, 2016

Jennifer Hanley

Jul 14, 2016

Marjorie Olsho

Apr 14, 2016

Aaron Vandermillen

Apr 4, 2016

Tilman Giese

Mar 27, 2016

Demetra Rinaldi

Mar 22, 2016

Tim Rau

Mar 7, 2016

Jeff Swanson

Hiked with Kirsten, Jacob and Micah. Great views up and down the canyon 0.6mi

Nov 6, 2015

Aaron Smith

Dec 14, 2013

Dan Hubbard

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Kayenta Trail

“A short trail linking the Grotto Bus Stop to Emerald Pools. ”

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