Name: Riverside Walk
Rating: 4.1

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

Family Friendly As an ADA accessible path, this route is perfect for the entire family - from Grandma to young children.

Overview

Billed as the perfect family stroll, Riverside Walk is open year round and is accessible to everyone.

Description

This wonderfully low-commitment hike starts from the Temple of Sinawava and works its way north along the shores of the Virgin River. Along the way hikers will have awesome views of the river itself, as well as some ultra lush "hanging gardens" Zion is famous for.

Riverside Walk ends just before the start of the famous "Narrows" portion of the Virgin River Canyon. From the end of the paved trail, you'll be able to see visitors venturing into the water of the narrow canyon, weather permitting of course. If this type of adventure is appealing to you, consider attempting The Narrows - Bottom Up Route.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Zion National Park

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 165 votes

#3

in Zion Canyon

#127

Overall

4.1 from 165 votes

5 Star		33%
4 Star		45%
3 Star		18%
2 Star		4%
1 Star		0%

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in Zion Canyon

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Starting your journey from the Temple of Sinawava along Riverside Walk.

Feb 5, 2015 near Springdale, UT

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Feb 17, 2026

Stewart Carnes

Nov 27, 2025

Anonymous

Nov 20, 2025

Cori Strathmeyer

Sep 29, 2025

Kathleen Yeager

Sep 14, 2025

Michael Lynch

Aug 18, 2025

Anonymous

Aug 11, 2025

Anonymous

Jun 21, 2025

Matthew Bailey

May 31, 2025

Tom Herr

Ended the top-down The Narrows hike. Paved trail along the Virgin River. Gentle hike on crowded trail. Loved it. 1mi

May 13, 2025

Anonymous

1.9mi

May 2, 2025

Brian Long

Nice walk along a paved trail. Peaceful water and bird sounds.

Apr 14, 2025

Anonymous

Beautiful weather day. Some muddy spots in the trail in the second half, but not a barrier to success. Mind the squirrels! They are a bit insistent. 1.9mi — 1h 15m

Apr 14, 2025

Lori Walker

1.9mi

Apr 11, 2025

Shana Allison

Mar 31, 2025

Maelynn Runells-Anderson

Mar 22, 2025

Ryan A

R,B,C,C,S — 1h 00m

Mar 19, 2025

Max Swearingen

Nov 12, 2024

Matt S

1.9mi

Oct 24, 2024

Tyler Thieding

Aug 6, 2024

Christy Ferguson

Jul 21, 2024

Melanie Gray

amazing hike with my girls! 2.8mi — 2h 23m

Jun 12, 2024

Lee Anne Batal

Jun 12, 2024

Michele ONeill

May 24, 2024

Kimberly Wong

1.9mi

May 12, 2024

Sherri Morgan

Apr 14, 2024

Paco Velez

Mar 29, 2024

Yuvraj Singh

2.2mi — 0h 54m

Feb 20, 2024

Stewart Carnes

Dec 29, 2023

Juan Yniguez

Dec 13, 2023

Blake Stevenson

Dec 12, 2023

Blake Stevenson

Nov 25, 2023

Grace Gordon

Nov 15, 2023

David Sauskojus

Nov 10, 2023

Drew Sigmon

2mi

Oct 25, 2023

Ilona Ring

Easy hike 2mi

Sep 30, 2023

caari teer

Sep 14, 2023

Anthony Skrainar

Aug 11, 2023

Moayad Mar

Aug 5, 2023

Jena Gorden

Jul 23, 2023

Paul Thurman

Jul 23, 2023

Dave Cerlanek

9h 45m

Jul 6, 2023

Rob Robinson

Did as part of the bottom-up trail

Jul 6, 2023

Christa Finer

Jun 12, 2023

Cody Hull

Jun 9, 2023

Bailey Manista

2mi

Jun 7, 2023

Stephanie Liu-Kuan

Jun 2, 2023

Devin Griffith

May 31, 2023

Brian Mullholand

May 25, 2023

Anthony Gonzalez

May 12, 2023

Missy Voth

May 11, 2023

George Vogel

May 7, 2023

Wendy Stewart

1.9mi

Apr 29, 2023

Ryan Bowman

1mi

Apr 18, 2023

Ann Pastor

Apr 14, 2023

Joe Gallo

Apr 12, 2023

Trent Leonard

Feb 20, 2023

Kay Lamb

1.9mi — 0h 52m

Feb 4, 2023

SharaLee Ellsworth

Nov 24, 2022

Anil Kanagala

1.9mi — 8h 15m

Oct 30, 2022

Erin Andersen

2.6mi — 0h 48m

Oct 19, 2022

Christina Skelton

Oct 6, 2022

Cecily Leath

1.9mi

Oct 4, 2022

Tyler salah

1.9mi

Sep 30, 2022

J O

Sep 11, 2022

Holly Huston

Did it

Sep 1, 2022

Andrea Zacher

Meh. Thought we'd have better views and closer to river. Very crowded. 1.9mi — 1h 05m

Aug 30, 2022

Eunjung Kim

Aug 16, 2022

Tom and Donna Thomey

Aug 7, 2022

Paul Avazier

Jul 26, 2022

Madeline Angel

Jul 22, 2022

Matt Culpepper

To and back from The Narrows (2/75) 2mi

Jul 16, 2022

ashlee clapper

Walked the trail, and then hung out in the Virgin River for a while! The squirrels kept trying to get into our bags

Jul 1, 2022

Kelli Harris

2h 46m

Jul 1, 2022

N B

1.9mi

Jun 30, 2022

Parker Antwine

1.9mi

Jun 24, 2022

Erin Cafagna

Jun 18, 2022

Tami Buck

Followed this easy trail to the narrows in our rented gear - lots of tame, fat squirrels! 1.9mi

Jun 1, 2022

G Allen Daily

0h 45m

May 29, 2022

Peter Rossetti

May 23, 2022

Maura McLay

May 22, 2022

Brian McDonnell

1.9mi

May 11, 2022

Carissa Bryant

May 8, 2022

Joseph Smith

Apr 29, 2022

Ann Smith

1.9mi

Apr 25, 2022

Ariana Chrisman

Apr 14, 2022

James Napolitano

Apr 12, 2022

A Catalano

Apr 9, 2022

Mikaela Lidgard

Apr 6, 2022

Gary Ryan

Mar 29, 2022

Krista Newcomb

We walked a little ways up but quite crowded.

Mar 28, 2022

Wenxin Lu

1.9mi — 15h 20m

Mar 15, 2022

Annette Miranda

Feb 23, 2022

Stewart Carnes

Jan 24, 2022

Anthony Hart

Beautiful riverside walk. A little cold in Jan

Dec 18, 2021

Kevin Chen

Dec 15, 2021

Allison Small

Dec 4, 2021

Tracie Taylor Perez

Nov 22, 2021

Kelly Champion-Smith

Nov 14, 2021

Kelsey O'Keefe

Nov 12, 2021

Melissa Phipps

Nov 8, 2021

Morgan Barger

Oct 31, 2021

Ashley Ross

Oct 27, 2021

Jacqueline Cohen

Oct 24, 2021

Manoj Abey

1.9mi

Oct 14, 2021

Cory Finley

Oct 5, 2021

Cori Fisher

Oct 2, 2021

MAKENZIE DIAMOND

Sep 24, 2021

Kim K

Sep 20, 2021

Kristen Jobes

Sep 19, 2021

Brett Wolfley

Sep 14, 2021

Maya Prabhu

Sep 14, 2021

Chris A Dahl

Aug 19, 2021

Sarah Heller

Aug 9, 2021

Shelby C

Aug 5, 2021

Brendon Griffin

2021 friend trip 1.9mi

Jul 25, 2021

Angela Cool

Jul 19, 2021

Emily Belanger

Jul 11, 2021

Omero Salinas

Jul 9, 2021

Lora Moy

Jul 8, 2021

Maria Vega-Westhoff

Jul 7, 2021

Elisa Schmitz

Jul 4, 2021

Andrew Demolat

Elizabeth and I on our morning adventure.

Jul 1, 2021

Bre Hartman

Jun 27, 2021

Laura Young

Busy today

Jun 27, 2021

Darin Myers

Jun 24, 2021

Nick Barendregt

A nice walk to see the river and some small waterfalls down the canyon walls. Very busy trail. 1.8mi — 0h 55m

Jun 17, 2021

Patricia KD

Jun 11, 2021

Kevin F

Jun 3, 2021

Kayla Diebold

Jun 1, 2021

Marsha Swainston

May 27, 2021

Ashley Foote

May 20, 2021

Emily White

A nice paved, family friendly walk to get to the start of the narrows. You can walk next to the water or on the paved path. 1.9mi

May 19, 2021

J L

May 18, 2021

Jeanette Kletzli

Easy hike, more of a walk 1.9mi — 1h 30m

May 16, 2021

Leah Walsh

1.9mi — 2h 00m

May 7, 2021

John Encarnacion

Apr 30, 2021

Jonathan Hilla

Completed 3mi

Apr 28, 2021

Chelsea T

Apr 16, 2021

Christopher Hallowell

Apr 3, 2021

Christopher Hallowell

Mar 29, 2021

Paul H

Mar 28, 2021

Aaron Fagerwick

Inaccurate GPS data

Mar 26, 2021

Charlyn Davis

1h 30m

Mar 21, 2021

Brett Landry

Feb 26, 2021

Nicole Brainard

Feb 16, 2021

Howard McGee

Nice!

Feb 8, 2021

Marsha Morgan

Jan 14, 2021

David Flores Benavides

Easy boring

Jan 1, 2021

Terri Allain

Dec 27, 2020

Chaitanya Krishna

1.9mi

Dec 26, 2020

Casey Spiwak

Nov 15, 2020

Austin Libal

Nov 13, 2020

Angie C

Nov 9, 2020

Isabela Jardim

Nov 2, 2020

Elston Quiles

Nov 2, 2020

Garrett Thibodeaux

1.9mi

Oct 30, 2020

Private User

Oct 29, 2020

Kevin H

Oct 20, 2020

Amy Love

Oct 18, 2020

Kayla Lyman

2.5mi — 2h 00m

Oct 16, 2020

Kristi Miller

Sep 11, 2020

Kellen Farnham

Sep 6, 2020

Amanda Greer

Sep 1, 2020

Fran Caroline

Aug 27, 2020

Gabriel Wakeman

2.6mi — 1h 13m

Aug 18, 2020

Rin Sarmiento

Aug 12, 2020

Jonathan Everest

Aug 12, 2020

Randall Grimes

Took the trail on the way to and from the Narrows. Saw several squirrels on the way down. They were very well fed. 1.9mi — 8h 30m

Aug 9, 2020

Zeus Ochoa

Aug 2, 2020

Victoria Lebron

Jul 28, 2020

Rebecca Crooks

Jul 27, 2020

E D

2mi — 0h 48m

Jul 17, 2020

Julia Gielczynski

Jul 12, 2020

Brittany Furnish

Jul 6, 2020

Jami Mallen

Jul 5, 2020

Patrick P

1.9mi — 8h 00m

Jul 3, 2020

Daniel Bolding

Jun 21, 2020

Aaron Weaver

Jun 17, 2020

Jeff Hyatt

1.9mi — 7h 30m

Jun 1, 2020

Corin Burke

Hiked to Blanche the Jeep

May 16, 2020

Christina Doucette

May 14, 2020

Kacper Pawlaczyk

12h 00m

Apr 12, 2020

Jen A

Mar 10, 2020

Monica Robinson

Mar 8, 2020

Michael D. Tomorsky

4h 08m

Mar 7, 2020

Phyllis C

Nice easy walk $40 to rent water suite m shoes n stick

Mar 5, 2020

Justin Walker

Feb 8, 2020

Susan Schaefer

Jan 24, 2020

Emily Faust

Walked up to the start of the narrows 1.9mi

Jan 14, 2020

Jason Berling

Dec 27, 2019

Rosie Betenbaugh

1.9mi — 9h 06m

Dec 19, 2019

Kyle Brady

Dec 9, 2019

Kelly S

1h 00m

Nov 19, 2019

Murphy Meisenheimer

Nov 16, 2019

Brandon Warner

Needed a break after Angel's Landing in the morning. — 4h 00m

Nov 7, 2019

C F

1.9mi — 1h 00m

Nov 2, 2019

jeff nye

Oct 26, 2019

Ayaka Saito

Oct 25, 2019

Stephen LaChance

Oct 23, 2019

Joe Schenning

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

Family Friendly As an ADA accessible path, this route is perfect for the entire family - from Grandma to young children.

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