Zion National Park is one of the gems of the National Park system and one of Utah's most beloved tourist destinations. The park is located in the far southwestern corner of Utah, where the Colorado Plateau meets the mountains and valleys of the Great Basin. The closest town is Springdale. The sculptured cliffs of Zion Canyon provide visitors with landscapes of unmatched beauty and diversity. One of my favorite places for spending the cooler days of autumn in the canyon of the desert. It boast one of the most amazing fall color displays in the Southwest.
The Watchman above the Virgin River in Zion Canyon during the fall foliage display.
Cottonwood tree along the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah.
Waterfall in Zion National Park at Court of the Patriarchs
Fall color display in Orderville Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah.
Virgin River Narrows and Orderville Canyon intersection.
The Subway in Fall
The famous "Subway" penetrates the spectacular canyon of the Left Fork of North Creek.
Zion Temple of Sinawava cottonwood trees displaying fall color
Mysterious Waters
Falling water echoes in the nature carved tunnel where desert salamanders slither, frogs watch in camelflauge as the emerald pools shimmer and tempt cold hikers to go for a swim to releave themselves of the dry desert heat they went throught to make here.
Zion Narrows Walk - Springdale, Utah
Zion's Great White Throne (6,744 ft) rising high above into the clouds on an autumn evening.
Zion has many landmark and some of the them will have a large group of photographers in front of them as you may already know. The Great White Throne however will not! You will only find a few photographers here and there photographing the Throne as it catches it's last bit of golden light of the day just before the sunsets. If you ask me about it, I'll tell you it looks like a giant sandstone skyscraper looming above Zion Canyon.
The Light Tunnel
The narrow Subway section of this hike forces hikers through a unique tunnel sculpted by the Left Fork of North Creek.
The Watchmen framed by golden cottonwoods on the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah.
Dried Riverbed Zion National Park
A wide angle view of the Subway in Zion National Park
Court of the Patriarchs fall color in Zion National Park
Zion color contrast in the Emerald Pools.
Mystic Pool - Zion National Park Utah
Pot Holes
Churning water chisels the rock floor, forming shallow potholes that fill to the brim with frosty water.
Light in the Subway, Left Fork North Creek - Zion National Park, Sprigdale Utah
Silhouettes walk toward me freely on multi-colored walls where only a trickle of sun light penetrates into the curved chamber of the Subway.
Another World
Zion National Park
The Dividing line
Zion National Park
Zion Left Fork North Creek Subway crack Autumn Fall Foliage
Zion Left Fork North Creek Subway Trail Fall Foliage
Waterfall and fall color in Orderville Canyon of Zion National Park, Utah.
Backlit fall foliage in Zion National Park
This is a Towers of the Virgin View from near the Museum at Zion National Park.
Cottonwood displaying it's autumn shades in the Virgin River Narrows of Zion National Park
An etheral view in the Virgin River Narrows of Zion National Park
Fall color display in the Narrows of Zion National Park of Utah.
Virgin River Fall Color Zion
Orderville Canyon Zion National Park
Zion red maples in the fall season.
Towers of the Virgin from lichen covered cliffs in Zion National Park, Utah.
Canyon Color
Zion National Park
Red Maples
Zion National Park
Red Maple Zion National Park
Zion Virgin River Framed by Autumn Maples.
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