

You’ll be able to walk to a Springdale shuttle stop from every parking lot. Be sure not to park in a space reserved for a private business or you may get towed.

While some street parking is free, lots usually charge around $10-$15 for the day. Just keep an eye out for parking signs on the side streets off the main road in town (Rte. The good news is that there’s parking throughout Springdale if the Zion Canyon Village parking lot is full. You’ll want to arrive early (before 8 AM) to get a spot. But during peak times, which tend to be weekends and every day in July and August, parking fills up quickly. The easiest way to ride the Zion park shuttle is to find parking at the Zion Canyon Visitor Center at Zion Canyon Village. Parking for the Zion National Park shuttleĪrrive early if you’re hoping to park at the Zion Village parking lot and avoid the Springdale shuttle. The Town of Springdale shuttle runs daily between 8 AM and 8 PM.The last bus departs from the Temple of Sinawava daily at 7:15 PM.The first bus leaves the Zion Visitor Center daily at 7 AM.It usually runs the last week of December, but it doesn’t resume operations beyond that until March.ĭuring spring, summer, and fall, the schedules are as follows: The Springdale shuttle does not run every winter weekend that the Zion park shuttle runs. When the shuttle does run in the winter, the first bus departs from the visitor center at 8:00 AM and the last bus leaves the Temple of Sinawava at 5:45 PM.
ZION NATIONAL PARK SHUTTLE PLUS
The park shuttle doesn’t run from December through March, except for the last week of December plus weekends in February and March. The Zion Canyon line runs from mid-March to the end of November, give or take. This means the entire section between Canyon Junction (stop three) and the Temple of Sinawava (stop nine) is off-limits to cars. The most important thing to know is that private vehicles are not allowed to drive the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive when the Zion Canyon shuttle is running. Most days in the winter, guests can drive into the park. All passengers have to get off at the Temple of Sinawava, so you can’t spend your days looping the Zion National Park shuttle (not that you’d want to). The shuttle takes roughly 45 minutes to get from stop one to stop nine. Every shuttle is the same and stops at every location, except for the Big Bend stop – the bus doesn’t stop when headed north (into the canyon), only when heading south (out of the canyon). The shuttles run quite frequently, so you’ll never have to wait very long at a stop - 10 minutes or so at the longest. Stop 5: Zion Lodge/Emerald Pools Trailhead The route begins at the park visitor center (just a few feet outside the park entrance) and stops at seven locations before reaching the Temple of Sinawava - the starting point for the famous Narrows hike. If you take a peek at a Zion National Park shuttle map, you’ll see that it runs on a pretty simple circuit.

ZION NATIONAL PARK SHUTTLE FREE
The Zion Canyon Line is the free shuttle system that runs through Zion. Click here for the full-size map and schedule from the park.
