Trails in Utah
There are 9 National Park Service units that include territory in Utah. The directory below links to every park guide we maintain for the state. For multi-state parks, you'll see the same entry on each state's page — the trail catalog itself is identical.
Trip planning from Utah typically means balancing drive time against trail effort. A weekend out of state can be more efficient than a one-day push to a closer unit if it means daylight on the actual trail rather than behind the wheel. Use the per-park guides to compare difficulty and seasonality before locking in dates.
Arches National Park
Concentrated red-rock landscape of more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, fins, and balanced rocks above the Colorado River near Moab.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Forest of intricate red, orange, and white limestone hoodoos arrayed in a series of vast natural amphitheaters along a high plateau rim.
Canyonlands National Park
Vast labyrinth of canyons, mesas, and buttes carved by the Green and Colorado rivers into four wildly distinct districts.
Capitol Reef National Park
100-mile wrinkle in the earth called the Waterpocket Fold, with cliffs, canyons, domes, and historic Mormon orchards in the Fruita oasis.
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Half-mile-deep amphitheater of red and orange limestone above 10,000 feet on the Markagunt Plateau.
Dinosaur National Monument
Quarry exposing Jurassic-era dinosaur fossils in situ, plus 200,000 acres of canyon country along the Green and Yampa rivers.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
1.25 million acres around Lake Powell, including slot canyons, sandstone wilderness, and the iconic Rainbow Bridge.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
2,700-mile 19th-century trade route linking Santa Fe to Los Angeles across the southwestern deserts.
Zion National Park
Towering Navajo sandstone cliffs of red and tan rise above a lush canyon of cottonwoods carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River.