Biking through Zion National Park is the best way for you and your family to experience this incredible area of Utah. By bringing in or renting a bike, you can skip the shuttle lines, explore more ...

Yet visiting 146,597-acre Zion National Park does require a bit of know-how, particularly with permit logistics and a shuttle system established to minimize the effects of high-season crowding.

The shuttle service at Zion National Park has reached its 100 millionth boarding since it hit the road in 2000. ... People ride a full shuttle through Zion National Park on Sept. 15, 2016.

Zion’s free shuttle program has come a long way since 2000, when park officials fretted about whether they could get Americans to part with their automobiles and require them to ride buses.

Photo by NPS/Colton Johnston. Zion National Park’s shuttle fleet has become one of the first bus fleets in the US to go all electric, and the first at a National Park.

The park, which had 3.72 million visitors last year, is accessible without a car from Seattle by taking a 35-minute ferry ride to Bainbridge Island then a 1 hour 55 minute bus ride to Port Angeles ...