Happy birthday, Zion National Park! On this date in 1919, Zion became Utah’s first national park. Today Zion preserves 229 square miles of red rock landscape, featuring high plateaus, a maze of sandstone canyons and waterfalls with colorful hanging gardens – it’s so stunning it looks surreal. Check out 8 interesting facts about Zion as we celebrate the park’s 96th birthday: http://on.doi.gov/1X0Ju2P
Photo taken from the Grotto by Tom Morris (www.sharetheexperience.org).






