 
Snow
Canyon State Park
The colorful sandstone formations of Snow Canyon State
Park are just ten miles from Comfort Suites, while the
alpine ski resort of Brian Head lies 65 miles north.
Zion National Park
is a myriad of deep sandstone canyons, which extend
over 30 miles from end to end and covers 229 square
miles. Early Mormon settlers, (members of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), named the canyons
of Zion and many of the Zion formations in the park
have names from the Christian Bible. Zion National Park
was established in 1909 as Mukuntuweap National Monument
and expanded in 1919 to Zion National Park. Zion Park
is composed mostly of sandstone stained by the oxidizing
of iron in the rock. Zion National Park with its many
canyons contains 75 species of mammals, 271 birds, 32
reptiles and amphibians and 8 fish in the streams and
rivers, which have carved these canyons. Zion is truly
one of the natural marvels of the world. |
