> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Zion National Park - URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/zion-national-park/ - Published: 2013-06-01T07:43:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-06T09:21:55.000Z - Description: Zion National Park is one of my favourite national parks in the US. - Author: Ivar Hagendoorn - Tags: Photography Zion National Park is one of my favourite national parks in the US. I love seeing all those geological formations. It is also one of the most visited national parks in the US. I've visited Zion National Park twice. In 2013 I spent three days hiking in Zion Canyon. I also hiked The Narrows, which, to this day, is among the best day hikes I've done. I would like to one day also visit the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, which is in a different corner of the park and which receives far less visitors. And of course I'd love to go back one day to hike a section of "The Subway", if I can obtain a permit. ![View from Observation Point in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-2.jpg) View from Observation Point in Zion National Park ![Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-3.jpg) Somewhere along the hike to Observation Point in Zion National Park ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-5.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-4.jpg) Nothing special, but this is what the ground looks like ![Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-6.jpg) An exposed section of the Hidden Canyon Trail in Zion National Park ![Close-up of a canyon wall in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-7.jpg) A canyon wall in Zion National Park ![Close-up of a canyon wall in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-8.jpg) Close-up of a canyon wall, Zion National Park ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-9.jpg) Exposed section of the trail to Hidden Canyon ![Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-10.jpg) Looking down from the corner in the photo above ![Rock formation in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-11.jpg) Zion National Park is a geological playground. I just love all those amazing patterns created by geological forces. ![Rock formation in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-12.jpg) I love these geological formations ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-14.jpg) Trees grow in the cracks in the rock formation ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-13.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-15.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-16.jpg) I call these "abstract landscapes" ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-17.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-18.jpg) The hike through The Narrows in Zion National Park. I'd rented special gear. ![The Narrows, Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-19.jpg) The Narrows, Zion National Park ![The Narrows, Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-20.jpg) The Narrows, Zion National Park ![The Narrows, Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-21.jpg) I would have loved to have gone much further than I did ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-22.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-24.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-23.jpg) The Narrows, Zion National Park ![Angels Landing, Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-25.jpg) I didn't hike to the top, because, believe it or not, the path was too crowded ![Rock formation in Zion National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/zion-national-park-26.jpg) Rock formation in Zion National Park ### Related Posts **More Utah!** [Arches National Park](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/arches-national-park/)! 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