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The CAMPSITES RATED FOUR
The Zion National Park, Utah

The Campsite
Our National Heritage
The people of this nation are told that these parks are the national heritage belonging to the people of this nation, and yet to gain entrance to any National Park, each arriving vehicle must pay a entrance fee of as much as $35.00 just to get through the gate. Yes, the US government has acquired a monopoly on the national parks. 1
This is no joke, the national parks are big business for the government. It will be so nice with God′s Kingdom controls all of the earth, then God′s people can begin to see these wonders and they will not have to go into debt to go on a vacation.
Zion National Park is a southwest Utah nature preserve distinguished by Zion Canyon’s steep red cliffs. Zion Canyon Scenic Drive cuts through its main section, leading to forest trails along the Virgin River. The river flows to the Emerald Pools, which have waterfalls and a hanging garden. Also along the river, partly through deep chasms, is Zion Narrows wading hike.
Location:
The campground is located in the southwest corner of the state of Utah
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Geographical Region: Basin and Range
Ecoregion: Colorado Plateau
Zion National Park Campgrounds
There are several campgrounds located within this national park.
Please See these campgrounds listed in The Camping section below.

The Amenities
Onsite:
Zion National Park offers endless adventure. The rugged desert landscape, slender canyons, scenic drives and diverse plants and wildlife appease hikers, mountain bikers, climbers, canyoneers and nature lovers. The nation park′s year-round camping options keeps adventurers as close to the action as possible. Zion also has been certification as an International Dark Sky Park, and therefore, sleeping under the stars grants first-class stargazing.
Backcountry camping requires a permit and includes dozens of established sites and nearly 100 miles of trails. Permits are available three months in advance and permit fees are $20.00 dollars with a per person fee of $7.00 per nigh.

Nearby:
There are several RV locations just outside of the national park as well as dispersed camping on the nearby Bureau of Land Management land.
Numerous hotels, inns and resorts can be found in Springdale, East Zion and Saint George.
Also, Cedar City has good access to the Kolob Canyons section and Kanab on US 89 has close access to the East Entrance.

The Camping
General Information:
There are three campgrounds in the Zion National Park
Federal Parks Passes:
Include: Access, Annual, Gold Star, Military, Senior, Veterans and Volunteer.
Benefits: All Federal Parks Passes covers entrance fees at lands managed by: National Parks Services (NP) and US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). Also, a Federal Park pass will cover standard amenity fees (Day Use Fee) at lands managed by: the National Forest Service (NF), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation (BR) and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
At most of the above listed federal park locations, Federal Parks Pass holders will receive half off camping fees.
Campground:
Geographical Region: GGG
Ecoregion: EEE
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Campground Includes:
fire pits, grill, picnic tables, tent pad

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The top ten National parks each have an average of over four million visitors per year. If we consider about four persons per vehicle, then one million vehicles per year would enter and pay the entrance fee which would gross each park $35,000,000.00 ($35 million), and that is just for entrance fees collected each and every year from each of the top ten national parks. All ten would collect $350,000,000.00 ($350 million) each year. However, this is only the TOP TEN national parks, and currently, there are over 400 separate parks in the National Parks Service.

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