Zion National Park maintenance staff respond to road damage

Maintaining Infrastructure in Zion

The National Park Service has a dedicated crew of highly trained professionals who maintain roads, trails, and other facilities throughout Zion. These heavy equipment operators, tradespeople, and laborers are responsible for hosting millions of drivers, hikers, and bikers every year.

Zion maintains many buildings and infrastructural systems that are essential to visitors and to staff. These include:

• More than 110 buildings.

• More than 90 miles of trails.

• Nearly 90 miles of paved and unpaved roads.

• 10 water supply systems.

• 9 wastewater management systems.

• 3 developed front country campgrounds and many more backcountry campsites.