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Utah’s national parks and the towns around them are getting busier. Here’s how it’s changing visits.

Visitation numbers have dropped off after a surge in 2021, but the parks are by no means empty.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Zion National Park hikers hoping to beat the crowds on park trails wait their tun in line to catch a free shuttle at first light in 2021. Visitation at Utah's national parks has decreased since 2021, when millions of Americans hit the road to see the country's natural wonders. But the parks are by no means empty, and both the parks themselves and their gateway towns have to adapt to future growth.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Zion National Park hikers hoping to beat the crowds on park trails wait their tun in line to catch a free shuttle at first light in 2021. Visitation at Utah's national parks has decreased since 2021, when millions of Americans hit the road to see the country's natural wonders. But the parks are by no means empty, and both the parks themselves and their gateway towns have to adapt to future growth.

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