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Jan 16, 2018Explorer III
Navy Smoker wrote:
We are making our final plans to visit southern Utah this September. We will be leaving Maryland the Tuesday after Labor Day and expect to take 6 days getting to Moab. After taking 2-3 days visiting Arches and Canyon Land NPs, we will move aver to Kanab and spend 4-5 days seeing Bryce Canyon, Zion and Capitol Reef NPs. Our next stop will be Flagstaff, AZ for seeing the Grand Canyon before heading home. In all the trip is planned for 30 days leaving ample time to wander about the I70 and I40 corridors on the trip.
I'd recommend taking the extra days of wandering around the I-70/I-40 corridors and adding those days to the southern Utah parks. Or... just plan to add more days for your trip.
I'd then recommend that you stay in or near each one. Your plan to do Bryce, Zion and Capitol Reef from one base involves a LOT of time and driving. You won't begin to have time to enjoy the parks.
From Moab make your way to Torrey for an RV park to visit Capitol Reef.
Then take Hwy 12 to Bryce and stay at Ruby's just outside the park entrance. The free park shuttle stops there.
For Zion you might look around Glendale instead of Kanab. It'll be a little closer to Zion. Kanab really doesn't have nice RV parks.
http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/utah/glendale
If you're planning Grand Canyon South Rim take Hwy 89 to 64 and come into the park from the east. No need to go all the way to Flagstaff. Try to get a site at Trailer Village in the national park itself. You'll enjoy it so much better than commuting.
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