The Zion Mount Carmel Highway

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40.7 km

Length

+1,080 m

Ascent

−655 m

Descent

1,866 m

Highest point

Hairpins

29.0%

Max gradient

0h 54min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,866 m

14 °C heavyrainshowers

wind 5 m/s · clouds 83%

At the start

17 °C heavyrainshowers

wind 5 m/s · clouds 83%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	12 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	6 m/s	heavyrainshowers
Friday 23 Oct	2 °C	13 °C	6.8 mm	4 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	3 °C	14 °C	1.1 mm	6 m/s	fair

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:46 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 94%, concrete 6%

Roads nearby

Zion Park Scenic Byway

36.4 km
Length: +507 m
Ascent

Cedar Canyon

65.2 km
Length: +955 m
Ascent

Cedar Breaks

62.5 km
Length: +1,469 m
Ascent

40.7 km · 5 hairpins · 1,866 m

Elevation profile

What does The Zion Mount Carmel Highway look like?

Tunnel in Zion National Park, Springdale · Ken Lane · CC0

NUAGES SUR LES MONTAGNES - Flickr - marsupilami92 · patrick janicek from Courbevoie, France · CC BY 4.0

Mount Spry and the East Temple · The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 ca

On Utah Route 9 (53879927178) · Han Zheng · CC BY-SA 2.0

Three Patriarchs · Kirt Edblom · CC BY-SA 2.0

East Temple - Overlook Trail · The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 ca

Zion National Park 221111114257 (52523988912) · Jesse James · CC BY 2.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Springdale

37.18897, -112.99828

Finish

Orderville

37.22763, -112.68570

Along the road

Restaurants and cafés

Zion Pizza & Noodle Co. 0.0 km · 1,189 m

Deep Creek Coffee 0.0 km · 1,189 m

Porter's 0.0 km · 1,189 m

FeelLove Coffee 0.0 km · 1,189 m

MeMe's Cafe 0.0 km · 1,189 m

Oscar's Cafe 0.0 km · 1,189 m

Scout Bar & Grill 0.1 km · 1,185 m

Camp Outpost Co. 0.3 km · 1,181 m

Whiptail Grill 0.8 km · 1,191 m

Spotted Dog Cafe 0.8 km · 1,191 m

Hangry Goat 1.0 km · 1,194 m

Canyon Coffee 1.0 km · 1,194 m

4 more

Toilets

21 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 22.2 km.

Fuel

Shell 0.0 km · 1,189 m

Zion Mountain Ranch Trading Post 21.8 km · 1,783 m

Parking

152

Zion Canyon Overlook Parking 11.5 km · 1,568 m

East Rim Trailhead Parking 19.8 km · 1,734 m

The Corral Trailhead Parking - Applecross MTB System 24.1 km · 1,832 m

149 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 27.0 km.

EV chargers

1 unnamed place along the road, from 1.6 km to 1.6 km.

Viewpoints

Canyon Overlook 10.8 km · 1,629 m

Pullout 12.3 km · 1,594 m

Pullout 13.5 km · 1,619 m

Sheep, Mountain Zion 18.7 km · 1,706 m

Checkerboard Mesa 19.5 km · 1,728 m

7 unnamed places along the road, from 5.5 km to 19.5 km.