PHOTOS: Attendance down at all Utah national parks
The pandemic crushed travel in 2020. Here's how bad it hurt Utah's national parks.
Zion National Park is, and will most likely always be Utah's most-visited national park.Photo by: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File
In 2019, over 4.5 million people visited Zion National ParkPhoto by: Jason Pietzak/AP
Zion National ParkPhoto by: Rick Bowmer/AP
Bryce Canyon National Park was the second-most visited national park in Utah in 2020Photo by: Eva Parziale/AP
FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2009, file photo, hikers make their way to Sunset Point from Thor's Hammer in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Both Zion and Bryce were formed millions of years ago when the Earth's crust violently heaved, leaving behind stunning, unique arrays of rock formations. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Photo by: Ross D. Franklin/AP
Over 1.8 million visited Bryce Canyon in 2020, a big 38-percen dropPhoto by: Rick Bowmer/AP
Arches National Park in MoabPhoto by: Julie Jacobson/AP
Capitol Reef survived 2020 better than some of its counterparts in Utah.Photo by: KERSTEN SWINYARD/AP
In 2020, Capitol Reef welcomed just over 1 million visitors, about 18 percent fewer than had visited in 2019.Photo by: Associated Press
The least visited Utah national park in 2020 was CanyonlandsPhoto by: JENNIFER WEBER/AP
File photo: Canyonlands National ParkPhoto by: Associated Press
In 2020, that number fell a whopping 33-percent as just 493,915 people visited Canyonlands National ParkPhoto by: NICK GERANIOS/Associated Press