Utah's Crowded Zion National Park May Require Reservations

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 7:58am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- It would be a first for a U.S. national park: Requiring reservations to get in. But it's an option that Utah's Zion National Park is considering to manage an overwhelming surge of visitors to its sweeping red-rock vistas and canyons....

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