Zion plans east entrance visitor center to ease congestion at south gate

Zion plans east entrance visitor center to ease congestion at south gate

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — A new project at Zion National Park is aimed at easing congestion by encouraging visitors to enter through the park’s lesser-used east entrance. Zion’s south entrance, adjacent to Springdale, sees more than double the traffic of the east entrance, which currently operates with only a fee gate and limited visitor services. Park officials say a new visitor center, known as the Zion Discovery Center, is intended to help r…