Grand Circle Road Trip

Grand Circle Road Trip

Routes, drives and gateway towns between the national parks of the Grand Circle, each fact checked against the park's own pages.

Route chart

Routes 3 stops
Loops and itineraries across the Grand Circle, from Utah's Mighty 5 to the Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde.
Drives Between Parks 6 stops
How the Grand Circle parks connect by road, which ones to pair, and what the official pages say about the drive.

Newly mapped

Arches and Canyonlands in One Trip

Drives Between Parks

Arches and Canyonlands share one gateway town, Moab. Here is how the roads reach each park and each Canyonlands district.

Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef on Highway 12

Drives Between Parks

The drive from Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef takes about three hours on SR-12. Here is how to plan the leg, what to see at each end, and where it fits in a Utah parks loop.

Driving from Zion to Grand Canyon

Drives Between Parks

Driving from Zion National Park to Grand Canyon means picking a rim first. Here is what each route involves and how to plan the leg.

Detours