CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK HOURS
The park is open all year (24 hours a day).
Visitor Centers
Island In the Sky Visitor Center
Located just inside the park on the main road leading into the Island in the Sky District, this visitor center is open daily from early March to December. Visitor center normally offers: exhibits, book & map sales, backcountry permits, general information, vault toilets, and park rangers on duty. You can get drinking water inside (during open hours) or outside (24 hours a day). Island in the Sky Visitor Center at 435-259-4712 ext. 0.
Needles Visitor Center
Located on UT-211 just inside the park, this visitor center is open daily early March to late November. Exhibits, information, permits, publications and an orientation video are available inside. Bathrooms and water are available year round. Needles district phone number is 435-259-4711 ext. 0.
The Maze District- Hans Flat Ranger Station
The Hans Flat Ranger Station is open daily year round. No entrance fee required. It’s located 24 miles south of I-70 on UT-24 as the crow flies. To get there, take the dirt road on the east side of UT-24 just south of the turnoff for Goblin Valley State Park and follow it 46 miles to the ranger station. This is the spot to get permits for overnight trips in The Maze District. You can buy books and maps at the ranger station but no water, food or gas is available.
Note: Call 435-259-2652 for visitor information and permits between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. After 4:30 p.m. this line becomes an emergency line only. Do not tie up the line after 4:30 p.m.
Horseshoe Canyon District
Horseshoe Canyon is a non-contiguous section of Canyonlands just northwest of The Maze that holds The Great Gallery and other impressive rock art panels from the Barrier Canyon, Fremont and ancestral Puebloan cultures. There’s no visitor center or ranger station. The main turn off to Horseshoe Canyon is 24 miles south of I-70 on Utah UT-24. Just south of the Goblin Valley State Park turnoff, on the east side of the road is a dirt road. Follow the dirt road for 30 miles. There is a fork in the dirt road with directional signage. The left fork goes to Horseshoe Canyon and the Right fork to Hans Flat Ranger Station. No water is available at Horseshoe Canyon. There is a vault toilet but no other service. No camping is allowed in Horseshoe Canyon, but is available at the west rim trailhead. No entrance fees required.
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