Destinations · Utah
Mount Carmel Junction
UT · 37.2242, -112.6806
Zion Park Scenic Byway, Mt Carmel Scenic Byway and Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Mount Carmel Junction, Utah.
Get in
Mount Carmel Junction sits at the junction of US Highway 89, which heads north toward Bryce Canyon and south towards the Grand Canyon, and the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway (UT 9), which runs the length of Zion National Park before continuing east and terminating at US 89.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
6 scenic drives near Mount Carmel Junction
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Mount Carmel Junction. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
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Zion Park Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway · starts in town
Runs through Zion National Park and Red Cliffs.
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Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway
National Scenic Byway · 30 mi out
Runs through Dixie National Forest.
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Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 19 mi out
Runs through Dixie National Forest.
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Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
Runs through Grand Canyon National Park, Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon and Kaibab National Forest.
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Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Mount Carmel Junction are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Zion Park Scenic Byway · inside · national
- Mt Carmel Scenic Byway · inside
- Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway · 19 mi
- Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road · 21 mi
- Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway · 25 mi
- Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway · 30 mi · national
National parks
- Zion National Park · 10 mi
- Bryce Canyon National Park · 27 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- South Campground · 17 mi
- Watchman Campground · 17 mi
- Duck Creek Campground · 20 mi
- Uinta Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area · 20 mi
- Navajo Lake Campground · 21 mi
- Spruces Campground · 21 mi
- Lava Point Campground · 22 mi
- Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area · 22 mi
Lookouts
- Poverty Gulch Rim Overlook · 8 mi
- Checkerboard Mesa · 11 mi
- Sheep, Mountain Zion · 11 mi
- Pullout · 13 mi
Named places
- Maynard Dixon Living History Museum · 2 mi
- Moncur Spring · 2 mi
- Sugar Knoll · 3 mi
- Elkheart Cliffs · 3 mi
- Meeks Cliffs · 3 mi
- Dianas Throne · 4 mi
- Red Knoll · 6 mi
- The Sand Hills · 6 mi
A day out of Mount Carmel Junction, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Mount Carmel Junction.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Zion National Park · 21 mi