Observation Point is a elevation

Navajo Sandstone The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.Anonymou ...

feature located in

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...

, in Washington County of southwest

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, United States. Observation Point is situated at the north end of

Zion Canyon Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...

, towering above the canyon floor and the North Fork of the

Virgin River The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...

which drains precipitation

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from this viewpoint. A popular 8-mile round-trip trail climbs from the Weeping Rock trailhead along Zion Canyon Road to reach the top.Erik Molvar and Tamara Martin, ''Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks'', Second Edition, Globe Pequot Press, 2005, page 56. Neighbors visible from the point include The Great White Throne, Cathedral Mountain,

Angels Landing Angels Landing, known previously as the Temple of Aeolus, is a tall Formation of rocks, rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, United States. A renowned trail cut into solid rock in 1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing an ...

, and

Cable Mountain Cable Mountain is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Towering above the floor of Zion Canyon at the Big Bend area, Cable Mountain is situated immediately no ...

. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1934 by the

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Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Observation Point. According to the

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system, it is located in a

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zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below , and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.

Gallery

File:Zion Canyon Observation Point.jpg, View from Observation Point looking southwest down Zion Canyon File:Observation Point (6231720129).jpg, Enjoying the view from Observation Point, white cliffs of Cathedral Mountain to right File:Observation Point from Angels Landing Zion NP Utah.jpg, Observation Point from Angels Landing File:Zion Canyon from Observation Point trail.jpg, Cathedral Mountain (left) from the trail, with Observation Point upper right File:Observation Point from Cable Mountain, Zion National Park.jpg, Observation Point from

File:Observation Point from East Mesa Trail - panoramio.jpg, Observation Point from southeast File:Panoramic view from Observation Point, Zion NP.jpg, Panoramic view from Observation Point File:Observation Point detail.jpg, Observation Point detail File:Zion Lodge 4-29-14e (14498043866).jpg, Angels Landing and Observation Point from Zion Lodge File:Observation Point Zion Canyon.jpg, Observation Point left of center File:Angel's Landing view of Observation Point.jpg, Observation Point seen from Angels Landing File:Observation Point, Zion.jpg, Clockwise from top: Lady Mountain, Cathedral Mountain,

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, The Great White Throne, Red Arch Mountain. File:Observation Point - Zion Canyon 2010-12-31.jpg, Observation Point covered with winter snow File:Observation Benchmark.jpg, Observation Benchmark seen from Temple of Sinawava

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Zion National Park
National Park Service * Weather forecast
National Weather Service
Mountains of Utah Zion National Park Mountains of Washington County, Utah Sandstone formations of the United States

Climate

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