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Grand Circle — 14-Day Loop
Classic Grand Circle out of Vegas, hitting eight national parks plus Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend along the way. Pace is brisk but not punishing — most days have one big park focus, a couple of long-drive days are broken up with photo stops.
12days
47stops
Day 1: Vegas to Zion's red walls
3 stops
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
10:00
Virgin River Gorge & St. George lunch
13:00
Zion National Park South
15:00
Day 2: Zion deep dive (minimal driving)
3 stops
Angels Landing or Observation Point
07:00
The Narrows
13:00
Canyon Junction Bridge sunset
18:00
Day 3: Hoodoos at Bryce
4 stops
Drive Mt. Carmel Highway
08:00
Red Canyon
11:00
Bryce Canyon National Park
13:00
Sunset Point
18:00
Day 4: Scenic Byway 12 to Capitol Reef
4 stops
Bryce sunrise at Bryce Point
08:00
Highway 12 — Escalante
10:30
Kiva Koffeehouse or Hell's Backbone Grill
13:00
Capitol Reef National Park
16:00
Day 5: Cathedrals to Moab
4 stops
Cathedral Valley viewpoint or Capitol Gorge
08:00
Highway 24 through the San Rafael Swell
12:00
Goblin Valley
15:00
Roll into Moab
18:00
Day 6: Arches (40km in-park)
5 stops
Delicate Arch sunrise
09:00
Windows Section
11:31
Lunch back in Moab
13:41
Devil's Garden Trail
15:50
Fiery Furnace overlook
18:00
Day 7: Canyonlands' Island in the Sky
5 stops
Mesa Arch sunrise
07:30
Grand View Point
10:00
Upheaval Dome
12:00
Dead Horse Point
15:00
Back to Moab
18:00
Day 8: Moab to Mesa Verde
5 stops
Wilson Arch roadside stop
09:00
Newspaper Rock
10:21
Cortez lunch
13:30
Mesa Verde National Park
14:51
Sun Point View at sunset
18:00
Day 9: Across to Petrified Forest
4 stops
Four Corners Monument
08:00
Shiprock viewpoint (NM)
11:00
Petrified Forest National Park (north entrance)
14:00
Exit south, drive to Holbrook
18:00
Day 10: Route 66 to Monument Valley
4 stops
Hubbell Trading Post NHS (Ganado)
09:00
Kayenta lunch — Navajo tacos
12:09
Monument Valley Tribal Park
13:57
The View Hotel terrace
18:00
Day 11: Slot canyons and the bend
4 stops
Forrest Gump Point
08:00
Antelope Canyon tour
11:00
Horseshoe Bend
15:00
Lake Powell sunset at Wahweap Overlook
18:00
Day 12: To the Grand Canyon
2 stops
Glen Canyon Dam Overlook
09:00
Cameron Trading Post
11:00
Heads Up
- 1. Day 2: 72h 56m driving — plan rest stops
- 2. Day 3: 143h 21m driving — plan rest stops
- 3. Day 4: 5h 47m driving — plan rest stops
- 4. Day 7: 20h 24m driving — plan rest stops
- 5. Day 8: 10h 33m driving — plan rest stops
- 6. Day 9: 5h 32m driving — plan rest stops
- 7. Day 11: 55h 16m driving — plan rest stops