Middle Fork Taylor Creek Trail

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Features Birding · Cave · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildlife

This child-friendly route takes runners up one of Zion's many amazing canyons to a breathtaking alcove at its apex. Although beautiful, some people find this to be one of the less photogenic run's in the national park. Double Arch Alcove, however, is without a doubt a worthy destination.

The Taylor Creek Trail leads runners deep into a narrow box canyon toward the Double Arch Alcove, where erosion has carved out natural openings in the Navajo sandstone. As the trail reaches the mouth of the canyon it enters the Zion Wilderness and begins to crisscross Taylor Creek. The vertical walls of Tucupit and Paria tower 1700 feet above the trail as runners arrive at the Double Arch Alcove.

The trail passes the geologic formation of the Kanarraville Fold and two historic homestead cabins built in the early 1930's.