- City:
- Washington County, UT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The higher elevation portions of the East Rim Trail at Zion National Park were originally completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They were intended as a government road and truck trail. Vehicular use quickly diminished and it became a foot trail.
Although the CCC did not built any other roads and trails in the park, CCC men did significant work on slope stabilization and retaining walls along all of the trails and roads. Typical CCC stonework can be seen in several places shoring-up trails and roads.
Source notes
Wayne Hinton (with Elizabeth Green): With Picks, Shovels & Hope: The CCC and Its Legacy in the Colorado Plateau. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Company (2008).Site originally submitted by Richard A Walker on August 25, 2016.
At this Location:
- Zion National Park: East and South Entrance Signs - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: East Entrance Check-In - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: Canyon Overlook Trail - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: South Campground Amphitheater - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: Virgin River Rip Rap - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: Great White Throne Overlook - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: Bridge Abutments - Washington County UT
- Zion National Park: Pine Creek Irrigation Canal - Washington County UT
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