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Day Hike

Archeology Trailhead

A short walk to a thousand-year-old hilltop storage site.

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The Archeology Trailhead sits at the northeast corner of the Zion Canyon Visitor Center parking lot, along Watchman Campground Road, and marks the start of a roughly 0.4-mile round-trip climb to the site of an Ancestral Puebloan food storage shelter. The shuttle doesn't serve this trail — it's an easy walk straight from the visitor center or the park's pedestrian entrance.

Good to know

  • The hilltop site was occupied roughly AD 700 to 950; today only stone foundations remain
  • More than 1,600 artifacts recovered here, including tools and ceramics, are on display at the nearby Zion Human History Museum
  • Takes less than an hour round trip and is accessible to most fitness levels
  • A good first stop for orienting yourself before a longer hike into the canyon

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