Hiking the Weeping Rock Trail in Zion National Park
Distance: 0.3 miles / 0.5 km
The Weeping Rock Trail in Zion is one of the most easily accessible trails within the park.
Know that the waterfall that you see in these pictures will not be flowing at all times of the year. This waterfall is called Echo Canyon Falls, and I visited the Weeping Rock after about two days of non-stop rain prior to when these photos were taken.
Weeping Rock Trailhead Parking
Parking for any trail in Zion Canyon is located either at the Zion Visitor Center, or the Zion Human History Museum.
From either of these two locations, you need to ride the Zion Canyon Shuttle to the trailhead. Be aware that after 9 a.m. during most times of the year, parking in these two spots becomes extremely competitive, and the park service may shut down parking altogether and tell you to park in Springdale.
If this is the case, you can ride the shuttle from Spingdale to get into the park.
Google Maps Directions: Zion Visitor Center / Zion Human History Museum
The Zion Canyon Shuttle
From either the visitor center or the museum, ride the shuttle up the canyon to Stop 7.
Hiking Checklist - Zion
Here is a complete list of must-have things that you will want for any hike in Zion National Park.
Hiking the Weeping Rock Trail
From Stop 7, the trail begins up at the end of the closed Weeping Rock parking lot.
The Weeping Rock Trail is mostly a paved surface. However, there is one set of stairs at the end in order to reach the Weeping Rock.
Weeping Rock
When Echo Falls was flowing, most visitors were only interested in the falls over the Weeping Rock behind them.
However, at most other times of the year, the Weeping Rock Trail is a great place to learn about how water reaches this impermeable layer in the rock and is forced out of the sandstone at this one spot.
