Off-Roading Near Zion National Park
You Can’t Ride in Zion. Here’s Where You Can.
The park is closed to off-road vehicles, and the highway corridor around it is private farmland. The nearest real terrain is about 30 minutes west.
Can you ride dirt bikes in Zion National Park?
No. Zion is a national park, and off-highway vehicles aren't permitted anywhere inside it — that includes dirt bikes, ATVs and side-by-sides.
And those dirt roads you see around Zion? Some are open to ride — they’re just not very exciting. Think flat dirt roads and farm country, not the red-rock trails, washes, and desert terrain Southern Utah is famous for.
Open terrain starts once you’re west of the canyon. Hurricane gets you there first — but that’s Sand Hollow country: deep sand and heavy side-by-side traffic. We’re a few exits farther north in Leeds, on compact dirt trails made for dirt bikes, where you’re not sharing the trail with a parade of UTVs. That’s not an accident. It’s why we’re here.
And if you want sand, there’s Babylon — like a mini Sand Hollow, with red sand that’s actually fun on two wheels.
And if you want sand, there’s Babylon — like a mini Sand Hollow, with red sand that’s actually fun on two wheels.
Getting here from Zion
About 30 minutes west of the park, right off I-15.
From Springdale it’s roughly 35 minutes. If you’re staying in Rockville or Virgin you’re already partway — closer to 25. You’ll follow SR-9 down out of the canyon, pick up I-15, and we’re just down the freeway one exit in Leeds with parking on site.
Why SoTah?
We’re the only shop between Vegas & SLC renting electric dirt bikes—and the only place where kids can ride too.
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Beginner-friendly
Thrill seeker approved
Kids 10+
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