Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument announces summer hours for visitor centers

The Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will transition to a summer schedule for the monument’s visitor centers beginning as early as Tuesday, Mar. 1. Summer hour operations will commence as follows:

• Escalante Interagency Visitor Center. Summer hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., six days a week (closed Wednesday) beginning Mar. 1.
• Kanab Visitor Center. Summer hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week (closed Sunday and Monday) beginning Mar. 1.
• Big Water Visitor Center. Summer hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) beginning Mar. 1.
• Cannonville Visitor Center. Summer hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week (closed Monday and Tuesday) beginning Mar. 2. 
• Paria Contact Station. Summer hours will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., seven days a week beginning Mar. 15. 

The Paria Contact Station serves as a permit pickup location for the Paria Canyon Overnight permits and provides visitor information on the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Paria Canyon Overnight permits may also be picked up at the St. George Public Lands Information Center, 345 E. Riverside Dr., St. George, UT 84790-6714, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., five days a week (closed Saturday and Sunday).

Contact information for the St. George Public Lands Information Center is 435-688-3200 or blm_az_asdoweb@blm.gov.

For additional questions about visitor services, please visit the Monument’s visitor center webpage at https://www.blm.gov/learn/interpretive-centers/GSENM_VisitorCenters.