Riverside Walk Trailhead

7 day road trip itinerary starting in Las Vegas and visiting Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks. Includes the best hikes, sights, and hidden gems based on three years of roadtripping through this part of Utah and the US southwest!

There are so many amazing national parks within driving distance in this area. We have had a lot of people ask us to share our itinerary for this specific trip. So, here is our version of the BEST itinerary for a road trip through the American Southwest. We took this trip at the end of May into the first week of June. We actually did the trip in the reverse direction that I am going to list here, but you get to learn from our experience. If you travel in late spring or early summer, we feel that the direction below is the best direction. If you travel in late summer or early fall, you would want to reverse the direction.