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Where State Route 9 turns toward Zion, 20 miles from the park.
La Verkin lies on the north bank of the Virgin River, directly across from Hurricane, with Toquerville to the north. This is where State Route 9 turns east for Zion National Park, 20 miles away by the city’s own measure. The city calls itself the Beautiful Valley, for the farmland that once filled the bench between La Verkin Creek on the west and the Hurricane Fault on the east.
The townsite was surveyed in 1898 and the post office opened in 1903. The Virgin River, La Verkin Creek and Ash Creek meet at Confluence Park, part of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, with trailheads in La Verkin and Hurricane. Above town, the La Verkin Overlook Trail climbs about 1.1 miles to a monument with views of the valley, and Zion Canyon Hot Springs opened between La Verkin and Hurricane in 2025.
La Verkin sits at about 3,200 feet on the bench between La Verkin Creek and the Hurricane Fault. From the ridge above town you look down on the city and, to the east, the Virgin River Gorge, with the Pine Valley Mountains to the west and Zion beyond. Timpoweap Canyon, just south of town, holds the natural hot mineral springs, and Confluence Park is part of the 62,000-acre Red Cliffs Desert Reserve.
La Verkin’s zoning covers a range: single-family lots from 8,000 to 14,000 square feet, one- and two-family districts, half-acre residential-agricultural lots for small farms, and multi-family and mobile-home zones. The residential-agricultural zone is meant for small farms and hobby farms, with or without a house. Lot size, HOA terms and water service vary by neighborhood, so ask early.
Confluence Park has four trailheads, three in La Verkin and one in Hurricane, among cottonwoods where three waterways meet. The La Verkin Overlook Trail climbs about 1.1 miles to a monument, which can also be reached by a 1.5-mile dirt road off State Route 9. Zion Canyon Hot Springs has more than 50 pools, and SunTran buses stop in town. Hurricane, across the river, is minutes away.
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