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Thunderbird East Zion Thunderbird Lodge - Before Fern died she built more BEST WESTERN units, remodeled the gas station, restaurant and gift shop and updated the golf course. The lodge seen today is close still to what she had built in her lifetime and the land is still beautiful and manicured. Fern was determined to keep memories intact so when possible she kept original buildings and built around them.  Part of the rock walled hardware store, which burned down in the winter of 2005, at the north end of town was the original gas station. Before Fern died she ordered more BEST WESTERN units, remodeled the gas station, restaurant and gift shop and updated the golf course. The lodge seen today is close still to what she seen in her lifetime and the land is still manicured. Old fashioned, Fern kept memories intact so when possible she kept original buildings and built around them. Part of the rock walled hardware store, which burned down in the winter of 2005, at the north end of town was the original gas station.
 Orderville, Utah Daughters of the Utah Pioneers is a charming old brick building is located on the Heritage Highway (Highway 89) in the center of the small town of nearby Orderville. The little museum has artifacts, photos and books about the history of Long Valley which includes Mount Carmel Junction, Mount Carmel, Orderville, Glendale, and Alton. This charming log building located in Mount Carmel was built in 1890 and used as a church and a schoolhouse, burning down 1919 to be rebuilt 1923 with a rock foundation this time. Mormon Pioneers settled in the area in an attempt by Brigham Young to settle Southern Utah Territory, but others forced them to abandon the area for 7 years then in 1871 a settlement and agreement was met.
BEST WESTERN East Zion Thunderbird Lodge today is modern, updated still set upon the Thunderbird Golf Course with the Thunderbird Restaurant still busy, active and growing over the years to strive constantly to stay up with demands by public to be comfortable, able, well fed and sleep well while travel as that is a national pastime of humans. Currently the restaurant is booming with busses and individual cars making sure all are well taken care of by scheduling busses at times the hotel guests are out in the parks.
The hotel is charming, updated and BEST WESTERN detailed all rooms to match the outward Southwestern Decor to allow visitors to feel they are in the Southwest area of Utah and Northern Arizona where Indians at one time lived, homestead and survived the mild climate of Southern Utah enjoyed still today in Mount Carmel, Orderville, Glendale, Alton all referred to as Long Valley still now.
Directions to Zion National Park
From the North: Travel I-15 south, past Beaver. exit on Hwy 20. Follow US-89 to Mount Carmel Junction. Take SR-9 to Zion's east entrance.
From Arizona: Travel US-89A through Fredonia, Arizona and Kanab Utah. Follow US-89 to Mount Carmel Junction. Take SR-9 to the east park entrance.
From the South: Travel I-15 north. Take exit 16 and travel through Hurricane to La Verkin. Continue on SR-9 to the south entrance of the park. SR-9 through Zion National Park is always open and is also called the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway. See restrictions for RV's.
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Photo is Fern Hanson Morrison
Zion National Park of Utah is the draw to bring so many to visit what was homestead and built long ago now. Today tourists enjoy the golf course, restaurant, BEST WESTERN East Zion Thunderbird Lodge and unattached Chevron C-store and gas station as well as the vacation home called East Zion Riverside Lodge and next door is the East Zion Riverside RV Park
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 Lodging and services are available on the gorgeous east side of Zion National Park, where guests are close to Zion National Park (12 miles), Bryce Canyon National Park (60 miles), Cedar Breaks National Monument (45 miles), Coral Pink Sand Dunes (12 miles), and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (85 miles). It's where city traffic is absent and the skies are bright and clean.
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