- All Visitor Centers issue free permits for overnight camping
- Escalante Visitor Center is open all year round
- Cannonville Visitor Center is open year-round and has a botanical garden
- Paria Contact Station is open mid-March to mid-November
- Big Water Visitor Center is open mid-March to mid-November and has dinosaur fossils
- Kanab Visitor Center is open all year round and has informative exhibits
Visitor Centers Around Escalante
Escalante Interagency Visitor Center
- 755 W. Main, Escalante, UT, 84726
- Phone: 435-826-5499
- Summer Hours: 7.30 am to 5.30 pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Winter Hours: 8am to 4.30pm Mon-Fri (Mid-November to mid-March)
- See murals, scientific discoveries, photographs and a topographical model
Cannonville Visitor Center
- 10 Center St, Cannonville, UT, 84718
- Phone: 435-826-5640
- Summer Hours: 8am to 4.30pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Closed mid-November to mid-March
- See a model of the Staircase, artifacts and a botanical garden
Anasazi State Park Museum
- 460 N. Highway 12, Boulder, UT, 84716
- Phone: 435-335-7382
- Summer Hours: 9am to 5pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Closed mid-November to mid-March
Visitor Centers Around Paria
Paria Contact Station
- Highway 89 (44 miles east of Kanab, UT)
- Phone: Not Available
- Summer Hours: 8.30am to 4.15pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Closed mid-November to mid-March
Big Water Visitor Center
- 100 Upper Revolution Way, Big Water, UT, 84741
- Phone: 435-675-3200
- Summer Hours: 8am to 5pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Closed mid-November to mid-March
- See Dinosaur fossils and a mural of the Cretaceous period
Kanab Visitor Center
- 745 E. Highway 89, Kanab, UT, 84741
- Phone: 435-644-4680
- Summer Hours: 8am to 5pm daily (Mid-March to mid-November)
- Winter Hours: 8am to 4.30pm Mon to Fri (mid-November to mid-March)
- See a cross-section of the Grand Staircase and an archeological exhibition
