Note: This schedule is preliminary and it is subject to change at any time up until the start of the event. Some times in the schedule may change and a final time schedule will be made available to all TT West 2026 attendees at the event. Also, the distances listed are approximate and can change due to weather, road construction and/or other unforeseen circumstances, so please view these distances as best estimates.
Best of TT West 2026 – Following Scenic Route 89 in Utah and Arizona
From 2002 to 2023, TT West has visited attractions along parts of Route 89 in Utah and Arizona. This 850 mile trip following Route 89 in southern Utah and northern Arizona covers all of those great places we’ve visited in the past and takes you through the most beautiful country in the US. This trip visits National and State Parks and Monuments that include Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Zion, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Grand Canyon, Wupatki and Tuzigoot ancient Indian ruins, old western forts, and picturesque Sedona. The tentative start date is Sunday May 31. Registration would be early January.
We start in Cedar City UT so travelers have easy travel via I-15. If you are arriving from the south, consider stops at Johnson’s Farm north of Saint George to see fossils and Kolob Canyon, the north portion of Zion National Park, which is a few miles south of Cedar City. There will be a late afternoon optional 40 mile 1.5 hour round trip drive to visit the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs that features Native American rock inscriptions dating to 500 AD.
3:00PM Early registration at host hotel
3:30 Driver meeting
4:00 Depart for Parawan Gap
4:30 Arrive at Parawan Gap
5:00 Depart for Cedar City
5:30 Arrive at host hotel
This drive visits two national treasures with scenery you will not find anywhere else in the US. The drive starts with serious twisties that gets us to the Brian Head ski resort on the way to our first stop at Cedar Breaks National Monument. We then head through volcano lava fields to the small village of Panguitch for lunch. We then drive to Bryce National Park driving its entire length to Rainbow Point. You are then on your own to explore the park on the way back to our overnight stop in Bryce Park City.
9:00 Registration at host hotel
9:30 Drivers meeting
10:00 Depart host hotel
10:40 Arrive Cedar Breaks
11:20 Depart
12:00 Arrive Panguitch for lunch
1:15 Depart
1:30 Arrive Red Canyon Arch for car photos in the arch
1:50 Depart
3:00 Arrive Rainbow Point in Bryce National Park. (Pit toilets) Return to host hotel in Bryce Canyon City on your own.
We return to Route 89 and head south to explore the checkerboard canyons of Zion National Park. We have lunch in Mount Carmel Junction and then visit the monster dunes of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. We then go to Pipe Springs National Monument which is a restored old frontier fort. Our drive ends back on Route 89 in Kanab, UT.
9:00 Drivers meeting
9:15 Depart
10:10 Arrive Mount Carmel Junction comfort stop
10:30 Depart
11:15 Arrive at Zion Scenic Vista
11:35 Depart
12:15 Arrive Mount Carmel Junction for lunch
1:30 Depart
1:50 Arrive Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park (fee)
2:20 Depart
2:45 Arrive Pipe Springs National Monument
3:30 Depart
4:00 Arrive Kanab host hotel
We head south on Route 89A to the much less traveled North Rim of the Grand Canyon. While there we visit the Cape Royal and Point Imperial vistas and eat a picnic lunch. We then travel over what I think is one of the top 5 scenic drives in the US along 89A which takes us past the spectacular Vermillion Cliffs National Park to the historic Lees Ferry crossing of the Colorado River. We travel through the Navajo Nation to finish the day at the historic Cameron Trading Post. While staying at Cameron you can take an optional evening drive to the East entrance of the Grand Canyon South Rim for a sunset photo.
Note: If the Grand Canyon North Rim is still closed, the optional South Rim Drive will become part of the tour.
8:15 Drivers meeting
8:30 Depart
9:15 Arrive Jacob Lake for comfort stop and famous cookies
9:35 Depart
10:45 Arrive at Cape Royal North Rim Grand Canyon (pit toilets)
11:15 Depart
11:45 Arrive at Point Imperial North Rim for vistas and picnic (pit toilets)
12:45 Depart
2:00 Arrive at Cliff Dweller rock formations for photos (no facilities)
2:15 Depart
2:30 Arrive Lee’s Ferry area (pit toilets)
3:00 Depart
4:00 Arrive Cameron Trading Post host hotel
We head south on Route 89 to Wupatki National Monument which features 900 year old Native American ruins. We follow the loop road to the extinct Sunset volcanic crater cinder cone. Then lunch in Flagstaff. We follow Rt 89A to the spectacular Oak Creek Canyon on our way to the beautiful town of Sedona.
9:40 Drivers meeting
9:55 Depart
10:30 Arrive Wupatki National Monument
11:15 Depart
11:35 Arrive Sunset Crater vista (no facilities)
11:50 Depart
12:30 Arrive Flagstaff for lunch
1:45 Depart Falgstaff
2:15 Arrive Oak Creek vista (Pit toilets)
2:35 Depart
3:15 Arrive Sedona host hotel
Today’s route is a “there and back” to enjoy the Route 89A mountain twisties near Jerome AZ twice in the same day. We start off visiting 1000 year old ruins of Tuzigoot National Monument, then attack the twisties, and end at the Phippin Museum of Western Art near Prescott. We return over the same twisties to have lunch in the historic mining ghost town of Jerome and return to Sedona.
8:30 Drivers Meeting
8:45 Depart
9:15 Arrive Tuzigoot National Monument
10:00 Depart
11:00 Arrive Phippin Museum
11:45 Depart
12:30 Arrive Jerome ghost town for lunch. Return to Sedona on your own.
5:00 Farewell dinner in Sedona