We are driving from Zion National park (USA) to the grand canyon we have one night to spend before we get to the canyon where should we stay Lake Powell or Monument Valley taking in the drving distance.|||As the poster above mentions, you really need a boat to fully experience Lake Powell. Without one, you can just look at it or go to the little public beach north of the state line, but there is really not that much to do. They have boat tours out to Rainbow Bridge, but I don't know that I would call it a must-see and it might be difficult to arrange with your driving schedule. Just southeast of Page (near the dam) is the famous Antelope slot canyon (with the narrow curving sandstone walls) which can be toured for a fee. These are very cool and worth visiting. Monument Valley is famous mostly for its sweeping desert vistas with the mesas and buttes made famous as the backdrop for many western movies. There is a little driving tour that takes you down and around the buttes, but unless you are a serious photographer, you can pretty much experience the whole thing in a few hours. Not sure if that is worth the extra driving since Monument Valley is a good 2+ hours (one way) further away from Zion and the Canyon than Lake Powell. If you do go here, you should also check out (and perhaps stay at) the historic Gouldings trading post and Lodge. One big thing to consider is which rim of the canyon are going to be visiting (north or south)? If you are coming from Zion, than I presume that you are going to the nearby North Rim (about 2.5 hours drive away). In this case, both Lake Powell and Monument Valley are going pretty far out of the way. I would consider going up to nearby Bryce Canyon National Park instead (either stay at the lodge there or one just outside the gates). Since both Zion and the GC are really great spots, you might want to try to maximize your time and both by staying late in the day at Zion, spending a quick night at Kanab, and then getting down to the canyon early the next morning - without trying to go out of your way to see other things. On the other hand, if you are going to be driving all the way around to Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim, than you are already looking at a 5 hour drive even without any detours. In this case, you will be passing pretty close to Page and Lake Powell anyways (assuming you are driving around on the east) and could easily take a quick look at the lake or Antelope Canyon. You could spend the night at the interesting Cameron Trading Post and Lodge (near the east entrance to Grand Canyon) and check out the nearby Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monuments (Sunset Crater is an extinct volcanic field and Wupatki is a large prehistoric indian ruin - both are very cool and not far from Cameron).|||lake Powell is a big lake where you can rent boats and ski fish ,stuff like that . not much to see but the dam and water . don't know about the other place . but it is a pretty site if you can go to the other side of the canyon it is really interesting to visit and view

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