The best Zion National Park hats

It’s one of the $21.99 caps at Zion Forever, and the one we’d pick, since it’s the only one that says Zion National Park. The store’s other two $21.99 mesh caps, the Custom Kolob and the Custom Forever, say Kolob Canyons or Zion Forever on the front.

If you want more going on, the store’s $32.99 Daylight is an American Needle mesh-back cap with brown, teal and red stripes under a round patch. It comes in stone or black.

It’s orange, and the brim shades your ears and the back of your neck, which none of the caps do. It has a chin cord with a slider, so it stays on at an overlook or on the chains.

If you want a sized hat, the store’s $36.99 Soaker Patch has Zion embroidered on it and comes in three sizes. Its listing doesn’t say how wide the brim is.

The listing says Parks Project has given more than $60,000 to Zion Forever, the nonprofit that runs the park store. You can machine wash it cold and dry it flat, while Rainier Hat Co.’s caps are hand wash only and the other brands don’t say.

Parks Project lists head sizes in inches, which none of the other brands do, and says it fits true to size. There’s more on the brand in our Parks Project guide.

The front is burgundy with Zion National Park in gold letters over cream mesh, and there’s no picture or patch. It’s $36, and the listing says the hat supports the National Parks Conservation Association.

PNW Apparel offers more color choices than most of the Zion caps here, including navy on white mesh and brown on khaki.

The woven patch has a red-rock canyon with the park’s name under it. Woven patches show finer detail than embroidered ones and lie flat. Shipping is free.

It’s the view south from the summit, with the Virgin River below and a rock squirrel on a ledge.

The wide embroidered view is the reason to pay more for this cap. It needs hand washing, while Parks Project’s cotton cap can go in the machine. Rainier Hat Co. includes US shipping and returns within 30 days.

The view looks upstream along the Virgin River between the canyon walls, with a gray fox drinking at the edge. The cap shares the Angels Landing version’s shape, with a blue brim instead of teal. The choice between them is mostly which part of Zion you want to remember.

It’s a green bucket hat with a chin cord and Zion National Park embroidered on the front. A version with yellow Junior Ranger lettering costs the same and comes in the same sizes. The store’s other $19.99 youth bucket, from Dorfman Pacific, comes in whatever color the store picks.