Category: Bryce Canyon National Park

Utah National Parks Guide: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands & Capitol Reef

Utah contains five national parks, and together they form one of the greatest road-trip destinations in the United States. Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands are often called Utah’s Mighty 5, but the name can make them sound more similar than they really are. Each park presents a different version of the Colorado …

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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park protects one of the most unusual landscapes in the American Southwest: an enormous natural amphitheater filled with thousands of orange, pink, white, and red rock spires known as hoodoos. No other place on Earth contains a greater concentration of these irregular stone columns. Despite its name, Bryce Canyon is not really …

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Grand Circle National Parks Road Trip: Utah & Arizona Itinerary

The Grand Circle is one of the great American road trips, linking a remarkable concentration of red-rock canyons, natural arches, hoodoos, desert mesas, river gorges, and enormous national park landscapes across Utah and Arizona. A classic route can connect all five of Utah’s national parks—Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands—with Monument Valley, Page, …

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Sunrise Point in Bryce Canyon National Park: Views, Trails & Visitor Guide

Sunrise Point is one of the signature viewpoints of Bryce Canyon National Park, offering a sweeping look across the hoodoos, fins, badlands, and colorful cliffs of the Bryce Amphitheater. Perched at roughly 8,100 feet above sea level, the viewpoint sits along the northern side of the amphitheater and provides one of the easiest places in …

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Sunset Point in Bryce Canyon National Park: Views, Trails & Visitor Guide

Sunset Point is one of the most spectacular overlooks in Bryce Canyon National Park, offering an expansive view across the Bryce Amphitheater and some of the park’s most famous hoodoos. From the rim at approximately 8,000 feet above sea level, visitors can look directly into a maze of orange, pink, white, and red rock towers …

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