All places Photo: An Errant Knight ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Arrival · Shuttle stop 1, outside the park
Shuttle Station Bryce Canyon City The park recommends leaving your car here: free all-day parking, entrance passes at the counter and a shorter queue. The shuttle runs into the park from here.
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All places Photo: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, before the entrance station
Fairyland Point North of the entrance station and not served by the shuttle, so it stays quiet. Start of the 12.9 km (8 mi) Fairyland Loop.
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Fairyland Loop: the quiet hike in the north The park describes the Fairyland Loop as quiet. It first follows the rim near Boat Mesa, then runs below it among hoodoos with wide views towards the Bryce Amphitheater: 12.9 km (8 mi), 579 m (1,900 ft) of elevation change, four to five hours, recommended anticlockwise. Fairyland Point has neither a shuttle stop nor facilities; if you come by shuttle, start at the Tower Bridge access north of Sunrise Point. In midwinter the trail can be impassable under 0.7 to 5 metres of snow.
NPS: Fairyland Loop ↗
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All places Where to stay · Campground, open all year
North Campground The only campground in the park that stays open in winter. Reservation only via Recreation.gov, within walking distance of the visitor center.
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All places Photo: King of Hearts ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, shuttle stop 13
Sunrise Point One of the two viewpoints the park recommends for sunrise, and the trailhead for the Queen’s Garden Trail.
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All places Photo: w_lemay ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗ Where to stay · Historic lodge, shuttle stop 12
Bryce Canyon Lodge The only lodging in the park: 114 rooms in the lodge, motel buildings and cabins, plus a dining room. Closed in winter, though one unit usually stays bookable.
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All places Photo: Pierre André Leclercq ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, shuttle stop 11
Sunset Point Trailhead for the Navajo Loop and start of the accessible section of the Rim Trail. Despite the name, it is not the best spot for sunset.
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All places Photo: Tobias Alt ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Mountains & rock · Hoodoo on the Navajo Loop
Thor’s Hammer The most photographed single rock in the park: a hard cap stone on a narrow neck. You can see it from Sunset Point and walk around it on the way down.
A hoodoo with a cap stone: the park’s landmark and a lesson in erosion.
Location on the Navajo Loop below Sunset Point
Visible from the rim yes
Access Navajo Loop, 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
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All places Photo: Supercarwaar ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Mountains & rock · Slot section of the Navajo Loop
Wall Street A narrow rock corridor with switchbacks and two Douglas firs that grew tall in the shade. Closed in winter, when the loop goes via Two Bridges instead.
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All places Photo: Tony Webster ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗ Where to stay · Campground, mid-April to October
Sunset Campground The second campground in the park, closed in winter. Reservations via Recreation.gov; Loop A has two accessible sites.
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All places Photo: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗ Trails · Trail, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) one way
Queen’s Garden Trail The least steep trail down into the hoodoos. 450 ft (137 m) of elevation change, one to two hours; at the end a short spur leads to the Queen Victoria rock formation.
The gentlest way down into the hoodoos, and the rock formation that gave the trail its name.
Length 2.9 km (1.8 mi) one way
Elevation change 137 m (450 ft)
Time 1 to 2 hours
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All places Photo: Lucas·G ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Mountains & rock · Rock formation at the end of the spur
Queen Victoria The hoodoo that gave the trail its name. The likeness is easiest to see from the bend in the trail.
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All places Photo: King of Hearts ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, shuttle stop 9
Inspiration Point Three stacked levels looking onto the densest wall of hoodoos in the park. The park recommends it for sunset.
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All places Photo: Kevin.Daniels ↗ · CC BY 3.0 ↗ Mountains & rock · Rock fin on the Peekaboo Loop
Wall of Windows A wall pierced by windows, the subject of many photos from the Peekaboo Loop. Reachable only on foot or on horseback.
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All places Viewpoint · Viewpoint, shuttle stop 8
Bryce Point The southernmost point on the amphitheater and, according to the park, one of the two best for sunrise. Trailhead for the Peekaboo Loop, Hat Shop and Under-the-Rim Trail.
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All places Photo: Paxson Woelber ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗ Trails · Loop trail, 8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Peekaboo Loop Trail Runs right through the hoodoos and shares sections with the horse trail. Clockwise only; the only trail in the park with a toilet.
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All places Photo: King of Hearts ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, facing west
Paria View The only viewpoint that faces west, which is why the park recommends it for sunset and, in summer, for stargazing. No shuttle, small car park.
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All places Viewpoint · Viewpoint, scenic drive
Swamp Canyon The first stop on the Southern Scenic Drive beyond the amphitheater, and start of a six-kilometre (3.7 mi) loop through the quiet backcountry.
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All places Photo: J Brew ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, mile 9
Farview Point A view over the steps of the Grand Staircase into northern Arizona. On clear days, the park says, you can see almost 200 miles (320 km).
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All places Viewpoint · Viewpoint, short walk
Piracy Point The only unpaved viewpoint in the park, so dogs are not allowed. A few minutes' walk from the Farview Point car park.
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All places Photo: Andrew Smith from Seattle, WA, USA ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗ Mountains & rock · Rock arch by the road
Natural Bridge An arch 26 metres (85 ft) wide right beside the scenic drive, framed by ponderosa pines. The car park is small and usually full in summer.
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All places Photo: Christian David ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint, mile 12
Agua Canyon Two striking hoodoos the park calls “Hunter” and “Rabbit”. One of the most colourful stops on the southern drive.
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All places Photo: CelikBlek ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗ Trails · End of the road, 2,778 m (9,115 ft)
Rainbow Point The highest point in the park and the end of the 18-mile (29 km) road. The Bristlecone Loop starts here.
Eighteen miles to Rainbow Point, and the viewpoints where hardly anyone stops.
Length 18 miles, about 29 km
End Rainbow Point, 2,778 m (9,115 ft)
Shuttle does not run on this section
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All places Photo: Anthony Maw ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ Viewpoint · Viewpoint at the end of the road
Yovimpa Point One of the few places where even non-geologists can recognise the Grand Staircase as a staircase. The park’s webcam shows exactly this view.
From here you can see 100 miles of Earth’s history as a staircase, if you know what you are looking at.
Location End of the scenic drive
Steps Pink, Grey, White, Vermilion, Chocolate Cliffs
Length of the staircase 100 miles (160 km) to the Grand Canyon
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All places Photo: doug ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗ Trails · Loop trail, 1.6 km (1 mi)
Bristlecone Loop One hour through spruce and fir forest to bristlecone pines, the oldest trees in the park. 200 ft (61 m) of elevation change.
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All places Mountains & rock · Rock formation on the Fairyland Loop
Tower Bridge Destination of a trail just under five kilometres (3 mi) long from the road north of Sunrise Point, with a view of the “Chinese Wall”.
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All places Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗ Trails · Trail outside the main area, on Highway 12
Mossy Cave Trail A short streamside trail to a mossy grotto hung with icicles in winter. The park advises against visiting between 10:00 and 18:00; cars parked outside the car park are towed.
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