Bryce Canyon Archives

The sign for the Bryce Canyon Rodeo in Bryce Canyon City, Utah.

Bryce Canyon City and its rodeo: An unexpected sideshow beside the national park

A visit to Bryce Canyon City that goes beyond the national park, focusing on the town’s unusual status and a raw, local Utah rodeo where tradition, danger and spectacle collide. Bryce Canyon City as a gateway town “Bryce Canyon City: Incorporated 2007”. The sign by…

Hoodoo views on the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

Visiting the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon: Practical guide for first-time visitors

For first-time visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park, this practical guide to the Navajo Loop Trail explains how to locate the trailhead, the current seasonal closures, typical entrance fees, available parking options, accessibility, and recommended trail combinations from Sunset Point. A brief overview of the…

Bryce Canyon, Utah, from Inspiration Point.

Inspiration Point: a practical visitor guide to Bryce Canyon’s most spectacular viewpoint

Standing at Inspiration Point looking out over Bryce Canyon's main amphitheatre is properly memorable. Thousands upon thousands of orange and red hoodoos — those impossibly tall, thin rock spires — stretch out before you in neat, almost symmetrical rows like some vast stone army frozen…