| Location | Trip Time | Travel Type |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.5 hour |  |
THEPARKGUIDE's tour of Bryce Canyon National Park will tell you everything you need to know to get the most out of the park!
THEPARKGUIDE's tour of Bryce Canyon National Park will tell you everything you need to know to get the most out of the park!
THEPARKGUIDE tours are totally automatic audio tours of National Parks that follow you wherever you go as you drive. It explains about the parks’ histories, science and interesting facts, and even points out the where animals live, the good hikes, picnic areas and bathrooms. Don’t miss out on the hidden gems in the parks!
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The Agua Canyon overlook presents two famous hoodoos, "The Hunter," and the "Rabbit" or "Backpacker." Bryce Canyon’s park rangers named most of the most obvious or interesting hoodoos in the early years, and the names made sense, at the time. But, erosion happens faster than ordinary geological time in Bryce. Many of then named hoodoos have collapsed or changed shape, and they now do not look like the things they were originally named after. Park policy has adjusted, and now the hoodoos are not being named and many of the more obscure names are being dropped. If you decide to stop at this overlook, you can look for any remaining resemblance. You can also look for Navajo Mountain on the distant horizon. It is a “batholithic”, or a volcano that never erupted. The interior magma plume forced its way up and swelled the surface of the Earth, but the core of the mountain then just cooled slowly, and hardened into the durable pillar that you can see. It is even possible that you could see a California condor here due to the success of the captive breeding program reintroducing condors to their historic natural habitat.
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Inspiration Point just is before Mile 3 on the main park road and is one of the four major viewpoints of the Bryce Amphitheater. The viewpoint has three different overlooks into the Bryce Amphitheater area and provides a birds-eye view of the world's largest collection of rock spires called "hoodoos". Views to the south are best appreciated from the highest viewpoint, and the climb up will raise your heartrate. Here you can look toward Bryce Point with the Wall of Windows extending out below. From any of the overlooks you can see the colors of the Claron Formation. This rock has two levels or “members”; the lower Pink Member, a so-called "dirty" limestone that contains sand, silt, and iron that makes the rock reddish, and the upper White Member, which is a purer freshwater limestone. Inspiration Point is on the Rim Trail, so it connects to Bryce Point, 1.5 miles away, but this section is closed in winter. To the north it is 0.7 miles to Sunset Point, and 1.2 miles to Sunrise Point. The path is wheelchair accessible except in severe weather. This is the only section of the Rim Trail pets are allowed on; all pets must be on leash and owners must pick up after them. It is 3.8 miles (6.1 km) to Fairyland Point.
