What makes Bryce Canyon unique compared to other places on earth?

Bright orange and light tan fine-grained sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation make up the distinctive hoodoos in Bryce National Park. The most distinctive feature of Bryce Canyon, hoodoos, are natural geologic features that create an otherworldly landscape.



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Bryce Canyon City, sometimes shown as Bryce on maps, is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park. The town, formerly known as Ruby's Inn, was officially incorporated on July 23, 2007 under a short-lived state law. The population was 198 at the 2010 census.

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Bryce Canyon was not formed from erosion initiated from a central stream, meaning it technically is not a canyon. Instead headward erosion has excavated large amphitheater-shaped features in the Cenozoic-aged rocks of the Paunsaugunt Plateau.

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Utah has several certified Dark Sky Parks, with Bryce Canyon being Utah's fourth national park, and 13th location altogether, to receive dark sky certification from the International Dark-Sky Association.

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Hiking, boating, swimming, and fishing are popular pastimes with the stunning, red-rock canyons as a backdrop in this Southern Utah hotspot. Whether on land or water, over two million travelers gather with family and friends each year to experience the second-largest manmade reservoir in the United States.

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