

Park at the lot near Ruby’s Inn (just outside of the park entrance) and get on and off at the designated stops between the visitor center and Sunrise Point.

Save yourself the hassle of parking and take the park’s complimentary (with purchase of your entrance pass) shuttle to explore.

Let Someone Else Driveĭuring peak visitation months for Bryce Canyon National Park (April – October), parking can be challenging, especially in a big vehicle like an RV. If you’re visiting Bryce Canyon in the summer, consider leaving your RV at your campsite or the shuttle lot and driving your personal vehicle through the park, or skip driving all together and use Bryce Canyon’s comprehensive shuttle service (see below). RVs are not allowed to park anywhere else April – October.
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If you’re looking for a place to stay near the park with hookups, head to Ruby’s Inn RV Park & Campground, which offers full hookups. The campgrounds in the national park do not offer electric, water or sewer hookups. Bryce Canyon National Park at dawn in winter Photo: Christine Kenyon Sunset Campground also has a Group Site and two ADA Accessible sites for reservation. Sunset Campground is first-come, first-served April 15 through Oct. North Campground is reservation-based May 27 through Oct. Reservations are recommended and can be made at. Camping in the park is popular, especially in the summer months. Both are located close to the visitor center and can accommodate RVs. Camp Smartīryce Canyon National Park has two campgrounds: Sunset and North. In 2018, Bryce Canyon received 2,679,478 recreational visitors, which was an increase of 107,794 visitors from the prior year.Check Bryce Canyon National Park off your bucket list in your RV with these 5 tips: 1. The park covers 35,835 acres (55.992 sq mi 14,502 ha 145.02 km2) and receives substantially fewer visitors than Zion National Park (nearly 4.3 million in 2016) or Grand Canyon National Park (nearly 6 million in 2016), largely due to Bryce's more remote location. Harding in 1923 and was redesignated as a national park by Congress in 1928. The area around Bryce Canyon was originally designated as a national monument by President Warren G.

The Bryce Canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1874. Bryce Canyon National Park is much smaller and sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Situated along a high plateau at the top of the Grand Staircase, the park's high elevations include numerous life communities, fantastic dark skies, and geological wonders that defy description.īryce Canyon National Park () is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. Hoodoos (irregular columns of rock) exist on every continent, but here is the largest concentration found anywhere on Earth.
