Natural features

Bryce Canyon National Park

United States of America Utah

Bryce Canyon National Park
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A series of natural amphitheatres filled with thousands of orange and white rock spires called hoodoos. Watch sunrise from Sunrise or Bryce Point, then walk down among the hoodoos on the Navajo Loop and Queen's Garden trails.


At 2,400 m it's cool, and snow on the hoodoos in winter is beautiful. The dark skies are wonderful for stargazing.

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