Midway into its centennial anniversary, Bryce Canyon National Park continues to put on its best birthday face for the throngs of visitors there to celebrate its scenic splendors and geologic wonders.
Bryce Canyon National Monument was established on June 8, 1923, then became Utah National Park and was finally changed to Bryce Canyon National Park.| Updated: 11:03 p.m.
“I came back renewed, I came back inspired, came back with energy knowing that we could do what we needed to do to move forward,” he said., including geology and astronomy festivals, a Utah Symphony Concert and an annular eclipse — a solar eclipse in which the moon blocks the sun but leaves a disc of light — this autumn.
For example, according to park literature, Bryce Amphitheater has retreated, on average, about 22 inches over the past century due to erosion. That said, as park visitation numbers attest, it doesn’t take a geology degree for visitors to fully appreciate its scenic splendor.In 2021, the most recent year for which data is available, more than 2.
Bryce Canyon’s striking scenery is complemented by its storied past. One of the best-known anecdotes is about Ebenezer Bryce, a homesteader in 1874 after whom the national park was named, who purportedly described the Bryce Canyon labyrinth as a “hell of a place to lose a cow.” At that point, the gate was opened and children dressed as fairies and elves assisted men push the governor’s vehicle through the tunnel.
After 55 years of marriage, Steve passed away in 2017. In celebration of what would have been their 60th anniversary, Elva returned with her children and grandchildren to tour the park and found Steve Orton’s 1957 signature on the door of a cabin. Billed as the quiet side of Bryce because it is more laid back and quieter than Bryce Canyon City, just outside the national park, Tropic draws tourists who travel Scenic Byway 12 from Bryce Canyon through the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to Capitol Reef National Park.
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