Bryce canyon National Park

At Bryce Canyon National Park erosion has formed an array of interesting shapes known as hoodoos. A hoodoo is a par of rock , usually of interesting shapes, left by erosion. Geologists believe that 10 million years ago forces within the Earth created and then moved the massive blocks known as the Table Cliffs and Paunsaugunt plateaus.  With time, tall and thin ridges called fins emerged, fins then eroded into pinnacles and spires called hoodoos. When a hoodoo weakens and fall they add their bright colors to the hills below.

Capt. Clarence E. Dutton and John Wesley Powell explored this area in the1870's and gave it many place names. Ebenezer Bryce came to the area as a emissary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in the area.. Neighbors called the canyon behind his home Bryce's Canyon.  Soon after 1900 people were coming to see the colorful geology and the first accommodations were built.

In 1923 President Warren G. Harding proclaimed part of the area as Bryce Canyon National Monument under the Powell (now the Dixie ) National Forest.  In 1924 legislation was passed to establish the area as Utah National Park, but the provisions of the legislation were not met until 1928.  Legislation passed that year that changed the name of the new park to Bryce Canyon National Park.  Each  year over 1.7 million people visit the park from all over the world

Going to Bryce Canyon National Park you will pass through a beautiful canyon area called Red Rock Canyon. While it is not a part of the National Park it is worth including pictures from there.

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Last Updated February 2005