Bryce Canyon My Fav Spot

Bryce Canyon

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. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. Bryce Canyon looks like a gigantic colorful hole in the ground from which grow thousands of rocky pinnacles. Narrow ravines called "slot canyons", an incredible forest of minarets towering rock called hoodoos, turrets, walls, arches and windows - all these strange formations of red sandstone can be found in Bryce Canyon National Park. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). 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. The area around Bryce Canyon became a National Monument in 1923 and was designated as a National Park in 1928.

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