The most brilliant hues in the park come alive with the rising and setting of the sun. Horseback tours provide another way of seeing the park's geology up close. Hiking trails descend below the rim, affording close views of colorful formations. Hiking and horseback riding are among the park’s many fun things to do. A free shuttle service with 13 designated stops is available throughout the park late May through September. Visitors can take a 37-mile round-trip on a road that follows the high rim to many major vantage points, such as Bryce Point, Inspiration Point, the Natural Bridge, Paria View, Sunrise Point, Sunset Point and Rainbow Point, at the park's end. Note: Visitors are advised to avoid using Cottonwood Road to access the park the road is dangerous and inclement weather may further impair driving conditions. The main geological features of the park are easily seen from numerous roadside viewing areas. General Information about Bryce Canyon National ParkThe park is open all year. A Native American name for the area translates as “red rocks standing like men in a bowl-shaped canyon.” The area's difficult topography led Mormon settler Ebenezer Bryce, whose cattle grazed in the mazelike twists of the canyons' stream beds, to declare it “a hell of a place to lose a cow.” Bryce is not a true canyon but a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved in the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau by tributaries of the Paria River. Iron oxides give red, yellow and brown tints to the limestone, while manganese oxides lend a lavender hue. Among the park’s amazing things to see are some of Earth's most colorful rocks, which have been sculpted by erosion into pillars called “hoodoos,” and other fantastic forms. About Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon National Park is 26 miles southeast of Panguitch via US 89 and SRs 12 and 63.
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