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	Bryce Canyon National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The area around Bryce Canyon became a United States national monument in 1924 and was designated as a national park in 1928.
		In 1928 the canyon became a National Park.
		Bryce grazed his cattle inside what are now park borders and reputedly thought that the amphitheaters were a "helluva place to lose a cow." He also built a road to the plateau to retrieve firewood and timber and a canal to irrigate his crops and water his animals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park (3005 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park Utah.com
		Bryce Canyon National Park is named after Ebenezer Bryce, an early rancher who described it as "a helluva place to lose a cow." It was designated a national park in 1928.
		Bryce Canyon National Park is 24 miles southeast of Panguitch on Utah 63, east of the junction of Utah 12 and US 89.
		Millions of years of wind, water and geologic mayhem have shaped and etched the pink cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park, which isn't actually a canyon, but the eastern slope of the Paunsaguant Plateau.
	www.utah.com /nationalparks/bryce.htm (588 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park: Description - DesertUSA
		Bryce Canyon National Park is a series of huge natural amphitheaters carved into sedimentary rocks by the Paria River and its tributaries, along the edge of the Paunsagunt Plateau.
		The canyon behind his home came to be known as Bryce's Canyon; today it remains the name of both a specific canyon and the national park.
		The area was officially established as Bryce Canyon National Park February 25, 1928.
	www.desertusa.com /bryce/du_bry_desc.html (768 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park is 20 miles in length and you may experience the park in several different ways.
		Bryce Canyon National Park is truly one of the most spectacular scenic wonders in the world.
		In 1924, national legislation was written which gave Bryce Canyon official National Park status as Utah National Park.
	www.brycecanyonbandb.com /bryce-canyon.html (652 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park is located in the High Plateaus region of the Colorado Plateau in Utah.
		Bryce Canyon Inn is your best choice for visiting the parks and monuments of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.
		Bryce Canyon receives an average rainfall of 10 inches a year in the valley and approximately 19 inches a year on the plateau.
	www.travelwest.net /parks/brycecanyon/geology.html (2477 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southern Utah on the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in Garfield County.
		Bryce used the now famous canyon as a cattle range, and it was given his name as early as 1876.
		Geologically, the rocks of the canyon are among the youngest of the Colorado Plateau.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/b/BRYCE-CANYON.html (438 words)

	Bryce Canyon Country is your premiere information resource for Bryce Canyon National Park and Southern Utah.
		The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a vast tract of land (1.7 million acres) that connects Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks.
		Bryce Canyon Country is your premiere information resource for Bryce Canyon National Park and Southern Utah.
		Bryce Canyon is a series of giant amphitheaters with millions of pink rock pinnacles called "hoodoos" that seem to glow at sunrise and sunset.
	www.brycecanyoncountry.com (231 words)

	Utah's Color Country
		Unlike Zion where you look up at the cliffs, at Bryce Canyon National Park you look down upon miles of exquisitely carved pinnacles and spires.
		Years later when pioneer Ebenezer Bryce built a ranch at the bottom of the canyon, he described the area as "a hell of a place to lose a cow!" The area became known as "Bryce's Canyon", and later, Bryce Canyon.
		Bryce isn"t really a canyon, but 14 amphitheaters of colorful eroded limestone dotted with the deep greens of ponderosa pine, spruce, fir and ancient bristlecone pine.
	www.infowest.com /colorcountry/bryce.html (417 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Travel & Vacation Guide
		Bryce Canyon National Park contains a spectacularly beautiful series of "amphitheaters" filled with colorful, eroded rock forms.
		To learn more about Bryce Canyon National Park, select a topic of interest from the left-hand column.
		Bryce has an easy scenic drive to great lookouts and a number of hiking trails down into the amphitheaters and among the "hoodoos"-- the name given the eroded rock pinnacles and spires that fill the park.
	www.go-utah.com /bryce_canyon_national_park (212 words)

	Southwest Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park is one of the most photographically exciting places in the United States.
		Just after you pass the Bryce Canyon National Park boundary marker, you'll see a road to the left to Fairyland Point.
		Although Bryce Canyon is at 8,000 feet, it's an all-season park, and the major areas are kept open through the winter--an excellent time for beautiful photos of red rocks contrasting with white snow.
	www.phototravel.com /bryce.htm (1660 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park - entradautah
		Guided horseback tours are available in Bryce Canyon National Park and descend among the formations in the main amphitheater.
		No RV hookups are available in Bryce Canyon National Park, but a seasonal dump station (fee charged) is available at the North Campground.
		Most picnic areas within Bryce Canyon National Park are found near Bryce Lodge and have tables and fire grates.
	www.entradautah.com /bryce (863 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park - Wikitravel
		Bryce Canyon National Park therefore has a substantially different ecology and climate, offering a contrast for visitors to the south west (who often visit all three parks in a single vacation).
		Bryce Canyon National Park is a United States National Park that is located in southwestern Utah.
		Bryce Canyon is home to 59 species of mammals including mule deer, elk, gray fox, black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, marmots, ground squirrels and pronghorn antelope.
	wikitravel.org /en/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park (2167 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon, UT At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes.
		The Bryce Canyon Shuttle is designed to leave the hassles of parking a car outside the park.
		Parking is marked at all overlooks and public facilities.
	www.hikercentral.com /parks/brca (918 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park Lodging Bryce Canyon Pines
		The Bryce Canyon Pines is your headquarters for a vacation in magnificent Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah.
		In addition to viewing beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park you can relax in our heated pool and spa, enjoy a home cooked meal in our restaurant, or even spend a day with real cowboys on a horseback ride to Butch Cassidy's secret hideout.
		Bryce Canyon Pines is located on scenic highway 12 less than five minutes from the park.
	www.brycecanyonmotel.com (171 words)

	Pinewoods Resort - Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon is open year-round; summer activities range from hiking, backpacking and mountain biking (on paved roads only) to stargazing and guided hikes/walks.
		Millions of years of wind and weather have eroded the limestone and sandstone of Bryce Canyon into strangely shaped pillars and spires, called hoodoos.
		There are more than 50 miles of hiking trails in the Bryce, ranging over many different elevations; hikers unaccustomed to the high elevation should start slowly and use caution.
	www.pinewoodsresort.com /attractions/bryce.htm (256 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park -- Welcome
		As a national monument in 1923, as a national park in 1928.
		The National Park Service (NPS) needs your help to protect this vast resource and to ensure your safety.
		The NPS and concessioner Amfac Parks and Resorts work together as a team to ensure that your visit is a memorable one.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/bc (252 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon was once called "Utah National Park".
		From the Navajo Loop Trail, the shortest trail in the park.
		Bryce has almost 2 million visitors a year.
	utahpictures.com /Bryce_Canyon_Trail.html (85 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park - OutdoorPlaces.Com
		Bryce Canyon National Park is located in south central Utah in the heart of National Park country.
		Bryce Canyon National Park is also blessed with some of the best air quality in the United States.
		With it's close proximity to Zion, Arches and Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park should be one of your destinations when visiting the National Park Country of southern Utah.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/utbrycan (741 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park (National Park Service)
		Bryce Canyon National Park - September 15, 1928
		Bryce Canyon National Monument - June 8, 1923
		Bryce Canyon, famous for its worldly unique geology, consists of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved from the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
	www.nps.gov /brca (99 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park, open all year, is located on Scenic Byway 12 and
		The shuttle stops at the following northern points: Highway 63 and12 Parking Area, Ruby's Inn, Ruby's Inn Campground, the Visitor Center, Sunset Campground, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Sunrise and Sunset Points, Inspiration Point and Bryce Point.
		Bryce Canyon is a series of giant amphitheaters with millions of pink rock pinnacles called "hoodoos" that seem to glow at sunrise and sunset.
	www.brycecanyoncountry.com /bryce.html (404 words)

	Utah - Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park does not contain one main canyon, but rather a dozen smaller ravines eroded into the east side of a ridge running approximately north-south at the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in south west Utah.
		However, as with most National Parks, the best way to appreciate Bryce Canyon is to explore away from the main roads.
		Weather: Temperatures in Bryce are always less than other parks in Utah due to the high elevation (7,900 feet at the visitor centre, rising to 9,100 feet at Rainbow Point, at the south end of the park road), hence even summer hiking is usually comfortable.
	www.americansouthwest.net /utah/bryce_canyon/national_park.html (652 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Although it is the smallest of Utah's national parks at 35,835 acres, Bryce Canyon contains an outsized number of some of the most beautiful, unlikely rock formations on earth.
		Like most national parks, Bryce Canyon is home to a variety of wildlife.
		Take a walk along the canyon rim with a park ranger and learn some of Bryce Canyon's ecology, geology, and history.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ut_bryce.htm (975 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
		The approach roads to Bryce Canyon National Park pass through the Dixie National Forest.
		It is quite a long drive from any of these towns to Bryce Canyon, making a trip there and back plus time spent in the park itself a full day.
		What to See and Do Despite its name, Bryce Canyon is not so much a canyon as a long high ridge with a series of "amphitheatres" each containing huge numbers of sandstone rock pillars with weird and grotesque shapes created by erosion, with all possible shades of red, pink and orange.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/natparks/bryce.htm (228 words)

	Utah Vacation Inn Bryce Canyon National Park Tours
		Bryce Canyon • Bryce Canyon Lodging • Shopping • Bryce Canyon RV Park/Campground • Bryce Canyon Maps/Itineraries • Activities/Events
		Ruby's Inn at Bryce Canyon is a destination in and of itself and is the perfect base for area exploration.
		Ruby's Inn at Bryce Canyon has been serving travelers since 1916 and is a destination in and of itself.
	www.rubysinn.com (174 words)

	Bryce View Lodge - Bryce Canyon Lodging - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
		Located next to Bryce Canyon National Park on Highway U-63 in Southern Utah, this perfect Bryce Canyon lodging is nestled at the edge of a pine forest on a high plateau that overlooks the beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park.
		Bryce Canyon National Park entrance passes are also available.
		Bryce View Lodge - Bryce Canyon Lodging - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
	www.bryceviewlodge.com (205 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		The Bryce Canyon National Park entrance pass costs $20.00 per family, which includes shuttle transportation.
		Stops at the visitor center in Bryce Canyon and view points in the park.
		Bryce Canyon • Bryce Canyon Lodging • Shopping • Bryce Canyon RV Park/Campground • Bryce Canyon Maps/Itineraries • Activities/Events
	www.rubysinn.com /shuttle.html (224 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park, motel, hotel, lodging, Zion National Park, Bryce Pioneer Village, motel located in Tropic, Ut. just minutes from Bryce Canyon National Park.
		Bryce Pioneer Village is located eleven miles east of Bryce Canyon National Park in Tropic, Utah.
		While staying at Bryce Pioneer Village you are within reach of 4 National Parks including: Bryce Canyon(11 miles), Zion (81 miles), Capitol Reef (98 miles), and Grand Canyon (153 miles)
		On our property we have the only remaining cabin of Ebineezer Bryce (for whom Bryce Canyon National Park is named).
	www.bpvillage.com /bryce_canyon_national_park.htm (404 words)

	National Geographic Travel Guide: Bryce Canyon National Park
		National Geographic Travel Guide: Bryce Canyon National Park
		First thought by the Paiute Indians to be quasihuman animals frozen in stone, the rock formations of Utah’s Bryce Canyon were heralded by a 19th-century Mormon pioneer as "a helluva place to lose a cow!" This collection of natural amphitheaters and hoodoos, or rock spires, glows in shades of pink, yellow, and brown.
		Trails cross the park at all levels, and horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing are popular.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park (138 words)

	Bryce Canyon National Park
		Bryce Canyon National Park, 35,835 acres (14,513 hectares), SW Utah; est.
		Sunset Point is one of the four points which surround Bryce Amphitheater in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
		CONFOUNDING CANYONS; Zion and Bryce national parks in southern Utah are utterly different places that share a paradox: Monuments in stone, they are in a constant state of flux, shifting and changing like the water that runs through them.(TRAVEL) (Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN))
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0809261.html (286 words)

	Bryce Canyon Country Cabins"Near Bryce Canyon National Park"
		You can walk from the edge of Tropic into Bryce Canyon National Park Or hike to Mossy Cave and the waterfall.
		On our 20-acre farm surrounded by the flaming cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park and the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
		Bryce Canyon Country Cabins"Near Bryce Canyon National Park"
	www.brycecountrycabins.com (280 words)

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