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Park · Utah · Colorado Plateau

Bryce Canyon

What makes it unique

The rim sits at 8,000 to 9,100 feet, so Bryce runs a full month behind the Utah parks below it and stays tolerable through a summer that flattens the rest of the state.

Acreage35,835
National park since1928
Best lightJan, Oct
Visited2026
Terrain profile · W→E over the Paunsaugunt rim into the amphitheater · 37.62°N · 6,371–8,251 ftElevation data · Open-Meteo

The photographs

24 selects
Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon18mm · f/5.6 · 1/60s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon16mm · f/9 · 1/25s · ISO 64Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre16mm · f/9 · 1/25s · ISO 64Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre16mm · f/9 · 1/25s · ISO 64Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre31mm · f/9 · 1/30s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre30mm · f/9 · 1/60s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon70mm · f/11 · 1/160s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon70mm · f/5.6 · 1/100s · ISO 160Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon70mm · f/6.3 · 1/100s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon70mm · f/6.3 · 1/100s · ISO 100A glimpse into the future, Bryce CanyonA glimpse into the future70mm · f/6.3 · 1/80s · ISO 100The Architecture of Gravity, Bryce CanyonThe Architecture of Gravity16mm · f/4 · 1/60s · ISO 100Rainbow Point, Bryce CanyonRainbow Point35mm · f/5.6 · 1/60s · ISO 250Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon22mm · f/5.6 · 1/30s · ISO 250Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre20mm · f/5.6 · 25s · ISO 400Sunrise at Bryce Canyon, Bryce CanyonSunrise at Bryce Canyon35mm · f/5.6 · 1/3s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre18mm · f/9 · 1/200s · ISO 64Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre19mm · f/11 · 1/15s · ISO 64Navajo Loop, Bryce CanyonNavajo Loop70mm · f/7.1 · 1/80s · ISO 64Queens Garden, Bryce CanyonQueens Garden70mm · f/7.1 · 1/100s · ISO 100The Hoodoos, Bryce CanyonThe Hoodoos70mm · f/7.1 · 1/100s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre70mm · f/11 · 1/100s · ISO 100Queens Garden Trail, Bryce CanyonQueens Garden Trail70mm · f/4 · 1/40s · ISO 100Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre, Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Amphitheatre70mm · f/4 · 1/500s · ISO 100
Field notes

If you go

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A · When to go

Best for photography in Jan, Oct.

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B · Before you go
Access

Rim road is plowed all winter but spur roads past Bryce Point close after storms. Nonresident fee park. Sunrise fills fast at Bryce Point even in shoulder season.

Avoid

Nothing is truly bad, but March and April are the mud-and-melt weeks when the hoodoo bases are grey slush.

C · How I shot it

12 of 24 frames on the FE 16–35mm.

FE 16–35mm F4 ZA OSS12 of 24
FE 70–200mm F4 Macro G OSS II11 of 24
FE 20mm F1.8 G1 of 24
Most used70mm · 11 frames
Typical aperturef/5.6 – f/9
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