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The Loop C Comfort Station and the Loop D Comfort Station are public toilet facilities in Bryce Canyon National Park's North Campground, individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 for their significance as structures relating to the park's administrative infrastructure, and for their integrity as examples of rustic architecture.
The park is located in southwestern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National Park. [6] [7]Bryce Canyon National Park lies within the Colorado Plateau geographic province of North America and straddles the southeastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau west of Paunsaugunt Faults (Paunsaugunt is Paiute for "home of the beaver"). [8]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Bryce Canyon is the smallest and highest of them, with 56 square miles, an average elevation of 8,000 feet and some areas topping 9,000 feet above sea level, according to Densmore.
Bryce Canyon City, sometimes shown as Bryce on maps, [4] is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park. The town, formerly known as Ruby's Inn, was officially incorporated on July 23, 2007, under a short-lived state law. The population was 336 at the 2020 census. [5]
Snow Canyon State Park: Washington: 7,400 acres (2995 ha) [12] 3,100 ft (945 m) 1962 272,041 Showcases a canyon carved out of colorful Navajo sandstone and landforms created by the Santa Clara Volcano. Steinaker State Park: Uintah: 2,283 acres (924 ha) 5,500 ft (1676 m) 1964 37,519 Features an 820-acre (330 ha) reservoir.
The "comfort station", otherwise known as a public toilet, is set back from the rim of Bryce Canyon. The comfort station is designed in the "logs-out" style, sheathed in V-joint wood shiplap siding, with half-round logs covering the joints. The roof is framed with log rafters. The shelter is located directly on the edge of the canyon, facing ...