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The Under-the-Rim Trail is a 22.9-mile (36.9 km) hiking trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The trail was established by the National Park Service to provide access to the portions of the park located below the rim of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, whose edge forms the eroded natural amphitheater for which the park is famous. Plans dating to ...
The Under-the-Rim Trail and the Riggs Spring Fire Trail connect to the day-hike trail system to provide access to the park's backcountry. Both are separately listed on the NRHP. [2] The Bryce Canyon trail system was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 1995. [1]
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]
According to the National Park Service, Fremont and Anasazi people lived near Bryce Canyon from around 200 to 1200 A.D., and Paiute Indians lived in the area starting at around 1200 A.D.
Bryce Canyon National Park is about 260 miles south of Salt Lake City. Searing heat threatens ancient structures as brittle cliffs fall in New Mexico park.
Bryce Canyon National Park 37°37′33″N 112°09′23″W / 37.625833°N 112.156389°W / 37.625833; -112.156389 ( Bryce Canyon National Park Scenic Trails Historic Comprises five contiguous trails: Navajo Loop Trail, Queen's Garden Trail, Peekaboo Loop Trail, Fairyland Loop Trail, Rim Trail
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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]