Destinations · Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park
UT · 37.5810, -112.1860
Journey Through Time Scenic Byway and Mt Carmel Scenic Byway are 2 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Understand
The area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1875 and was known to have described the canyon as "a hell of a place to lose a cow". President Warren G. Harding proclaimed Bryce Canyon a national monument on June 8, 1923. On June 7, 1924, Congress passed a bill to establish Utah National Park, when all land within the national monument would become the property of the United States government. The land was acquired and the name was restored to Bryce Canyon.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
4 scenic drives near Bryce Canyon National Park
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Bryce Canyon National Park. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway
National Scenic Byway · 19 mi out
Runs through Dixie National Forest.
- 02
Journey Through Time Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 7 mi out
Runs through Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Dixie National Forest.
- 03
- 04
Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 19 mi out
Runs through Dixie National Forest.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Bryce Canyon National Park are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Journey Through Time Scenic Byway · 7 mi
- Mt Carmel Scenic Byway · 14 mi
- Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway · 19 mi · national
- Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway · 19 mi
National parks
- Bryce Canyon National Park · inside
Public land
- Dixie National Forest · 1 mi
- Grand Staircase-Escalante · 2 mi
Campgrounds
- Sunset Campground · 3 mi
- North Campground · 4 mi
- Red Canyon Campground · 12 mi
- Pine Lake Recreation Area · 17 mi
- Uinta Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area · 24 mi
- Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area · 25 mi
- White Bridge Campground · 25 mi
- Mammoth Designated Dispersed Camping Area · 27 mi
Lookouts
- Mossy Cave · 7 mi
- Ledge Point · 14 mi
- Scenic Turnout · 14 mi
- Powell Point Vista · 19 mi
Named places
- Yellow Spring · 1 mi
- Swamp Canyon Butte · 2 mi
- CCC Picnic Area · 2 mi
- Mud Canyon Butte · 2 mi
- The Hat Shop · 2 mi
- Inspiration Point · 2 mi
- Hindu Temples · 2 mi
- Wall of Windows · 2 mi
A day out of Bryce Canyon National Park, planned on real roads
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Take the scenic way to Bryce Canyon National Park.
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