Bryce Canyon

National Park · Utah

Park Stats

Area35,835 acres

Rim elev.2,400 – 2,775 m

Established1928

DEMUSGS 3DEP 10m

Notable Features

Rainbow Point2,778 m
Bryce Point2,549 m
Sunrise Point2,449 m
Yovimpa Point2,768 m
Tropic (floor)1,940 m

Layer

Colored Hillshade

Elevation

Hillshade

Opacity 100%

About

Despite the name, Bryce is not a canyon — it's a natural amphitheater eroded into the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The Claron Formation here is iron-tinted limestone and mudstone; differential erosion of softer layers leaves the harder ones standing as hoodoos — slender spires that crowd the amphitheater like a stone forest. Sunrise lighting pulls the orange and pink hues out of the rock.

10 m colormap + 10 m hillshade NW @ 45° · sources at /data