Bryce, which I first visited with a group of friends during Easter many years ago, changed what it meant to see the effect of sand, wind and water. hiking through the other-wordly red-rock hoodoos of different shapes and sizes in the grand amphitheater of the park was a memorable experience. Since then, I have been to the park twice more, each to explore a different area of the park in detail. And even though it is not a particularly large park, it takes on a fresh coat of color with every change of season, and that makes it worth visiting more than once.

One of its hidden secrets, which make it worth staying by the Park entrance, is the phenomenal night sky, At 9000ft, the clear air on a no-moon night lends for spectacular astrophotography, as long as you can bear the cold.

Bryce Canyon National Park
UT USA