I have not visited Canyonlands yet, but based on what I have seen, if you are only going to one Utah National Park, Bryce Canyon is the one you want. The landscapes are amazing, and the park is very accessible without a lot of hiking. There is a main drive that goes north to south through the park, and along that drive are numerous overlooks and parking lots which allow you to see the different areas. A couple of the parking lots were full when we visited, but there were alternative overlooks, and we were able to stop almost everywhere we wanted.
We visited Bryce Canyon in the afternoon, after seeing Zion in the morning. I took one good walk in Bryce, up several hundred feet from a parking lot that was at 8,800 feet elevation itself, to a spot called Inspiration Point. All the walking I have been doing definitely has made it easier to do some hiking - more on that when I post about Arches National Park, which, yeah, I have been to already, and I am behind on my posting, so I need to catch up.
When I posted two weeks ago that we were going to Utah, the picture I included was from Bryce Canyon. I will include our version of that picture among our photos here.
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| From Sunset Point |
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| There are surprisingly many of these types of rocks in Utah |
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| The most prominent arch in Bryce |
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| Looking one direction from Inspiration Point |
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| On the way up |
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| The other side from Inspiration Point |
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