Bryce Canyon National Park - Moderate Hikes (U.S. National Park Service)

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Bryce Canyon National Park

Moderate Hikes

moderate hikes includes:
Navajo Trail Tower Bridge Hat Shop Trail		Swamp Canyon Loop Trail Queens Garden & Navajo Combo

Moderate Hikes have steep grades with "down and back" elevation changes, and include the following trails:

Navajo Trail (1.3 mi/2.2 km round trip) Navajo Loop is completely open, by ascending over the top of the latest rock slide. Please use caution traversing this trail. Thor's Hammer and Two Bridges side of trail is open all the way to canyon floor.

Tower Bridge (3 mi/4.8 km round trip) See Bristlecone pines and the China Wall. A shady 1/4-mile spur trail leads to the bridge.

Hat Shop (4 mi/6.4 km round trip) Descend to the Under-the-Rim Trail to see a cluster of balanced-rock hoodoos.

Swamp Canyon (4.3 mi/7.2 km round trip) Descend into one of the lesser known areas of Bryce Canyon.


			Did You Know? Pronghorn, once roaming the plains of North America in numbers second only to Bison, can be found at Bryce Canyon National Park. They are the fastest land mammal on the continent and only the second fastest mammalian runner in the whole world, reaching speeds of up to 60 mph! more...

Last Updated: August 20, 2007 at 17:44 EST