The Wall Street side of the Navajo Loop Trail is closed. The roads to Paria View and Fairyland Point are closed to vehicles. The Overflow Park Lot for the Mossy Cave Trail is closed.
For safety reasons, the connector trail from Bryce Point to Peekaboo Loop is closed due to severe icy conditions. Peekaboo Loop may still be accessed from the Two Bridges side of Navajo Loop and the Figure 8 Combination Trail.
Grade Levels:Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Subject(s):Social Studies
Learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Bryce Canyon National Park through a guided exploration of the elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem.
Grade Levels:Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Subject(s):Literacy and Language Arts,Science,Social Studies
The lesson could be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses in units on westward expansion (especially the Mormon settlement of Utah) and the conservation movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It could also be used in a geology course.
Locations:Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument
Grade Levels:Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Subject(s):Science
This lesson gives students time to observe the Cedar Breaks amphitheater within a structured context. Students can participate in a ranger led interactive, presentation where they learn about the geological processes including deposition, uplift, weathering and erosion that formed the Claron Formation and our Cedar Breaks amphitheater.
