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2. Bryce Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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   The park is located in southwestern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National Park. [4] [5]Bryce Canyon National Park lies within the Colorado Plateau geographic province of North America and straddles the southeastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau west of Paunsaugunt Faults (Paunsaugunt is Paiute for "home of the beaver"). [6]

3. Geology of the Bryce Canyon area - Wikipedia

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   The Grand Staircase is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers, first defined in the 1870s, that stretch south for 100 miles (160 km) from Bryce Canyon National Park through Zion National Park and into the Grand Canyon. [1] Bryce Canyon is located within the Pink Cliffs, the highest and youngest rise within the Grand Staircase. [2] [3]

4. Canyon wall falls in Utah national park famous for iconic ...

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   Thousands of pounds of rock peeled off a canyon wall in southern Utah and landed on one of the nation’s most iconic trails in Bryce Canyon National Park.. It happened around Dec. 8 on the Two ...

5. Hoodoo (geology) - Wikipedia

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   Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion.Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements.

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bryce Canyon ...

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   April 25, 1995. ( #95000434) Bryce Canyon National Park. 37°37′37″N 112°10′02″W. /  37.626944°N 112.167222°W  / 37.626944; -112.167222  ( Bryce Canyon Lodge Historic District) Bryce Canyon National Park. Expands district around Bryce Canyon Lodge, but is not National Historic Landmark-designated. 3.

7. List of national parks of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The state with the most national parks is California with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four. The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states.