Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Senior Travel
See “Passes Offer Free Admission on Most Federal Lands,” earlier in the chapter.
Supplies
There is a small General Store (contact the
LodgeatBryceCanyon,
&
435/834-8700;
www.brycecanyonforever.com
)
inside the park that is open daily from mid-May to mid-October
(call for hours), with groceries and camping supplies, plus snacks, ice, beer, bundles of firewood,
and souvenirs, all at surprisingly reasonable prices. The General Store is about a quarter-mile
south of North Campground near the Sunrise Point parking area.
On the south side of the lobby of
Ruby's Inn
(&
866/866-6616
or 435/834-5484;
www.rubysinn.com
)
, just outside the entrance to the park, is a huge general store that offers
souvenirs, Western clothing, camping supplies, and a good selection of groceries. The store is
open from 7am to 10:30pm daily. In the lobby are a small liquor store, a car-rental desk, a beauty
salon, a photo shop with digital photo services, and tour desks where you can arrange excursions,
from horseback treks and all-terrain-vehicle rides to helicopter tours.
Taxes
See “Fast Facts: Zion National Park,” above.
Telephones
Public telephones are at the visitor center, the Lodge at Bryce Canyon, and the Gen-
eral Store. There is also a public phone at Ruby's Inn, just north of the park entrance. See “Fast
Facts: Zion National Park,” above.
Time
See “Fast Facts: Zion National Park,” above.
Tipping
See “Fast Facts: Zion National Park,” above.
Toilets
See “Restrooms at Bryce Canyon.”
VAT
See “Taxes,” earlier in this section.
Visas
See “Fast Facts: Zion National Park,” above.
Visitor Information
For advance information on what to see and do in
BryceCanyonNational
Park,
contact the park at P.O. Box 640201, Bryce, UT 84764-0201 (&
435/834-5322;
www.nps.gov/brca). Officials request that you write rather than call, at least a month before your
planned visit, for them to mail information. However, you will find everything they will send you and
more at the park website. You can also get information at www.twitter.com/brycecanyonnps and
at www.facebook.com/brycecanyonnps.
For even more details, order books, maps, posters, DVDs, videotapes, and CDs from the nonprofit
BryceCanyonNaturalHistoryAssociation,
P.O. Box 640051, Bryce, UT 84764-0051 (&
888/
362-2642
or 435/834-4782;
www.brycecanyon.org
)
. Association members ($35 single or $50 fam-
ily annually) receive a 15% discount on purchases and discounts for programs presented by the
High Plateaus Institute. Members also receive discounts at the Bryce Lodge gift shop and most
other nonprofit bookstores at national parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreation areas.
Among the topics that the association sells is the excellent
HikingZion&BryceCanyonNational
Parks,
by Erik Molvar and Tamara Martin, which includes detailed trail descriptions for both parks.
TheBryceCanyonAutoandHikingGuide,
by Tully Stroud and Paul R. Johnson, is published by
the association and has discussions of the various viewpoints and hiking trails, a variety of color
photos of the park, and historic black-and-white photos. The association publishes
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