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Bryce Canyon-Peekaboo Loop Trail Hiking

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Description:
The Peekaboo Loop and Navajo Loop trails are located in Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce Canyon is located in southwestern Utah and is famous for its hoodoo covered amphitheaters carved from the colorful limestone rock. Peekaboo Loop and Navajo Loop trails allow you to hike below the rim and down into the bizarre rock formations of the canyon. The trail length is approximately 7 miles round trip.

Activities:
hiking, picnicking, sightseeing

Directions:
From the north or south on US Hwy 89: Turn east on Utah Hwy 12 (seven miles south of Panguitch, Utah) and travel to the junction of Utah 12 and 63. Turn south (right) onto Utah 63 and travel three miles to reach the park entrance. From the east: Travel west on Utah 12 to the intersection with Utah 63. Turn south (left) to reach the park entrance.

Access to Navajo Loop Trail and Peekaboo Loop Trail are from Sunset Point, which is approximately 5 miles from the park entrance.

Story Date 5/12/2003
Publish Date 4/13/2004

Story Perspectives >>

According to Mikala : The view from the top of Bryce Canyon is unlike anything I have ever seen. It is like being on a different planet!

I reluctanly agreed to hike the Navajo Loop and Peekaboo Loop trails - only because I knew that what goes down must come up (me). However, I ended up enjoying myself very much. The trails wind down to the canyon floor and back up and around the other side. You see a totally different perspective when you are among the hoodoos and rock formations than from the top of the canyon. I highly recommend it! I definitely felt like an explorer to another world.

The hike back up is strenuous, but easily done if you take your time.