Close to two million visitors come to Bryce Canyon National Park each year to experience the geological wonders offered by the world’s largest concentration of Hoodoos. Hoodoos are irregular rock columns shaped by millions of years of erosion that rise from the canyon floor. Bryce Canyon National Park has thousands of these rock spires which derive their name from the Paiute word meaning something fear inspiring and local legend says the hoodoos were once ancient beings who were turned to stone.
Updated 21 September 2026 — visitor numbers and the 2026 fee change
Bryce Canyon logged 1,967,367 recreation visits in 2025. That is not a collapse in demand: the park switched to counting unique shuttle passengers rather than total boardings, and on the old method the same year would have come in at 2,437,461, about 2.4% below 2024. New for 2026: visitors who are not US residents pay a $100 per-person surcharge on top of the standard entrance fee (or $250 for an annual pass) at eleven parks, this one included. It applies from age 16.
Bryce Canyon National Park has several designated scenic viewpoints set along the iconic Bryce Amphitheater that are surrounded with protective fencing to keep tourists safe while taking in the otherworldly vistas of this magical place.
The following video shows a Bryce Canyon National Park visitor who disregarded park rules for a social media stunt when he jumped over a protective barrier and nearly slid over the edge of an 800 foot cliff. His actions not only put himself in great danger but also could have dislodged rocks risking injury to hikers on the heavily trafficked Navajo Loop Trail hundreds of feet below.
Thankfully the man came to a stop before spilling over the precipice and no one was struck by any debris on the trail below. Bryce Canyon National Park warns that the park’s rocks often form steep, gravelly slopes with crumbly cliffs and climbing the rocks and sliding on the slopes of Bryce Canyon National Park is not only illegal but also extremely dangerous.
