Garfield County, Utah
The gateway town at the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, built around the historic Ruby’s Inn and open to visitors year-round.
About Bryce Canyon City
Bryce Canyon City sits at the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park on UT-63, at 7,664 feet atop the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The town grew up around Ruby’s Inn and today provides lodging, dining, fuel, and visitor services year-round.
Beyond the park’s rim trails and hoodoo amphitheaters, visitors come for horseback riding and biking in summer and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter.
Known For
Entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park and its hoodoo amphitheaters
Historic Ruby's Inn, run by the Syrett family since the 1920s
Horseback riding, biking, and winter cross-country skiing
History of Bryce Canyon City
Reuben “Ruby” Syrett homesteaded near the rim of Bryce Canyon in the 1910s. In 1920 he opened a tourist lodge near Sunset Point, sold it to the Union Pacific Railroad in 1923, and then built Ruby’s Inn on his ranch along the new park road.
The community that grew around Ruby’s Inn incorporated as Bryce Canyon City in 2007, becoming one of Garfield County’s newest municipalities.
Quick Distances
| Panguitch, UT,30 min · 24 mi |
| St. George, UT,2 hr 30 min · 140 mi |
| Las Vegas, NV,4 hr · 265 mi |
County Services
Spring
52°
low 30°
Summer
80°
low 55°
Fall
59°
low 37°
Winter
33°
low 16°
Daily averages, 2016–2025.