Grand Canyon North Rim, Zion, Bryce Canyon
Hello, we are driving from Texas for a trip to the North Rim and then on to Zion and Bryce.. I'm thinking 4 days at the North Rim and 2 nights each at Zion and Bryce Canyon. ( Or should it Bryce a...
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Hi neighbors, I just took a look at the map based on your plans and some of the posts which follow. The LONG leg of your trip is from home to the North Rim. That would be a bit over 1200 miles. We do like the North Rim. It should be cooler there and there are excellent views. We spent a delightful evening at the Lodge on the rim at Sunset and had a memorable "supper." We did not have reservations, just checked in early in the evening. We left our fifth-wheel out at Jacob Lake on the highway. It is a long drive in to the Canyon but we just enjoyed the drive and when we were ready to leave our location was convenient.
We stayed at Bauer's Ranch as someone has mentioned in a post above. We only spent a day in Zion, but felt we had a good visit. It is only 100 miles from North Rim to Glendale.
From there it is only 50 miles on to Bryce. Of course, you could drive up there, but it seems that moving the camp on up to Bryce would be on your way.
Now, I am going to suggest some possibilities. From Bryce, we drove up to Torrey pulling our 34' fifth-wheel on Utah 12. It remains one of our most pleasant memories. It is not for "making time," and does require ordinarily careful driving, but we did not feel it was in any way difficult. That is only 72 miles. These short miles, in effect, give you almost an extra day at you arrival.
There are a couple of good possibilities from Torrey (Capitol Reef National Park): one would be to go over to Mesa Verde as some have suggested. The other would be to go on through Grand Junction, CO and Montrose and drop down into Ouray for a visit. That would put you in cooler climate and, if you have not been there, Ouray would be a great place to spend some time. I figure it would be a bit over 300 miles from Torrey to Ouray.
From Ouray, one possibility would be to drop down to Santa Fe. The map shows a very direct route, but one which I have so far chosen not to follow (Ouray to Silverton to Durango); instead I go back up to Montrose and through Gunnison before dropping south into New Mexico. From Santa Fe you would have an easy one night stop to get back home.
Just some possibilities for you to think about.
We stayed at Bauer's Ranch as someone has mentioned in a post above. We only spent a day in Zion, but felt we had a good visit. It is only 100 miles from North Rim to Glendale.
From there it is only 50 miles on to Bryce. Of course, you could drive up there, but it seems that moving the camp on up to Bryce would be on your way.
Now, I am going to suggest some possibilities. From Bryce, we drove up to Torrey pulling our 34' fifth-wheel on Utah 12. It remains one of our most pleasant memories. It is not for "making time," and does require ordinarily careful driving, but we did not feel it was in any way difficult. That is only 72 miles. These short miles, in effect, give you almost an extra day at you arrival.
There are a couple of good possibilities from Torrey (Capitol Reef National Park): one would be to go over to Mesa Verde as some have suggested. The other would be to go on through Grand Junction, CO and Montrose and drop down into Ouray for a visit. That would put you in cooler climate and, if you have not been there, Ouray would be a great place to spend some time. I figure it would be a bit over 300 miles from Torrey to Ouray.
From Ouray, one possibility would be to drop down to Santa Fe. The map shows a very direct route, but one which I have so far chosen not to follow (Ouray to Silverton to Durango); instead I go back up to Montrose and through Gunnison before dropping south into New Mexico. From Santa Fe you would have an easy one night stop to get back home.
Just some possibilities for you to think about.
