Bryce Canyon National Park guide · 1 min read
Queen's Garden, Navajo Loop and Peekaboo
Queen's Garden Trail is the gentlest of the routes that drop from the rim into the Bryce Amphitheater.
It is an out-and-back route that ends at the Queen Victoria hoodoo, reached by a short spur trail. Along the way you pass through several small tunnels, and the hike usually takes one to two hours.
The Navajo Loop Trail starts and finishes at Sunset Point. Along the zigzagging descent, the path runs between tall, narrow walls of tinted limestone, and Douglas-fir trees and Thor's Hammer, the park's best-known hoodoo, come into view. The loop has two sides, Two Bridges and Wall Street, and Wall Street is a narrow pathway between the hoodoos. Many hikers join Queen's Garden and Navajo into a round trip of 2.9 miles, going down from Sunrise Point and back up to Sunset Point.
The Peekaboo Loop starts at Bryce Point, drops 670 feet, or 204 meters, into hoodoo-filled terrain, and climbs back to the rim. Hiking it clockwise is recommended. Hikers can also link the Navajo Loop, Queen's Garden Trail and Peekaboo Loop into a figure 8 of about 6.4 miles, with roughly 1,500 feet of elevation gain. Peekaboo Loop on its own typically takes three to four hours.
The Rim Trail runs about 5.5 miles along the edge of the amphitheater, from Bryce Point in the south to Fairyland Point in the north. It links Inspiration, Sunset and Sunrise Points, letting you choose how much of the walk to take between viewpoints. The paved half mile between Sunrise and Sunset Points is flat and wheelchair accessible. Because the trail has steep drop-offs, keep children close.
