Ponderosa Canyon — Attraction in Bryce Canyon City

This is one of the delightful viewpoints you can enjoy along the Scenic Drive (Highway 63) within Bryce Canyon National Park. It is situated south of the Aqua Canyon Viewpoint, near the southern end of the drive.

We visited in early April and greatly enjoyed the snow covered views from this viewpoint at 8900 feet above sea level. From here you can see some impressive stacks of hoodoos as well as subtle erosion of the hillside where future hoodoos will take shape and form many thousands of years from now.

In the end, Ponderosa Viewpoint is somewhat similar to Aqua Canyon Viewpoint. We've give both a quick stop. You can conveniently enjoy in 3-5 minutes and be on your way to the next viewpoint or hiking stop in the park.

Note: The viewpoints along the Scenic Drive are all on the east side of the road. As such, it is best to drive straight through to Rainbow and Yavimpa Points first. Then start making your way back north, pulling over to the right hand side for...

This place reminds me a view from Black Birch Canyon, but you feel a bit more integrated in between the hoodoos. And you also see a bit more hoodoos in front of you. Together with the green trees in the distance, this scenery offers a nice contrast of colors of the hoodoos and the trees for your pictures. Too bad that the railing is above the waist height - if you want to be at the picture, you will always have the railing there. But I understand the security...

One of the many viewpoints along the main road. This viewpoint was incredibly close to the main road with pretty much no walking required. Though far from the best viewpoint in the park, the views were still nice here and really easy to fit in a photograph to remember the place by. The combination of a nice view and minimal effort/time expenditure means anyone visiting Bryce Canyon should take a minute or two to...