Annual Geology Festival

 

Bryce Canyon Geology Festival

The 2025 Bryce Canyon Geology Festival (Geo Fest) will be Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19, 2025.

All booths this year will be at the Visitor Center. We will have a fossil dig site for kids by the park sign at the Visitor Center, and a scavenger hunt for any age to participate in. The scavenger hunt will take you to points throughout the park as you solve clues leading you to each point. We have some special prizes for both the dig and the scavenger hunt.

Most activities will stem from the Visitor Center Plaza or in the Visitor Center Theater.

Saturday's keynote speaker has been moved to the Byce Canyon Lodge. To guarantee a seat, pick up a free ticket at the Visitor Center before 8pm.

 

Schedule of Events!

 

The following are events for 2025!

 

Go to our Speaker Page to learn more.

Day 1 - Friday July 18th

Daytime Activities

8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Ask a Geologist 

Meet a park geologist at Sunset Point to learn more about Bryce Canyon and surrounding area geology. 

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Visitor Center Plaza Activities

Geology booths from nearby public lands and parks set up at the Visitor Center. 

Booths this year include Zion National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Staircase & Escalante National Monument, the Filmore district of the Bureau of Land Management, Snow Canyon State Park, Kodachrome State Park, St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, and Southern Utah University.

10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Scavenger Hunt, Fossil Dig, and Junior Ranger Booth 

Meet the Ranger at the Visitor Center Plaza to learn more about these activities.

2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Geology Talks

These will be in the theater at the Visitor Center this year. Come back soon for a list of topics/speakers.

• 2pm Talk - "Flash Floods in the National Parks and Monuments of Southwestern Utah"
• 3pm Talk - "Geology Investigations"
• 4pm Talk - "BLM Minerals & Fossils: How You Can Utilize Them!"
• 5pm Talk - "Who's that Dinosaur?"

Evening Activities

8 p.m. - Keynote Evening Program at North Campground Outdoor Theater

"Bones, Stones, and Unknowns: A Deep Time Voyage to Explore Strange, Old Worlds"

This presentation will be moved to the Lodge in the case of adverse weather. If this happens, only those who have picked up tickets earlier in the day from the visitor center may attend the program in the lodge. This is due to limited space.

Keynote Speaker: Mattison Shreero
About the speaker:
See Speaker Page

Day 2 - Saturday July 19th

Daytime Activities

8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Ask a Geologist

Meet a park geologist at Sunset Point to learn more about Bryce Canyon and surrounding area geology. 

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Visitor Center Plaza Booths

Geology booths from nearby public lands and parks set up at the Visitor Center. 

Booths this year include Zion National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Staircase & Escalante National Monument, the Filmore district of the Bureau of Land Management, Snow Canyon State Park, Kodachrome State Park, St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, and Southern Utah University.

10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Scavenger Hunt, Fossil Dig, and Junior Ranger Booth 

Meet the Ranger in the Visitor Center Plaza to learn more about these activities.

2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Geology Talks

These will be in the theater at the Visitor Center this year. Come back soon for a list of topics/speakers.

• 2pm Talk - "Forged by Force: The story of Jurassic sand eruptions preserved in Kodachrome Basin State Park"
• 3pm Talk - "Time Travel Through the Grand Staircase"
• 4pm Talk - "Geology of the Henry Mountains"
• 5pm Talk -  CANCELLED

8 p.m. - Keynote Evening Program at th Bryce Canyon Lodge

"The Mosasaur Hunter: A quest to understand the behavior of an animal that can't be observed"

This presentation has been moved to the lodge. To guarantee a seat, please pick up a free ticket at the Visitor Center. 

Keynote Speaker: Maximilian Scott
About the speaker: See Speaker Page

 

Map of plaza events