Annual Geology Festival

 

Bryce Canyon Geology Festival

The 2025 Bryce Canyon Geology Festival (Geo Fest) is currently scheduled for Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19, 2025.

Please be patient with us as we continue to plan this event. We will update this page as we continue to get closer to the event.

Meanwhile...

Here is some of what we have falling into place...

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.

We have our speakers established for both nights. Check back here soon for more information about each speaker and their topic.

Most activities will stem from the Visitor Center Plaza or in the Visitor Center Theater. Evening keynote speakers will be in the North Campground Outdoor Theater unless there is adverse weather, wherein we will move to the Bryce Canyon Lodge.

 

Schedule of Events!

 

The following are events for 2025!

 

 

Day 1 - Friday July 18th

Daytime Activities

8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Ask a Geologist 

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, 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 6:30 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.

• Talk 1 - "Flash Floods in the National Parks and Monuments of Southwestern Utah"
• Talk 2 - "Geology Investigations"
• Talk 3 - "BLM Minerals & Fossils: How You Can Utilize Them!"
• Talk 4 - ...Topic coming soon...

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:
....coming soon....

Day 2 - Saturday July 19th

Daytime Activities

8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Ask a Geologist

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, 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 6:30 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.

• Talk 1 - "Forged by Force: The story of Jurassic sand eruptions preserved in Kodachrome Basin State Park"
• Talk 2 - "Groundwater Resources in Utah's National Parks"
• Talk 3 - "Geology of the Henry Mountains"
• Talk 4 - ....Topic coming soon...

Evening Activities

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

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

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: Maximilian Scott
About the speaker:

 

Map coming soon...