Bristlecone Loop Gazebo

The gazebo is found along the east side of the loop, near its middle point.

NPS Photo / Peter Densmore

Quick Facts

Location:

Along the Bristlecone Loop Trail, near its midway point

Amenities

1 listed

Benches/Seating

A small octagon shaped log shelter built by the park in the 1980s after the Bristlecone Loop was completed. At this point in the trail you might recognize smaller bristlecone pines nearby. Look for densely bunched needles travelling in a bushy arrangement up the branch. Needles will be in bundles of 5.

Two quotations by Henry David Thoreau are framed on the interior wall of the shelter. The first: "Silence alone is worth being heard", then "I need solitude. I have come forth to this Hill to see the forms of the mountains on the horizon too beholden commune with something grander than man."

The Civilian Conservation Corps and Bryce Canyon

Begun in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a task force to work on a wide variety of conservation and public works projects, the CCC's objective was primarily unemployment relief. It provided work for a total of 3 million people--mostly young men during its existence. Crews would create parks, plant forests, and construct roads, trails, shelters, and picnic areas throughout the nation. Bryce Canyon would host camp NP-3, which worked primarily on roads, footpaths, insect control, and landscaping work. Notable projects included the Under-the-Rim Trail from Rainbow Point to Bryce Point, structures at Rainbow Point and the Bristlecone Loop Trail gazebo, and front-country campground development. Camp NP-3 operated from 1934 until the camp was disbanded in 1943. Read More