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Fairyland Loop
This hike is considered strenuous due to its length and meandering trails with multiple elevation changes.
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Fairyland Loop Details
The Fairyland Loop Trail is a great day hike in the less-visited northern end of the park. You can choose to start the hike at Fairyland Point for a true loop hike or take the short connecting trail from Sunrise Point. Either way, you'll gradually be dropping more than 1,000 feet into Fairyland Canyon. This trail offers plenty of spectacular scenery (like the windows of the Chinese Wall) but little shade, so wear a hat and sunscreen and bring plenty of water for hiking 6-8 hours on exposed trails. The strenuous, meandering route includes a portion of the Rim Trail to close the loop, and you can choose to add on the spur trail to see Tower Bridge.
Difficulty
High
Distance
8.0 miles
Estimated time
6-8 hours
Region
N/A
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Fairyland Loop
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Fairyland Point
Offers an opportunity to see hoodoos at an "eye-to-eye" level.
0.8 mi away
Boat Mesa
This nautically named mesa can be seen from the Fairyland Loop Trail and Sunrise or Sunset point.
1.1 mi away
The Sinking Ship
A tilted mesa that resembles a mighty ship about to disappear under the sea.
1.3 mi away
Bryce Canyon National Park
A mysterious, maze-like landscape of horseshoe and bowl-shaped "hoodoos" - natural amphitheaters of rough spires chewed from the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah by the action of frost and rain.
