St George to Bryce Canyon driving time

2 hours, 57 minutes

Average driving speed: 54.9 mph
Kilometers per hour: 88.3 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.




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Driving time from Saint George, UT to Bryce Canyon National Park

How long is the drive from Saint George, UT to Bryce Canyon National Park? The total driving time is 2 hours, 57 minutes.

Your trip begins in Saint George, Utah. It ends in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Saint George, UT to Bryce Canyon National Park.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Saint George, UT to Bryce Canyon National Park based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Saint George, UT and Bryce Canyon National Park.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Saint George, UT to Bryce Canyon National Park.




Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Saint George to Bryce Canyon National Park

How far is Bryce Canyon National Park from Saint George? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 162 miles or 261 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 57 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.



Flying non-stop from Saint George to Bryce Canyon National Park

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Saint George, Utah and Bryce Canyon National Park. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 83 miles or 134 km

Flight time: 40 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 79 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.9x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.




Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Bryce Canyon National Park, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 5.5 hours on the road


Itinerary

Start in Saint George.


To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:


Saint George to Bryce Canyon National Park airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: St. George Municipal Airport (SGU)

Arrival airport: Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 19 minutes

Getting to your destination: 153 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from SGU to CDC and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 40 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Saint George to Bryce Canyon National Park including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 6 hours


To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:



How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Bryce Canyon National Park to Saint George, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Saint George, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Saint George!

How many hours do you need to see Bryce Canyon?

How long does it take to visit Bryce Canyon? It takes a minimum of 3 hours to drive to the 13 viewpoints along the park's 38-mile (round-trip) scenic drive. In addition, there are hiking trails, ranger programs, horseback rides, campgrounds and picnic areas to greater enhance and extend your visit.

Is Bryce Canyon worth driving through?

Driving through Bryce Canyon will take you approximately three hours if you do the full scenic drive and take your time at each stop. The Bryce Canyon scenic drive includes 13 viewpoints along the 38-mile roundtrip adventure. We recommend this drive as the best way to see Bryce Canyon National Park in one day!

What is the best month to go to Bryce Canyon?

The best time to visit Bryce National Park is May through September. Not only does this period offer the warmest weather of the year, it also yields plenty of ranger activities. October through April offers its own charms, too.

How far is St. George from Bryce and Zion?

Bryce Canyon is a National Park located in Southern Utah and is just north east of Zion National Park. It is approximately 2.5 hours driving distance from St. George. This park has phenomenal views and hikes that are a must see!