The National Park Nerd

09/12/2026

06/26/2026

11/25/2025

🏜️Bryce Canyon National Park never disappoints. 🔥From my trip earlier in the month:

🏜️From the sunset lighting up the hoodoos to those crazy amphitheater views that make you feel like you’re standing on another planet — this place hits different every single time.

👨🏻‍🎓Bryce Canyon has a cool backstory —

Long before it became a national park in 1928, the Paiute people called it “red rocks standing like men,” believing the hoodoos were ancient beings turned to stone. Mormon settler Ebenezer Bryce gave the canyon its modern name in the 1870s, and its otherworldly amphitheaters and colorful formations have pulled travelers in ever since. It’s not actually a canyon at all, but a series of giant natural amphitheaters carved over millions of years — and it’s one of the most unique landscapes in the entire National Park system.

📸 I spent a full day chasing color, light, and perspective… and Bryce delivered in every direction until complete darkness set in.🌄

🏜️ Here are a few of my favorites from the trip — hope they make you want to pack a bag and head west.

11/23/2025

Sunset hit this canyon like it had something to prove.
Zion’s Canyon Overlook Trail might be short… but the payoff feels unreal. 🏜️✨
Tell me this isn’t one of the best sunset spots in the parks.

11/13/2025

THE SUBWAY —
Zion’s secret tunnel you need to EARN.
This trail is wild:
🪨 Rock scrambling
🌊 Creek hiking
🧭 Zero maintained trail
⛰️ Big climb in + out🥾
8+ miles of pure adventureIt’s tough.
It’s messy. It’s unreal.
But the payoff?
Worth every step.

Would you attempt to complete this bucketlist level adventure?

11/06/2025

The Lawd Showin Off in Utah tonight!

06/30/2025

Stunning sunset over Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park! 🌄✨ Nature’s beauty at its finest with rolling mountains and golden fields.