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Show Bryce Canyon Visits Up 46 in 1982 BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK Only Bryce Canyon National Park with a 46 percent gain and Rainbow Bridge National Monument with a 47 percent increase showed significant hikes in visitation for 1982 among Utah National Park Service areas according to figures released by the National Park Service. In 1982 Bryce had 704,796 visitors compared with 481,549 in 1981. In 1982 Rainbow Bridge had 168,827, and in 1981, 114,555. NFS authorities felt that even with the reduction of visitors to Utah attractions, the total of 5,629,355 was still impressive. This is a decline of 2.8 percent from the 5,790,841 persons who visited the State's 11 park areas during 1981. Of the six states of the Rocky Mountain Region, visitation was down by margins of from three to 10 percent. Five of Utah's National Park areas, in addition to Bryce and Rainbow Bridge, showed visitor increases, 1981 figures are in parentheses: Arches National Park 339,415 i (326,508); Canyonlands National Park 98,310 (90,920); Glen Canyon : National Recreation Area 1,864,012 (1,820,163); Golden Spike National Historic Site 180,744 (180,345); and Timpanogos Cave National Monument 122,285. (104,497). Pipe Springs National Monument, near Moccasin, Arizona, also had a modest gain, from 30,128 in 1981 to 30,799 last year. Other Utah park areas posted these visitation figures during the year: Capitol Reef National Park 323,458 (431,388); Cedar Breaks National Monument 379,252 (408,875) ; Natural Bridges National Monument 55,707 (60,681); and Zion National Park 1,361,750 (1,405,205). |