Best Western Ruby’s Inn

Bryce Canyon National Park


This is a gargantuan motel complex with ample facilities located just 1 mile north of the park entrance. Standard rooms feature two beds, either queen or king size, coffeemakers and hair dryers, and while they feel rather modular, they are highly serviceable. Reserve well in advance during high season, and ask for a room upstairs to avoid the noise.

The sprawling property includes a grocery store with camping supplies, a gas station, a post office, a coin laundry, an indoor pool and hot tub, showers, a currency exchange service, a perfectly kitsch onsite gallery and a liquor store (a rarity around here). There's plenty of room for kids to roam, and they'll love exploring the different little corners in the massive complex.

The tour desk can book helicopter tours and horseback riding. Ruby’s also rents bicycles and ATVs. In summer there's a nightly rodeo (except Sunday), though we don't recommend it due to the animal welfare issues involved. Ruby's RV Park & Campground is just a few hundred feet south of here on the same side of the road.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Bryce Canyon National Park attractions

1. Fairyland Point

1.77 MILES

Off Bryce Canyon Scenic Dr, Fairyland offers views north toward the Aquarius Plateau and hoodoos at all stages of evolution, from fin to crumbling tower…

2. Bryce Wildlife Adventure

2.86 MILES

This roadside attraction displays dioramas of more than 800 animals from around the world, as well as Native American artifacts and butterfly and giant…

3. Tower Bridge

2.95 MILES

With ramparts, goblins and a drawbridge, this remarkable feature is found on a little spur off the Fairyland Loop Trail. It's an excellent picnic spot…

4. Sunrise Point

3.14 MILES

Marking the north end of Bryce Amphitheater, the southeast-facing Sunrise Point offers great views of hoodoos, the Aquarius Plateau and the Sinking Ship,…

5. Bryce Canyon National Park

3.15 MILES

The Grand Staircase – a series of steplike uplifted rock layers stretching north from the Grand Canyon – dramatically culminates in the Pink Cliffs…

6. Queen Victoria

3.28 MILES

While many of the hoodoos look like various chess pieces, the Queen Victoria feature at the bottom of the Queen's Garden Trail is one of the more…

7. Sunset Point

3.51 MILES

This is the nexus of the park, with easy access to the lodge, trails and other services. Aside from great views of the Silent City, this point is known…

8. Thor's Hammer

3.53 MILES

This tower looks like the hammer of the mighty Thor. It's best viewed from the upper switchbacks on the Navajo Loop Trail.