South along the plateau
Farview and Piracy Points
Two overlooks on one ridge: Farview’s long view east across the Paria valley, and Piracy Point, a short walk north.
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Conditions & official access sources · Compare walking distance and climb
What you’re looking at
Farview Point connects the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau with the much wider country to the east. NPS describes views across the Paria valley and the upper Grand Staircase.1,2
Piracy Point is reached on foot from Farview Point by a flat, unpaved path of about 0.15 miles; it is not a second driving stop. NPS uses Piracy Point to explain stream piracy, the competition between neighboring drainages.3,1
Farview is about 10¼ miles along the main road by the NPS milepost. The two mapped overlooks are about 273 metres apart on the same ridge.1,2,4
Turn it in 3D
DerivedFarview & Piracy: the 2018 lidar surface, seen at an angle.Turn the surface, cut a section across it, and compare the aerial color with the laser returns the aircraft recorded. The 3D view loads only when you open it.
Walks from here
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Living things here
Habitats: Rocky breaks & rim, Mixed-conifer forest. The ridge is exposed rim, where NPS notes trees adapted to difficult growing sites; the southern drive runs through the higher southern forest of white fir, Douglas-fir, pines and pockets of aspen.12,13,14,15
Living Bryce entries for these habitats:
Care
NPS asks visitors to stay on trails, avoid climbing hoodoos, leave natural objects where they are and avoid feeding or disturbing wildlife. Walking toward a hoodoo’s base can disturb the clay-rich slopes that help protect its foundations, so enjoy the formations from established trails and overlooks.10,11
Read without 3D
The 3D view covers a square about 768 metres on a side. Heights in the lidar returns range from 2,412 m (7,915 ft) to 2,716 m (8,912 ft). The surface is built from what an aircraft could see from above: undersides, overhangs and narrow gaps are not reconstructed.
Data and sources
Datasets
Sources
- National Park Service · Farview Point · 2021-02-01
- National Park Service · Southern Scenic Drive Viewpoints · 2024-04-09
- National Park Service · Piracy Point · 2021-01-28
- NPS National Geospatial Program · NPS public points of interest
- USGS data; public Entwine organization maintained by Hobu · USGS 3DEP LiDAR Point Clouds · 2018 acquisition; LAS published 2019
- US Geological Survey · USGS Lidar Point Cloud UT Southern QL1 2018 12SUG9562 LAS 2019 metadata · 2019-06-03
- USDA FPAC / Farm Service Agency · USDA conterminous US NAIP imagery service · 2024 Utah acquisition, exact flight dates per crop
- National Park Service · Parking Information
- National Park Service · Current Conditions · 2026-08-31
- National Park Service · Protect the Hoodoos · 2018-10-16
- National Park Service · Hiking · 2024-10-11
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon · Plants · April 30, 2023
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon · Limber Pine · March 3, 2025
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon · Birds · September 11, 2024
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon · Trees and Shrubs · June 29, 2022