Historic Service Station and Bike Rentals

This one-story roadside service station sits north of Bryce Canyon Lodge and now serves as the park's bike-rental stop. You can rent standard bikes, mountain bikes, or e-bikes, with a helmet and lock included. The station is close to the paved Shared-Use Path, a useful starting point if you want to see more of the park from a bike. Bicycles must stay on paved surfaces, so a mountain bike does not let you ride the park's dirt trails.

The vehicle-free, five-mile Shared-Use Path links the shuttle station with the Visitor Center, Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, and Inspiration Point. For a longer ride, cyclists can use the park road, though that means sharing space with cars.

Utah Parks Company built the station in 1947–48 for $29,275, its last major improvement inside the park. It was meant to provide fuel and full-service car care as private automobiles began replacing the railroad-and-bus trips that had brought earlier visitors. The shift was dramatic: Bryce Canyon's annual visits rose from 17,213 in 1924 to 175,975 in 1948, and only 3.28% of visitors from 1946–49 came as Utah Parks Company bus passengers. The station stopped operating as a gas station in 1988 and was added to the National Register in 1995.

The one-story building has an irregular footprint and a west wall that curves around in rough-cut local stone. That strong curve and the flat canopy give it a simpler midcentury look than the park's earlier rustic buildings. For a photo, step back far enough to frame the wall's curve and the canopy together; the broad shot shows the building's unusual shape better than a close-up of a pump.