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This post is going to seem a bit trollesque but I promise that it's genuine . I was singing in the shower this morning (ya ya, I know too much info) and I particularly noticed how my voice carries more due to the enclosed space.

In a subsequent conversation with my mother, I asked her in curiosity if she'd ever heard her voice echo, like one sometimes sees in the movies (you say your name, say "Helen" and it comes back to you "Helen.. Helen... Helen". She hasn't. I haven't either. I Googled "echo" and "travel" but too much info comes back (Glen Echo community in MD. for example).

So then I thought to ask my well-travelled Fodor's group. Where might one go in a natural setting to hear one's echo? I imagine it might be some sort of cave or canyon (perhaps made of a certain material?) that might send sound back to you. Are there certain times better than others (more damp? lower temperature? for example)?

Thanks DAN

Hike up Bright Angel Creek from Phantom Ranch (at the bottom of the Grand Canyon). After a couple of miles this side canyon narrows considerably. You can get a nice echo there. We only tried it once, because it seemed intrusive on that incredible wilderness to make so much noise.

I don't know how far you want to go to hear your own voice, but there is a place called Echo Amphitheater just north of Santa Fe NM on U.S.84. It is a huge beautiful red rock cave, a 10-minute walk from the parking area.

It is run by the Carson National Forest Service if you want more info.

!) In Hidden Canyon at Zion National Park

2) Fiery Furnace in Arches Nat'l Park (sign up for a reservation for guided hike with a ranger)

3) Boattrip in Canyonlands makes a stop at a natural amphitheater in the red rocks along the Colorado River (try Tag-a-long Adventures in Moab)

4) various areas in Bryce Canyon

Thanks one & all

Funny, I went to Bryce & Zion & the Grand Canyon as a teenager (maybe 14 yeard old). Remember riding mules, inner tubing in Zion, some lovely painted landscapes at Bryce; great life experiences but seems I must have missed the "echo" places. Probably too busy trying to be "cool" (which was not helped by my getting a nose bleed that wouldn't stop... something to do with dryness or high altitude). Who knew 20 years later that I would have wished I had taken the time to experience an echo.

Again thanks for your input. Looks like the SW US is where it's at!

Best wishes, DAN

More than you probably want to know, but this explains echos and what settings and conditions are best:

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science...echo/echo.html

Dan----it's time for you to go back.