Pros: Few crowds; Excellent Scenery Cons: Remote, so there are few amenities
Capitol Reef National Park is a long, narrow expanse in South Central Utah that preserves the scenic Waterpocket Fold, a warp in the earth’s crust measuring nearly 100 miles in length. This park was established in 1937 as a National Monument. It ...
Pros: Many different opportunities while visiting the park, from hikes to petroglyphs to orchards. Cons: To enjoy the fruit you have to time your trip just right.
When you are planning a trip through Southern Utah be sure to plan Capitol Reef National Park into your trip. You can spend a day just driving through or spend a few days taking some hikes or picking some fruit. Capitol Reef consists of rock formations, ...
Pros: Interesting Geological materials Cons: Just one flush toilet
Good news for someone who like to study or/and see fossils and geology! I went to Capital Reef National Park last month for my geology field trip. I have been to many National Parks since I moved to Utah such as Zions National Park, Grand Canyon ...
Pros: It's beautiful, quiet, fascinating and full of history and geology Cons: Not a lot of convenient facilities in the Park!
When God created the earth...he spilt his painters pallet over 'Wayne Wonderland'! For many years the place known today as Capitol Reef National Park, was a tiny quiet Mormon settlement. According to brochures and on-line information, "In ...
Pros: beautiful scenery, isolated, no crowds, quiet Cons: very hot in August, not a lot of amenities
If you're a fan of hiking, but not the crowds of Zion, Arches, Bryce Canyon, and other Utah parks, you need to take a hike over to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an easy drive, but full of beautiful, challenging hikes; best of all, it's practically...
Pros: 15 Trails beg to be hiked. Still a quiet, semi-remote National Park. Cons: Summertime is Hot, Hot, Hot.
If you seek solitude in a high desert setting, then head for Capitol Reef NP in East - Central Utah. Not many travelers go to this new National Park -- yet.
15 trails are established for a wide range of hiking interests. Most of the trails...
Pros: Mostly uncrowded Cons: The campground is the exception
Since I recommended a visit to Capitol Reef on your way to or from Lake Powell (see my review of Houseboating on Lake Powell), I thought I should offer some comments on the park, which is one of my favorites (granted, I have a lot of favorite wild...
Pros: Great scenery, no crowds, great colors, cheap national park Cons: I did not spend enough time there to do a hike
Capital Reef National Park was the last stop on my tour of National Parks in Utah and Arizona. We hit this park up on our way back to Buffalo, NY so we only spent about 3 hours there. That is unusual for me because usually I spend 3-7 days in each ...
Pros: Unusual, beautiful scenery; good driving tours; hikes of all lengths: 2-3 hours to 2-3 days Cons: Not 'on the way' to many other attractions, fair local accommodations
Capital Reef is probably the least known of the five National Parks in Utah. That is because it take a little more effort and planning to get there than the others. It is not because the trip is not worthwhile.
Pros: Extraordinary scenery, great road Cons: None
Not even Stephen Spielberg could imagine a landscape so other-worldly as Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah. A recent drive-through had us gasping in disbelief at every turn. Photos and words can't do justice to the strangeness of the rock...
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