Category: Capital Reef National Park
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Golden Throne Trail, Capitol Reef National Park
July 8, 2022 at 7:51 PM In Capitol Reef National Park, Karen and I got up at 6:00 to hike the Golden Throne hike at the end of the Scenic Drive, then down a gravel road to a parking lot in Capitol Gorge. I had some big concerns, too many to list, but I knew…
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Sunset Point in Capitol Reef National Park
Thursday, July 7, 2022 This is the second time I have been to Capitol Reef, and he first time I have stayed in Fruita Campground. It is a wonderful 100-mile outcropping of steep cliffs with a pretty stream running through it, the Fremont River. There is a lot of history here that goes back 10,000…
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Hike Hickman Bridge in Capitol Reef National Park
July 7, 2022 The Hickman Bridge hike is a 2-mile out-and-back trail to a 133 foot natural bridge with views of the canyon. We had a beautiful day to hike after setting up camp in the Fruita Campground beside the Freemont River. Deer frequent the grassy campground. The hike is a good one, with good…
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Walking Pleasant Creek Road in Capital Reef National Park
Saturday, July11, 2020 There is only one rational time to hike in Utah in July, and that is early. I slept in this morning until 6:30, made coffee, grabbed two Cliff bars and the cameras and took off. It’s an hour drive to the end of The Scenic Drive, where I had decided to walk…
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Cathedral Valley, Capital Reef National Park
July 9, 2020 50 degrees in the morning. 92 degrees in afternoon, sunny all day At 6:00 AM I drove The Scenic Drive to take pictures. I stopped for coffee at a place whose name I can’t remember not, but It’s east of the Phillips 66 station, and they have meat pies. I was too early…
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Capital Reef National Park: The Scenic Drive and The Goosenecks
Early morning and sunset pictures from a stop called The Goosenecks and along The Scenic Drive through the center of the park. Capitol Reef encompasses the Waterpocket Fold, a warp in the earth’s crust that is 65 million years old. It is the largest exposed monocline in North America. In this fold, newer and older layers of earth folded over each…
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The Loneliest Road, Capital Reef National Park: The Fremont River Trail and Capital Gorge Trail.
Exploring “The Scenic Drive”, I walked through Fruita where Mormons settled and farmed. Of course Native Americans had been coming here for thousands of years. The Fremont River gives it wonderful, cold, clear water. Bighorn sheep have thrived here, and deer just walk around the park. I wandered through the orchard next to the campground,…
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The Loneliest Road, Capital Reef National Park
Monday July 6, 2020 I woke up at 2:30, wide awake, got up, made coffee and caught up on the blog, thanks to my new favorite laundromat. I did a search for campgrounds near Capital Reef National Park, since theirs were full. I found Sand Creek RV Resort on the other side of Capital Reef,…