Capitol Reef National Park

[NVSteve]

Just returned from 4 days exploring this mostly unknown park (to most people), along with Goblin Valley (that will be in another post). One of the few National Parks that you really have to drive off road to see, and one of the few that doesn't require an entry fee (unless you take a 20 mile r/t scenic paved drive).

The campground had about 30 deer wandering around. Froze our butts off in the 23F evenings, nights & mornings:



The visitor's center:



Scenery just off the highway that splits the park:









Hiking to a natural bridge:









The scenic drive at sunset:





The start of the real scenic drive the next day:



Very interesting/different scenery along this drive:

































Glass Mountain:





End of the drive:



The rest of the paved scenic drive a few days later:









Finished off our visit with another hike:

[markspath]

Gorgeous photos. Man, I envy you. I gotta get back to Utah next year. In fact, after the kids go off to college in a few years, I want to move out to SLC to be closer to places like this.

[Triffid]

Awsome pictures!........ Triffid

[JAHBLESSINGS]

beautiful pictures.

[Cr@2y Gr33k]

Those are some awesome photos. Thanks for sharing.

[thetiger]

Great Pictures, it really captures the beauty of nature.

[mtbnole]

wow! that's why I want to move out West, great pics.