Greetings from Capitol Reef National Park

We toured 5 national parks in May, including Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Capitol Reef is a magic and awesome place, that no picture (at least that I can take) can convey. The scale and colors of the landscape are stunning. Like no other place, you can see how the earth’s plates, over millions of years, have shaped the planet. The quiet surroundings within its canyons is like walking in nature’s cathedral - Saint Peters comes to mind, or any of Europe’s finest gothic cathedrals.

Sincerely,
stephen

Capitol Reef National Park

This park protects a grand and colorful geologic feature known as the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth's crust known as a monocline that extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to Lake Powell. The park also preserves the unique natural and cultural history of the Fremont people who lived throughout Utah and adjacent states from 700 to 1300 AD. The park features petroglyphs, pictograms and artifacts of the Fremont people, as well as a wealth of layered sandstone rock formations, multicolored mesas and buttes, and sweeping, colorful desert views in all directions.

State(s): Utah

Established: 1937

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