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There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them. Capitol Reef is definitely the most underrated national park in Utah. It gets overlooked on road trips through the area (guilty) for the much more popular Arches and Zion. While I love the hiking of Capitol Reef and how…
Continue reading ➞ Everything You Need To Know About The Capitol Reef Orchards
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them. I've driven past the trailhead for Headquarters Canyon I don't know how many times over the last three summers without doing the hike. Well, I finally hiked Headquarters Canyon and it was so cool. Plus, there was a Geocache…
Continue reading ➞ Capitol Cachers: Hiking Headquarters Canyon In Capitol Reef
Capitol Reef is one of my favorite national parks so far. It has tons of awesome hiking. It's super close to other awesome parks. It has delicious cinnamon rolls and ice cream. And it's highly overlooked. I just wanted to share some of my favorite pictures from my visits, my favorite posts from the park,…
Continue reading ➞ My 11 Favorite Pictures From Capitol Reef National Park + Tips For Visiting
The first day my parents were visiting we had a solid plan: take Burr Trail all the way to Burr Trail Grill in Boulder then go to Capitol Reef to see the Pioneer Register again (they hadn't seen it yet) and pick apples in the orchard at Capitol Reef, finally! I wanted to pick fruit…
There are affiliate links in here. . On our way back from Great Basin we ended up passing through Capitol Reef, which we do a lot, but we decided to stop and make the drive into Capitol Gorge. Last year we made a quick stop there, but we didn't go to the end of…
Continue reading ➞ A Pit Stop In Capitol Reef: Hiking To The Pioneer Register And The Tanks
After first hearing about the Sulphur Creek hike on a podcast, I knew I had to do it. I started thinking of it as the desert narrows. Yes, the narrows in Zion technically are the desert, but this actually felt like desert. I finally hiked part of the narrows in Zion the week before, still out of…
Continue reading ➞ The Desert Narrows: Sulphur Creek In Capitol Reef
This was something I wanted to do all summer, then it kind of happened by accident. few of us set off down Burr with the intentions of hiking the Headquarters Canyon trail. It started that way and then all of a sudden we were going up the reef instead of into a canyon. Oh…
After driving through Capitol Reef a couple times and exploring the south end a little bit, it was time for a proper visit to the scenic road in the north. There is the highway that passes through and the 10 mile (one way) scenic drive near the visitors center. Both have a number of hikes…
The best part about working at night was that I had all morning to go do stuff and explore. This time is was Surprise Canyon in Capitol Reef. It was my second time in the park and this time I had a goal. I might not have remembered what it was called before I got…
It was my birthday and I wanted to go somewhere. After rounding up some new friends, we set off for Capitol Reef with, well, no plan. After following Burr Trail to the end of the paved section, we went left to get to Capitol Reef. The first part of it is really pretty, but instead…
Continue reading ➞ Lower Muley Twist Adventures In Capitol Reef