Capitol Reef National Park

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Cap′itol Reef′ Na′tional Park′

a national park in S central Utah: sedimentary formations and fossils. 397 sq. mi. (1028 sq. km).

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Capitol Reef National Park - a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife

Beehive State, Mormon State, Utah, UT - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young

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Embraced and enveloped are the words that came to me as I drove Highway 24 west from Hanksville into Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Glimpses of the light coming through

INSPIRATION: The magnificently colored and rugged rock formations of Capitol Reef National Park rise from Scenic Byway 24, immediately capturing your imagination.

Inspiration by nature

Even on the new moon--the darkest night of the month--you can walk around Capitol Reef National Park and clearly make out rocks or branches or leaves, because millions of stars light up every corner of the park.

Starry, starry nights: Capitol Reef joins an elite group of dark-sky parks

Within Capitol Reef National Park (Capitol Reef NP), Utah, USA, a recently established field station served as our proxy for disturbance.

Vegetation patterns associated with abiotic factors and human impacts at the Capitol Reef Field Station

The two parks with the least accessibility are Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Park. You can drive around both parks for different scenic views and both have accessible visitors centers with restrooms.

Unbelievable Utah: exploring Utah's five national parks in a wheelchair is an accessible experience that takes your breath away

We took Highway 95 to Capitol Reef National Park, known as the "land of the sleeping rainbow" for its rainbow-hued reefs.

UTAH'S HID DEN DEPPS; The Lone Ranger may have been panned by film critics but a visit to its setting gets rave reviews - with vast herds of buffalo, great dining and that blockbuster scenery

Another great place to embrace the great outdoors is hiking in Capitol Reef National Park. The Sulphur Canyon route, classed as moderate, was mostly easy going but we visited when the river water was higher than it had been for five years according to our guide Scott.

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In New Mexico, a Navajo activist group is challenging in federal court a license issued just over the reservation's eastern border.Uranium claims are also encroaching on stretches of Western parkland such as Arches National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park, all in Utah, as well as a proposed wilderness area in Colorado called the Dolores River Canyon.But by far the most claims staked near any national park are in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon, which draws 5 million people a year.