| Traveler Edge | Capitol Reef National Park - Scenic Drive |
| Capitol Reef National Park - Scenic Drive | |||||||||
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| Capitol Reef Home | Rt 24 | Arizona Utah National Parks | Continue | |||||||||
| Capitol Reef National Park (Click for enlarged view 71K) | |||||||||
| Capitol Reef was on our way to Moab (for another two National Parks). Although the park area is huge, only a small portion is accessible by Rt 24 and a short scenic drive. The land was too huge that the density of population was small. Unlike other parks, we didn't see many visitors around. | |||||||||
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| We saw huge rocks everywhere, some even looked like castles. It's interesting: every National Park here has rock, yet they are all looked different. | |||||||||
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| The white round cap-like rock is the reason why the park got the name "Capitol". | |||||||||
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| A glance from the scenic drive. Most of the road was well-paved. It was not for heavy traffic (which the park didn't see). Some branch routes were not paved. Although we did see some normal two-wheel-drive cars came out (apparently survived the road condition), we did not risk to enter. | |||||||||
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That afternoon's weather was interesting. Half
of the sky was clear and blue with white clouds. The other half was shadowed
as if hunderstorm was coming. We came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Lack of time was one reason. The other reason was that we just didn't know how to explore the park by car. This is not a fully-developed park. If you want to see some new things, you probably have to rely on your feet. | |||||||||
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