If you're looking for a scenic road trip that takes you to a variety of beautiful parks and monuments, then this Utah byway ...

Capitol Reef National Park Southern Utah maintains one of the largest historic orchards in the National Park Service with ...

With a name like Capitol Reef, you might expect to find this national park near the ocean. Instead, this gem lies in a sea of rock in Utah. “Early settlers noted that the white domes of Navajo ...

(NEXSTAR) — It’s nowhere near a capitol, and it certainly doesn’t look like the color reefs you’ll find in Hawaii or off the coast of Australia. It’s not as complicated as you may think ...

Capitol Dome, as seen from the Hickman Bridge Trail in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. (Getty) Early visitors to the park are also responsible for the second half of its name, Reef. It was ...

A group of hikers described their escape amid dangerous flash flooding at Capitol Reef National Park, calling it "insanely lucky." Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen and Cooper Allen were visiting the ...

A national park visit rapidly turned into an exercise in survival for visitors after a downpour trapped them. Capitol Reef National Park in Utah experienced intense thunderstorms and flash ...

So why is this Utah national park called Capitol Reef? It’s not as complicated as you may think, but the answer is a two-part explanation. If you’ve ever been to Capitol Reef, its name will ...