Back حديقة كابيتول ريف الوطنية Arabic Taman Nasional Capitol Reef BAN Нацыянальны парк Капітал-Рыф Byelorussian Капитъл Рийф (национален парк) Bulgarian Parc Nacional de Capitol Reef Catalan Capitol Reef National Park CEB Národní park Capitol Reef Czech Capitol Reef National Park Danish Capitol-Reef-Nationalpark German Parque nacional Capitol Reef Spanish

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Map showing the location of Capitol Reef National Park
Map showing the location of Capitol Reef National Park
Location in the United States
Map showing the location of Capitol Reef National Park
Map showing the location of Capitol Reef National Park
Location in Utah
LocationWayne, Garfield, Sevier, and Emery counties, Utah, United States
Nearest cityTorrey
Coordinates38°12′N 111°10′W / 38.200°N 111.167°W / 38.200; -111.167
Area241,904 acres (978.95 km2)
670 acres (270 ha) private[1]
EstablishedDecember 18, 1971
Visitors1,227,608 (in 2022)[2]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Capitol Reef National Park is an American national park in south-central Utah. The park is approximately 60 miles (100 km) long on its north–south axis and just 6 miles (10 km) wide on average. The park was established in 1971[3] to preserve 241,904 acres (377.98 sq mi; 97,895.08 ha; 978.95 km2) of desert landscape and is open all year, with May through September being the highest visitation months.

Partially in Wayne County, Utah, the area was originally named "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s by local boosters Ephraim P. Pectol and Joseph S. Hickman.[4] Capitol Reef National Park was designated a national monument on August 2, 1937, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to protect the area's colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths; however, it was not until 1950 that the area officially opened to the public.[4] Road access was improved in 1962 with the construction of State Route 24 through the Fremont River Canyon.[5]

The majority of the nearly 100 mi (160 km) long up-thrust formation called the Waterpocket Fold—a rocky spine extending from Thousand Lake Mountain to Lake Powell—is preserved within the park. Capitol Reef is an especially rugged and spectacular segment of the Waterpocket Fold by the Fremont River.[5] The park was named for its whitish Navajo Sandstone cliffs with dome formations—similar to the white domes often placed on capitol buildings—that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold. Locally, reef refers to any rocky barrier to land travel, just as ocean reefs are barriers to sea travel.[6]

Cathedral Valley
  1. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  2. ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Randall, Laura (October 17, 2019). "Utah's Capitol Reef National Park is like Zion without the crowds". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Charles Kelly (September 1, 1995). "The Fathers of Capitol Reef National Park". State of Utah. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "History & Culture". Capitol Reef National Park. National Pak Service. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  6. ^ "Capitol Reef National Park – Geology". Capitol Reef National Park web site. U.S. National Park Service. 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2009.

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