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 ...

Many people consider skipping Capitol Reef National Park, but to me that is a serious mistake. Capitol Reef in Utah is the state’s least visited national park, yet it still packs a punch. The national ...

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in Zion and Bryce, Utah’s quiet rock star park (named after the U.S. Capitol, no less) performs wild desert geology like nowhere else. Men’s Journal aims to ...

Capitol Reef National Park greets visitors with stunning monoliths rising from the desert floor, sheer cliffs and colorful sandstone. And best yet? Fewer crowds than many of Utah's other national ...

(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. So why is this Utah national park called Capitol Reef?

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