18 Capitol Reef - 2022

Vacation 2022

Capitol Reef National Park

It’s a beautiful drive from Bryce Canyon NP to Capitol Reef NP. It’s around 120 miles away but because of the curvy mountain roads, it’ll take most people about 3.5 hours to drive.

Start – We left Bryce Canyon on UT63 headed to Capitol Reef and continued on when it turned into the Scenic Byway 12.

11:55 – Entering a beautiful but treacherous piece of road known as Hell’s Backbone.

23:05 – Not sure where exactly we are (probably around Denver, Utah) but the landscape has changed and looks like good elk country. We didn’t see any elk here.

35:37 - Just outside Torrey, Utah on UT24 just East of UT12. Roughly 10 miles to the North Entrance of Capitol Reef.

48:55 – Actually entering the North Entrance to the Capitol Reef NP at the visitors center.

1:00:03 – Sideways video #1.

1L05:56 – Sideways video #2.

1:15:08 – Sideways video #3.

1:21:10 – We turn around and get off of the bumpy, rock road and back onto the paved surface.

1:25:15 – Sideways video #4.

1:30:48 – Sideways video #5.

Stopping occasionally to snap some pictures of or perform an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) we returned to the Welcome Center, then headed West to Kendall, Utah to seek lodging.

1:38:30 – White Squidelies(?) in the rocks.

1:41:47 – Sideways video #6.

1:47:55 – Sideways video#7.

1:59:12 – Sideways video #8. What are these black rocks/boulders?

2:01:15 – Goodnight to Capitol Reef NP. We’ll see you again tomorrow.