Capitol-Reef-Nationalpark
Capitol Reef National Park in Utah was established on 18 December 1971 after he had already been appointed on August 2, 1937 National Monument. The name comes from an area near the Fremont River, which reminded the first pioneers to a reef. In the 19th century Mormon settlers founded the village of Fruita. The heart of the National Park is the Waterpocket Fold, a 150 -km-long geological formation that extends in a north-south direction. The originally horizontal layers of soil that originated from sediments were, in raising the Colorado Plateau slightly inclined and curved. Erosion then came today's ' fold ' that a fault has similarly striking dividing lines between the geological layers. The park has a well-developed network of hiking trails.
Access
From Interstate 70, the Utah Highway 24 leading to the eastern entrance of the park.
Paths of the park
- Fremont River & Scenic Drive
- Burr Trail Road
- Cathedral Valley Loop
- Hickman Bridge Trail
Attractions
- Waterpocket Fold
- Fremont River
- Goosenecks Overlook
- Fruita