After leaving Arches and Canyonlands in the Moab area we headed towards Capitol Reef National Park. Following is our best tips for viewing Capitol Reef National Park with kids.
Capitol Reef, the site of a geologic monocline (wrinkle in the earth), is a beautiful, unique, and frankly hard to visit park. Situated in a remote part of central Utah, this park presents a public face that is very accessible even if the geologic aspects are not.
The history of Capitol Reef is really interesting and it is a pretty unique National Park, so it was well worth the stop. We entered the park from the east and did not spend the night here but rather visited on the day we left Moab and headed towards Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. As a result, we got a taste of the park but would like to return and spend some time outside the main area to see more of the monocline itself.
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