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Capitol Reef National Park
Things To Know Before You Come

things to know before you come includes:

Weather
 

As you prepare to visit Capitol Reef National Park, you may find the accompanying pages useful in learning about the park, viewing and downloading maps and other information that may help you plan a safe and enjoyable visit.

Park Map (PDF 1mb)

Local Area Map (PDF 1.34mb)

Relief Map (GIF 1.5mb)

If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader (needed to view PDF files), it is free and available at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with our park by viewing our Guide to the Scenic Drive. Interested in hiking? Please consult our Hiking guide for more detailed information.

 

Road Conditions

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument provides road condition information for dirt roads that travel through Capitol Reef and the Monument.
Tamarisk in bloom  

Did You Know?
The Fremont River corridor sports the feathery branches and pink flowers of the tamarisk, an exotic introduced from the Mediterranean in the 1930s. It was brought to the southwest as a river bank stabilizer and is now nearly impossible to control and eliminate, despite on-going eradication efforts.

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Last Updated: April 08, 2008 at 17:05 EST