Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

(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?

Most towns that are located beside national parks spend decades turning themselves into polished tourist machines. Torrey ...

SALT LAKE CITY — New video from the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau showed the intense moments of a rescue at Capitol Reef National Park when people got caught in flash flooding. Pilot ...

A refurbished homestead in Capitol Reef's heart slings out 600 pies a day.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Call it a geologic crinkle—or even a wrinkle in time. That’s what you get in south-central Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park, a ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Utah — Some roads in Capitol Reef National Park will remain closed until further notice due to flash flooding that occurred Thursday. Floodwater covered roads with debris, and park ...

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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. Call it a geologic ...