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 in Utah. “Early settlers noted that the white domes of Navajo ...

(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?

A national park visit rapidly turned into an exercise in survival for visitors after a downpour trapped them. Capitol Reef National Park in Utah experienced intense thunderstorms and flash flooding ...

A group of hikers described their escape amid dangerous flash flooding at Capitol Reef National Park, calling it "insanely lucky." Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen and Cooper Allen were visiting the Utah ...

There are so many amazing things to do in Capitol Reef National Park. The park is filled with history, geology, hiking, two ...

Capitol Reef National Park last week celebrated its 80th anniversary with the National Park Service. President Franklin Roosevelt designated Capitol Reef as a national monument Aug. 2, 1937, and it ...

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. Men’s Journal aims to ...

With its prime spot among some of the most unique landscapes in the American West, Utah boasts five of the nation's 63 national parks. Of these five, Zion and Arches are well-known among seasoned ...

Capitol Reef National Park and the Estrada Institute are presenting the eighth annual Heritage Starfest, Oct. 19-21. Events include a guest speaker, solar viewing and stargazing with multiple ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On Wednesday, Capitol Reef National park in southern Utah received more than an inch of rain in just over 24 hours. That may not seem like a lot, but it resulted in flash flooding ...