Capitol Reef National Park comprises 378 square miles of colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths. About 75 miles of the long up-thrust called the Waterpocket Fold, extending like a rugged spine from Thousand Lake Plateau southward to Lake Powell, is preserved within the park boundary.
Most of Capitol Reef is an inviting wilderness of sandstone formations and cliffs, such as Capitol Dome, Hickman Bridge, the Waterpocket Fold and splendid Cathedral Valley.
In the midst of Capitol Reef's red rocks are large orchards, where fruit may be picked in season, and the remnants of Fruita, an early pioneer settlement.
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