After you ve had a hike or two to start your day stop by fruita to roam the u pick orchards or grab a baked pie from the gifford homestead.
Capitol reef national park hikes.
In the fruita area there are fifteen day hiking trails with trailheads located along utah highway 24 and the scenic drive.
It is less busy than the rest of them and has more of an overall wow factor than the other parks in utah.
These trails offer the hiker a wide variety of options from easy strolls over level ground to strenuous hikes involving steep climbs over.
Below we share the best hikes in capitol reef national park and a few other things to do while you visit.
Our favorite hikes in capitol reef national park.
One of our favorite things to do here is to go out hiking.
Capitol reef national park is our favorite national park in utah.
Hickman bridge just two miles east of the capitol reef visitor center the trailhead to hickman bridge offers hikers an easy spectacularly scenic trek.
A mix of steep grades and level sections.
The canyon followed the meander bends of the powerful rivers that had carved the canyon and the left side of the gorge was in blessed shade while the right side was bathed in warm sunlight if you are heading to capitol reef national park this is one hiking trail that is well worth all your efforts to get out of your car and hike over.
Capitol reef national park has a natural sense of slowing down.
Steep grades uneven terrain and long steady climbs.
Stopping to smell the flowers or in this case stopping to pick some fruit.
Uneven ground but fairly level.
The hickman bridge trail goes under and around the natural bridge and is considered moderate.