Visit Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef

Capitol Reef presents unique reef-like sandstone cliffs capped in white domes of stone, which early explorers likened to the U.S. Capitol-thus the name of this park. This hundred-mile-long national park contains the dramatic Waterpocket Fold, which graphically depicts how the earth's surface was layered, folded and then eroded creating numerous "pockets" or basins which during the winter and spring become seasonal ponds.