{"id":5055,"date":"2019-09-06T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2019-09-07T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T13:48:56","slug":"capitol-reef-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2019\/09\/06\/capitol-reef-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Reef National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We have not spent much time in Capitol Reef — mostly we’ve just passed through. Still, it is a beautiful area and no doubt rewarding if you have the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another, very different, view of the area. The park is named for the white “capitol” domes, one of which is visible here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This National Park is only 2 3\/4 hours from Bryce Canyon<\/a> if you drive through Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument<\/a>, as you should (the quicker route, through Widtsoe, Antimony, and Angle, only saves you about 20 minutes).\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aliciya Enjoying the Wonder of Red Dirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also, if you are moving at a leisurely pace, you might consider stopping at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park<\/a> for a picnic, hike through the petrified forest, or to overnight (there is also swimming and boating on the nearby 130-acre Wide Hollow Reservoir).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Classic Capitol Reef Landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is a developed campground in Capitol Reef, as well as two primitive campgrounds. Camping is also allowed elsewhere in the park with a permit which can be obtained at the visitor’s center. Or, you can continue on to Goblin Valley State Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have not spent much time in Capitol Reef — mostly we’ve just passed through. Still, it is a beautiful area and no doubt rewarding if you have the time. This National Park is only 2 3\/4 hours from Bryce Canyon if you drive through Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument, as you should (the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,60,63,57,59,51],"tags":[76,173,211,170,165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5316,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions\/5316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}