Starting elevation for many trails in capitol reef is around 5 000 feet 1524 meters which can make even easy.
Capitol reef national park hikes.
Hickman bridge just two miles east of the capitol reef visitor center the trailhead to hickman bridge offers hikers an easy spectacularly scenic trek.
Uneven ground but fairly level.
Capitol reef national park is our favorite national park in utah.
Our favorite hikes in capitol reef national park.
In the fruita area there are fifteen day hiking trails with trailheads located along utah highway 24 and the scenic drive.
Stopping to smell the flowers or in this case stopping to pick some fruit.
One of our favorite things to do here is to go out hiking.
It is less busy than the rest of them and has more of an overall wow factor than the other parks in utah.
Capitol reef national park has a natural sense of slowing down.
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.
These trails offer the hiker a wide variety of options from easy strolls over level ground to strenuous hikes involving steep climbs over.
The strenuous golden throne trail offers views of impressive rock formations and capitol gorge.
Steep grades uneven terrain and long steady climbs.
The hickman bridge trail goes under and around the natural bridge and is considered moderate.
Below we share the best hikes in capitol reef national park and a few other things to do while you visit.