My first trip to Utah was part of a Southwest Road Trip with my girlfriends. We explored the Grand Canyon and Sedona before arriving in Springdale Utah late one September night. As we drove through the Zion Mt.Carmel Tunnel under a full moon, we had a small glimpse of the amazing scenery that was awaiting …
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Utah Road Trip: Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef
I love road trips, and thankfully there’s no shortage of scenic drives in Utah. On my most recent Utah road trip, I drove from Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef. These two Utah National Parks are connected by Utah Scenic Byway 12. Funny enough, I’ve been carrying around a magazine clipping about this scenic route for …
Fifteen Things to Do at Capitol Reef
By road mileage, Capitol Reef is the Utah National Park closest to Salt City but sees far fewer visitors than other parks in the Mighty Five. It also happens to be the 2nd largest of the Utah National Parks. At a whopping 242,000 acres, only Canyonlands National Park is larger than Capitol Reef National Park. …


