Capitol Reef National Park

Trails in Capitol Reef

37 trails · 84.7 total miles

Bighorn sheep shaped images pecked into a red sandstone cliff

Visit the Petroglyph Panel

Unrated
0 mi ·30 min hrs

Hickman Bridge Trail

moderate
2 mi ·400 ft gain ·1.5-2 hours hrs

Grand Wash Trail

easy
4.4 mi ·150 ft gain ·2-3 hours hrs

Fruita Historic District Trail

easy
2 mi ·100 ft gain ·1-2 hours hrs

Cassidy Arch Trail

strenuous
3.6 mi ·600 ft gain ·2.5-3 hours hrs

Sunrise/Sunset Point Trail

easy
1.25 mi ·200 ft gain ·0.75 hours hrs

Panorama Trail

strenuous
3.9 mi ·800 ft gain ·3-4 hours hrs

Golden Throne Trail

strenuous
0 mi
Sulphur Creek

Sulphur Creek

Unrated
0 mi
Person in the bottom of a slot canyon, looking up at the camera, with a wider, taller canyon above.

Burro Wash

strenuous
0 mi
Person in the bottom of a slot canyon, looking up at the camera, with a wider, taller canyon above.

Cottonwood Wash

strenuous
0 mi
Person in the bottom of a slot canyon, looking up at the camera, with a wider, taller canyon above.

Sheets Gulch

strenuous
0 mi
Tall Navajo sandstone walls tower over a creek with an icy shelf

Pleasant Creek

Unrated
0 mi
A hiker in a canyon is dwarfed by tall cliff walls, some small trees grow to one side of the canyon

Spring Canyon

Unrated
0 mi
Canyon with black and tan striped cliffs, a sloped sandstone floor, some trees and grass, and blue sky above.

Lower Muley Twist Canyon

Unrated
0 mi
Three people walking on tan sandstone, with some sparse vegetation, and views into a wide valley and blue sky above.

Upper Muley Twist Canyon

Unrated
0 mi
Two people hiking in a narrow canyon with shallow water in it, high cliffs, and blue sky and a red rock formation in distance.

Halls Creek Narrows

strenuous
22 mi

Goosenecks

easy
0.1 mi ·50 ft gain

Capitol Gorge

easy
1 mi ·80 ft gain

Cohab Canyon

moderate
1.7 mi ·440 ft gain

Fremont River

moderate
1 mi ·480 ft gain

Chimney Rock Loop

strenuous
3.6 mi ·590 ft gain

Fremont Gorge Overlook

strenuous
2.3 mi ·1,090 ft gain

Frying Pan

strenuous
2.9 mi ·810 ft gain

Old Wagon Trail Loop

strenuous
3.8 mi ·1,080 ft gain

Navajo Knobs

strenuous
4.7 mi ·1,620 ft gain

Rim Overlook

strenuous
2.3 mi ·1,110 ft gain

Red Canyon Trail and Route

easy_moderate
5.6 mi

Surprise Canyon Route

easy
2 mi

Headquarters Canyon Route

easy
3.2 mi

Strike Valley Overlook

moderate
0.9 mi

Jailhouse Rock and Temple Rock Route

moderate
4.5 mi

Lower Cathedral Valley Overlooks Route

moderate
2.5 mi

Upper South Desert Overlook

moderate
0.4 mi

Upper Cathedral Valley Overlook

easy
0.2 mi

Morrell Cabin Trail

easy
0.4 mi

Cathedrals Trail

easy
2.4 mi

Explore Capitol Reef National Park

5 campgrounds, 27 trails, 1.4M annual visitors

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