Torrey UT, Utah, United StatesSCENIC DRIVE
8-mile paved scenic drive on narrow road going through Capitol Reef's brilliantly colored towering cliffs exploring dramatically tilted layers of red sandstone and white rounded domes. Self-guiding tour with marked stops--printed from internet or can purchase at visitor center.
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Grand Wash & Capitol Gorge (rocky route cut through the Fold), unpaved; deep and twisting, water-carved, sheer-walled canyons. MUST SEE places.
Grand Wash Trail
"Follows a dry streambed into the rocky, sculpted heart of Capitol Reef. As the canyon floor narrows, footsteps echo between sandstone cliffs looming hundred of feet overhead." Supposedly Butch Cassidy had a hideout in Grand Wash. Great hike with sheer canyon walls on both sides! Views of Golden Throne on drive out.
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Capitol Gorge Trail
The path along the dry stream bed "traces the path of the pioneer road passing both prehistoric rock inscriptions (American Indian petroglyphs) and historic (pioneer register) carved into the towering cliff walls."
2025-05-22