Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a name like Capitol Reef, you might expect to find this national park near the ocean. Instead, this gem lies in a sea of rock ...

(NEXSTAR) — It’s nowhere near a capitol, and it certainly doesn’t look like the color reefs you’ll find in Hawaii or off the coast of Australia. So why is this Utah national park called Capitol Reef?

The 19th-century pioneers of Wayne County described Capitol Reef as “a bad place to lose a cow.” Fast forward more than a century and Utah's most underrated national park is a great place for visitors ...

Best of all, it takes you past some of the Southwest's most iconic sites.

A group of hikers described their escape amid dangerous flash flooding at Capitol Reef National Park, calling it "insanely lucky." Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen and Cooper Allen were visiting the Utah ...

SALT LAKE CITY — New video from the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau showed the intense moments of a rescue at Capitol Reef National Park when people got caught in flash flooding. Pilot ...

TORREY, Utah (KUTV) — A group of hikers described their experience as they watched their trucks float along Capitol Reef flood waters. Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen and Cooper Allen from Cedar Hills were ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Utah — A wildfire broke out Friday evening near Capitol Reef National Park, causing some homes to be evacuated. Smoke from the Carcass Creek Fire in Wayne County, Utah is seen Friday, ...

With a name like Capitol Reef, you might expect to find this national park near the ocean. Instead, this gem lies in a sea of rock in Utah. “Early settlers noted that the white domes of Navajo ...

(NEXSTAR) — It’s nowhere near a capitol, and it certainly doesn’t look like the color reefs you’ll find in Hawaii or off the coast of Australia. It’s not as complicated as you may think, but the ...