You can easily spend days here appreciating its beauty on its many hiking trails and scenic drives. It’s on our list of places to see in Utah that no one tells you about.
Named after the famous outlaw, Butch Cassidy, who is said to have hidden here, hiking to Cassidy Arch is one of the best Capitol Reef National Park hikes!
The Hickman Bridge trail begins at the river and climbs up (elevation gain of 400ft in total) a scrubby mountain, before dipping into a sandy ravine with trees offering shade and little caves and waterfold pockets to climb over.
The Grand Wash Capitol Reef was the longest of our hikes but the easiest of the Capitol Reef National Park hikes as it’s just a walk along the canyon floor.
You can see petroglyphs along the way and at the end a short trail goes up to the see water pockets, called the Tanks. We kinda got lost and didn’t actually find them.
The Capitol Reef Scenic Drive (named simply that) winds through the heart of the park for 8 miles making allowing you to access many of the park’s top attractions and hiking trails making it one of the best things to do in Capitol Reef National Park.