Free Topo Maps of Capitol Reef National Park

Download free topo maps of Capitol Reef National Park. Use the adjoining 7.5 minute quadrangle legend to locate the Utah maps you need.

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  1. Northwest Topo Map: Twin Rocks, UT
  2. North Topo Map: Fruita, UT
  3. Northeast Topo Map: Caineville, UT
  4. West Topo Map: Grover, UT
  5. Topo Map: Golden Throne, UT
  6. East Topo Map: Notom, UT
  7. Southwest Topo Map: Lower Bowns Reservoir, UT
  8. South Topo Map: Bear Canyon, UT
  9. Southeast Topo Map: Sandy Creek Benches, UT
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Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park located in the state of Utah is characterized by the Waterpocket Fold, a twisting in the crust of the Earth made billions of years ago. The Park covers the 100 mile long fold from Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River. Originally established as a Monument, the Capital Reef was subsequently changed to a National Park to ensure the preservation of this unique geologic formation, and the attributes of multi-hued canyons, immense domes, cliffs, huge spires, monoliths and elegant arches formed by erosion through the ages. During ancient times the predominately arid landscape was inhabited by the Fremont indigenous people, whose culture differed from the Ancestral Puebloans, known as the Anasazi. The Fremont were an agricultural people, with crops and granaries until sometime during the 13th century, when it is presumed that a long drought may have forced them to move to another region. Rugged and impassible geographic formations made this area difficult to traverse and although by the 1800s people began to take note of the difficult but spectacular region, it remained unoccupied. Eventually the Mormons ventured out from Salt Lake City to establish settlements in more remote areas; and by the 1880s they had created three settlements in the Fremont River valley. Only the small community of Fruita was successful, but the group was isolated and by the first years of the 1900s they abandoned their efforts. The National Park Service has restored some of their original structures and they maintain the orchards and landscape that the settlers initiated. Fruita can be toured and enjoyed by lovers of history and nature alike, visiting the old schoolroom, the orchards and more.