Capitol Reef National Park - A quick guide to photography

Waterpocket Fold, looking north from Strike Valley Overlook, dusk.
Little-known Capitol Reef National Park offers a variety of rock formations that rival any other national park of the Colorado Plateau. Sheer monoliths, domes, canyons, and arches highlight the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile-long wrinkle on the earth’s crust.
Most visitors stay on UT 24 and the scenic drive, both of which cover only a tiny portion of the park. Venture on the extensive network of dirt roads south or north of UT 24, and you’ll make fantastic discoveries, as both of the southern and northern sections of the park would have been deserving of national park status by themselves. You will see only a few souls during a whole day if you come off-season, and the opportunity for solitude and the variety of landscapes make Capitol Reef one of my favorite national parks.
Thanks to the Fremont River, the park has more vegetation than other neighboring parks and makes a spring or fall visit particularly rewarding. Fruit...