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Capitol Reef National Park Fruit Blossom & Harvest Calendar 2025

Bram — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:35:00 +0000

From spring through fall, visiting the historic orchards in Fruita is one of the highlights of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. While spring brings beautiful blossoms, summer and fall offer fun fruit picking in the Capitol Reef orchards. This handy blossoms and fruit harvest calendar might help you plan your trip.

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Capitol Reef National Park’s Scenic Drive Will Close on April 29 For Construction

Bram — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:10:37 +0000

This news story about the closure of the Scenic Drive in Capitol Reef National Park is based on an April 12, 2024, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release here. The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), will begin work on an approximately $12 million...

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23 Spectacular Day Hikes in the National Parks

Bram — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:40:00 +0000

The health benefits of hiking are well known and well documented nowadays. And few things are better for a "nature bath" than going on a reinvigorating hike in a national park. These are some of the greatest day hikes in the U.S. National Park System.

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Can You Forage in National Parks? 17 Best National Parks for Foraging

Bram — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:21:06 +0000

If you’re a national parks lover who enjoys gardening, collecting wild edibles and foraging, you might wonder if foraging is allowed in the national parks. And, as surprising as it may be, the answer to that question is usually yes. Although the general removal, disturbance or collection of plants is prohibited in national parks, numerous...

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10 Unforgettable Desert Hikes in the National Parks

Bram — Tue, 24 May 2022 15:46:32 +0000

From old-growth forests to towering mountains, from rocky coasts to shimmering lakes, America’s national parks preserve all kinds of landscapes. One of the landscapes least suitable to humans, however, are the American deserts. And this is exactly why the following desert hikes in the national parks are so unforgettable. Hiking across shadeless desert flats, navigating...

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7 Fascinating Pictograph, Petroglyph and Rock Art Sites in the National Parks

Bram — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:24:15 +0000

Nearly all U.S. national parks encompass the ancestral homelands of Native American Tribes. Having lived in, or at least traveled through, these areas, they left behind plenty of archaeological artifacts and other cultural heritage. Particularly the rock art sites in national parks, created by Indigenous peoples many centuries ago, are fascinating places to visit. Today,...

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