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Hanksville Area
Called "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s by
local boosters Affirm P. Pectol and Joseph S. Hickman, Capitol Reef National
Park comprises 378 square miles of colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and
monoliths. About 75 miles of the long up-thrust called the "Waterpocket Fold",
extending like a rugged spine from Thousand Lake Plateau southward to Lake
Powell, is preserved within the park boundary. "Capitol Reef" is the name of an
especially rugged and spectacular part of the Waterpocket Fold near the Fremont
River.
Capital Reef National Park is twenty miles west of Hanksville. The road follows the Fremont river canyon. The "Fall" was created when the road was constructed. The water has cut thought the soft sandstone. This was a favorite swimming hole for Perry as a child. Hickman Bridge is located above the Falls just below the town site of Fruita. It is about a two mile hike into the bridge. Pictographs can be seen at the town site of Fruita. Above Fruita and the Visitors Center, there is a lookout to view the Capital Reef cliffs. This is on Thousand Lake Mountain above Capital Reef Park looking back towards Hanksville and the Henry Mountains. Henry Mountains in the foreground. On Thousand Lake Mountain there is a natural lake called Fish Lake. This is the lodge that was built in the early 1900's. Fish Lake Lodge is sometimes the home of the EKKER reunion.
Capital Reef National Park is twenty miles west of Hanksville.
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