Capital Reef National Park (Calf Creek Falls) – Day 3

One reason we chose to Capital Reef was because of its location to Calf Creek Falls. I was talking one day with a co-worker of mine who asked if I had ever been to Calf Creek Falls. I hadn’t, so he told me a little bit about it and told me that I should go there the next time I had a chance to get out for a bit. It was worth the visit. There is a informational guide that you can pickup in the parking lot that will point out some key features or points along the trail. There are Indian granaries that can bee seen from the trail, as well as pre-historic rock art.

The trail is just over 5 1/2 miles round trip. So we loaded the kids up into packs and off we went. My boy did get down after a bit and want to walk about a half mile on his own. Then back in the pack and away we went. The falls were beautiful. We didn’t swim in the pool below, but others were. I imagine on a hot day after the hike, it would feel nice to take a swim.  The trail was sand for most of the way and it does go up and down a lot. It was moderate hike that I think most people could do if they take it slow. Take water and sunscreen for sure. It can get really hot during the summer months. Luckily for us they did have a place at the trail head where you can fill up water bottles. We stopped to help a couple whose car was overheating and was out of coolant. We poured all of our water into their radiator, so they could get to Boulder, and get their car looked at.

Calf Creek is about an hour from Torrey, Utah so we had to drive there and back. Boulder or Escalante are both closer if you would like not to have to drive as far.

We got back into Torrey for dinner and stopped by Slacker’s Burger Joint. I highly recommend going here. We stopped here because they had a playground that our boy could play on. I love coke and it was also really good. We found out the Torrey’s water is super pure and that is why the coke was so good.