Capitol Reef National Park - Quiz
Capitol Reef National Park
  • 1. Where can visitors obtain a free permit for backcountry hiking in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Online through the park's website
B) At the visitor center
C) By calling the park office
D) From the park ranger on duty
  • 2. Which trail in Capitol Reef National Park is known for being very steep and strenuous?
A) Cassidy Arch Trail
B) Hickman Bridge Trail
C) Grand Wash Trail
D) Frying Pan Trail
  • 3. How long is the Scenic Drive in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) 8.8 miles (14.2 km)
B) 10 miles (16 km)
C) 7.9 miles (12.7 km)
D) 22 miles (35 km)
  • 4. Which road traverses the eastern side of the Waterpocket Fold?
A) Cathedral Road
B) Notom-Bullfrog Road
C) Scenic Drive
D) Fruita Road
  • 5. How many campsites does the Fruita campground have?
A) 30
B) 50
C) 71
D) 100
  • 6. What is required for canyoneering in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) A special hiking permit
B) Backcountry passes
C) A reservation at the visitor center
D) Day-pass permits
  • 7. What is the length of Cassidy Arch Canyon's canyoneering route?
A) 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
B) 22 miles (35 km)
C) 8.8 miles (14.2 km)
D) Approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km)
  • 8. What is the first rappel distance in Cassidy Arch Canyon?
A) 50 feet (15 m)
B) 140 feet (43 m)
C) 200 feet (61 m)
D) 100 feet (30 m)
  • 9. Which trail leads to the natural bridge in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Grand Wash Trail
B) Cassidy Arch Trail
C) Hickman Bridge Trail
D) Frying Pan Trail
  • 10. What is the primary camping location in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Capitol Gorge campground
B) Cathedral Valley campground
C) Fruita campground
D) Waterpocket Fold campground
  • 11. What is the length of the Grand Wash Trail round trip?
A) 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
B) 8.8 miles (14.2 km)
C) Not specified in the text
D) 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
  • 12. Which trail is considered strenuous and offers views of Brimhall Canyon?
A) Hickman Bridge Trail
B) Cassidy Arch Trail
C) Grand Wash Trail
D) Brimhall Natural Bridge
  • 13. What is the length of the Frying Pan Trail round trip?
A) 8.8 miles (14.2 km)
B) 22 miles (35 km)
C) 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
D) 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
  • 14. What type of road is Cathedral Road?
A) Paved
B) Unpaved
C) Dirt
D) Gravel
  • 15. How many different rappels are there in Cassidy Arch Canyon?
A) 12
B) 8
C) 5
D) 10
  • 16. What is the primary danger of canyoneering during prime rainy months?
A) Extreme heat
B) Flash flooding
C) Wildlife encounters
D) Rockslides
  • 17. Who introduced the House bill H.R. 17152 for Capitol Reef?
A) United States Department of Interior officials
B) Utah Congressman Laurence J. Burton
C) Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah
D) Representative K. Gunn McKay
  • 18. What was the acreage proposed for a national park in Senate bill S. 531?
A) 250,000 acres
B) 230,000 acres (93,100 ha)
C) 254,368 acres (102,939 ha)
D) 180,000 acres (72,800 ha)
  • 19. What was the proposed grazing phase-out period in Senate bill S. 531?
A) 25 years
B) 15 years
C) 10 years
D) 30 years
  • 20. Which body passed Senate bill S. 29 on June before it was sent to the House?
A) House of Representatives
B) Conference Committee
C) United States Department of Interior
D) Senate
  • 21. What additional acreage did Senate bill S. 29 propose for Capitol Reef National Park?
A) 180,000 acres (72,800 ha)
B) 10,834 acres (4,384 ha)
C) 254,368 acres (102,939 ha)
D) 48,000 acres (19,400 ha)
  • 22. Who introduced the new Senate bill S. 29?
A) Representative K. Gunn McKay
B) United States Department of Interior officials
C) Utah Congressman Laurence J. Burton
D) Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah
  • 23. What was the acreage recommended by United States Department of Interior for a national park?
A) 230,000 acres (93,100 ha)
B) 180,000 acres (72,800 ha)
C) 254,000 acres (103,000 ha)
D) 250,000 acres
  • 24. What was the grazing phase-out period recommended by United States Department of Interior?
A) 25 years
B) 30 years
C) 15 years
D) 10 years
  • 25. Which bill did the House drop before passing the Senate version with an amendment?
A) S. 29
B) H.R. 9053
C) S. 531
D) H.R. 17152
  • 26. Who signed the legislation to establish Capitol Reef National Park into law?
A) President Richard Nixon
B) Utah Congressman Laurence J. Burton
C) Representative K. Gunn McKay
D) Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah
  • 27. On what date was the legislation to establish Capitol Reef National Park signed into law?
A) December 18, 1971
B) November 30, 1971
C) July 1, 1970
D) June 1971
  • 28. What was the public law number for establishing Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Public Law 93-29
B) Public Law 91-531
C) Public Law 90-9053
D) Public Law 92-207
  • 29. Which legislative body worked out differences in the Conference Committee?
A) Both houses of Congress
B) House of Representatives only
C) Senate only
D) United States Department of Interior
  • 30. Under whose control was the administration of Capitol Reef National Monument initially placed?
A) Zion National Park
B) Yellowstone National Park
C) Grand Canyon National Park
D) Yosemite National Park
  • 31. Who built a stone ranger cabin and the Sulphur Creek bridge at Capitol Reef?
A) Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration
B) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
C) National Park Service
D) Local volunteers
  • 32. Who was appointed as the first superintendent of Capitol Reef National Monument?
A) Charles Kelly
B) A NPS official from Zion
C) Grant Clark
D) An Atomic Energy Commission representative
  • 33. How many visitors came to the park when Park Ranger Grant Clark arrived?
A) Seventy-five thousand
B) One hundred thousand
C) Fifty-six thousand
D) Twenty-five thousand
  • 34. What program led to new facilities at Capitol Reef during the 1960s?
A) Space Race
B) Great Society
C) New Deal
D) Mission 66
  • 35. When did the visitor center at Capitol Reef open?
A) 1962
B) 1958
C) 1966
D) 1970
  • 36. What happened to the old Capitol Gorge wagon road?
A) It was closed permanently
B) It became a major highway
C) It was expanded for vehicle use
D) It was open only to foot traffic
  • 37. How many people visited Capitol Reef in 1967?
A) 200,000
B) 146,598
C) 56,000
D) 300,000
  • 38. On what basis did the NPS acquire most private land at Fruita and Pleasant Creek?
A) Government seizure
B) Donation by owners
C) Eminent domain
D) Willing buyer-willing seller
  • 39. Which U.S. President set aside additional public lands for Capitol Reef in 1968?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard Nixon
  • 40. What was controversial about the expansion of Capitol Reef National Monument in 1968?
A) Cost of expansion
B) Local opposition to NPS staffing inadequacy
C) Lack of visitor interest
D) Environmental concerns
  • 41. Who organized a 'booster club' in Torrey in 1921?
A) Joseph S. Hickman
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) J. E. Broaddus
D) Ephraim Portman Pectol
  • 42. What was the Wayne County–wide club organized by Joseph S. Hickman called?
A) Capitol Reef Promoters
B) Wayne Wonderland Club
C) National Monument Advocates
D) Southern Utah Boosters
  • 43. In what year was Joseph S. Hickman elected to the Utah State Legislature?
A) 1933
B) 1945
C) 1924
D) 1937
  • 44. How much money did the Associated Civics Club of Southern Utah raise for promotional photographs in 1933?
A) $250
B) $100
C) $150
D) $200
  • 45. Which Native American culture lived near the Fremont River around the year 1000?
A) Navajo
B) Fremont-culture
C) Anasazi
D) Paiutes
  • 46. What natural event likely caused the Fremont settlements to be abandoned in the 13th century?
A) A long drought
B) Earthquake
C) Volcanic eruption
D) Flood
  • 47. What did the Paiutes call the Fremont granaries?
A) Ancient homes
B) Granary caves
C) Moki huts
D) Stone houses
  • 48. Which geologist spent several summers studying the area's geology?
A) U.S. Army officials
B) Clarence Dutton
C) John Wesley Powell
D) Almon H. Thompson
  • 49. In what year did Mormons settle the Fremont River valley?
A) 1880s
B) 1866
C) 1904
D) 1870s
  • 50. What mineral was extracted from local limestone by settlers?
A) Copper
B) Silver
C) Gold
D) Lime
  • 51. When was the first claim to a uranium mine in the area staked?
A) 1904
B) 1872
C) 1880s
D) 1920
  • 52. Which mine produced uranium ore in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Oyler Mine
B) Lime Mine
C) Grand Wash Mine
D) Fremont Mine
  • 53. What geological feature is preserved within Capitol Reef National Park?
A) The Grand Canyon
B) The Waterpocket Fold
C) The Appalachian Mountains
D) Yellowstone Caldera
  • 54. Which river has cut canyons through parts of the Waterpocket Fold?
A) The Fremont River
B) The Colorado River
C) The Green River
D) The Snake River
  • 55. When did Capitol Reef National Park officially open to the public?
A) 1937
B) 1971
C) 1950
D) 1962
  • 56. In which month and year was Capitol Reef National Park designated a 'Gold Tier' Dark Sky Park?
A) September 2013
B) June 2016
C) January 2014
D) April 2015
  • 57. What climate classification does the Capitol Reef Visitor Center have according to the Köppen system?
A) Humid subtropical
B) Cold semi-arid (BSk)
C) Mediterranean
D) Hot desert
  • 58. What type of deposits formed the Kaibab Limestone?
A) Siltstone deposits
B) Carbonate deposits from a deepening sea
C) Volcanic ash deposits
D) Conglomerate deposits
  • 59. Which formation consists of gypsum, sand, and limey silt laid down in what may have been a graben?
A) Carmel Formation
B) Entrada Sandstone
C) Navajo Sandstone
D) Summerville Formation
  • 60. What was the primary geological event that formed the Rocky Mountains and created monoclines such as the Waterpocket Fold?
A) The Laramide orogeny
B) The Sevier orogeny
C) The Morrison Formation deposition
D) The Cretaceous Seaway formation
  • 61. What geological process occurred during the uplift of the Colorado Plateau?
A) Even uplift across the region
B) Creation of barrier islands
C) Deposition of the Mancos Shale
D) Formation of a deep sea basin
  • 62. What increased the rate of erosion during the Pleistocene?
A) Increased volcanic activity
B) Wetter times during the ice ages
C) Deposition of the Dakota Sandstone
D) Formation of a deep sea basin
  • 63. Which formation is made from conglomerate, sandstone, and shale?
A) Moenkopi Formation
B) Wingate Sandstone
C) Summerville Formation
D) Curtis Formation
  • 64. What type of geological feature is the Waterpocket Fold?
A) A graben
B) A volcanic dome
C) A monocline
D) A barrier island
  • 65. How many species of plants are found in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Less than 300
B) Approximately 500
C) Exactly 1000
D) More than 840
  • 66. How many plant species in the park are classified as rare and endemic?
A) About 10
B) Exactly 25
C) Over 40
D) More than 100
  • 67. What is the closest town to Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Cedar City
B) Moab
C) Torrey
D) Boulder
  • 68. On which highway is Torrey located in relation to the visitor center?
A) Highway 12
B) Route 66
C) Highway 24
D) Interstate 70
  • 69. What was the population of Torrey in 2020?
A) About 500
B) Over 1000
C) Less than 300
D) Exactly 750
  • 70. What types of fruit can visitors harvest in Capitol Reef National Park?
A) Watermelons, pineapples, kiwis, and blueberries
B) Lemons, limes, mangoes, and cherries
C) Bananas, oranges, grapes, and strawberries
D) Cherries, apricots, peaches, pears, or apples
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