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