The Cathedral Valley District of Capitol Reef National Park is open all year. Vehicles with high ground clearance, even those without four wheel drive, can usually negotiate the roads without difficulty.

Bull Creek Pass National Back Country Byway winds for 68 miles through Utah's Henry Mountains. The view from the route includes colorful canyons, steep cliffs, vast badlands, and rugged alpine mountains.The byway climbs nearly a mile as it loops through this colorful, vibrant mountain range set betw...

Wedge Overlook / Buckhorn Draw Road is the most dramatic route through the Swell. At the Wedge Overlook are wonderful views of the impressive canyons of the "Little Grand Canyon" carved by the San Rafael River. There are numerous viewpoints along the rim. Buckhorn Draw Road drops from the Wedge Overlook through a narrow sandstone canyon lined with cottonwoods to a crossing of the San Rafael River..

Completed in 1976 and dubbed the "Bicentennial Highway," this road is the gateway to Natural Bridges National Monument, where erosion has created the world's largest display of natural bridges, formed out of 225 million-year-old Cedar Mesa sandstone.

A drive along ponds and transitory wetland that can be very productive for birders. Look out for the prairie dog town.

The Green River Scenic Drive is a dirt road that follows the Green River for 9 miles through the southern end of Gray Canyon. The route has good scenery of the canyon walls and the river pushing through. The road is rough and bumpy so you'll need to drive slowly.

The Huntington Canyon Scenic Byway is a desert oasis. Sprinkled with reservoirs and rivers, the pristine high mountain valleys boast spectacular views. The concentration of fresh, arid breezes brings a welcome sense of remoteness. While here you can't escape a keen sense of history. As the area's ma...

This scenic and varied road is well maintained. There are some very fine petroglyphs and a set of dinosaur tracks along this road.

Notom Road parallels the Waterpocket Fold of Capitol Reef National Park. It skirts the eastern section of Capitol Reef between Hwy 24 and the Burr Trail. Views of the Henry Mountains and Capitol Reef are among the highlights. Impassable when wet.