{"id":1047,"date":"2018-07-29T16:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T22:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2018-07-29T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T22:10:16","slug":"capitol-reefs-navajo-knobs-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Reef&#8217;s Navajo Knobs trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Navajo Knobs trail in Capitol Reef National Park is a 9.5 mile out-and-back hike that starts from the main canyon floor and climbs to the eponymous &#8220;knobs&#8221; &#8211; small rocky outcrops on the canyon rim that offer panoramic views over the desert. Chris and I tackled this hike on our Spring trip to Utah and it made for an excellent, not too demanding, day out.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JxuUgVD8WLU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I continue to think that Capitol Reef is the most under-rated of Utah&#8217;s National Parks (all of which, of course, are objectively fabulous!). It&#8217;s not too crowded, and offers hikes that cater to whatever mood you&#8217;re in. My recommendations for hikes are:<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8M7f47d7cWU\">Upper Muley Twist<\/a> &#8211; if you&#8217;re up for a long day hike, this is my favorite route (not really a trail) in Capitol Reef.<\/li>\n<li>Sulphur Creek &#8211; a non-technical route down a narrow canyon that makes for a fun adventure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-PV2vhPl8Vc\">Sheets Gulch<\/a> &#8211; one of three narrow canyons, with decent slot sections, that can be explored on the eastern side of Capitol Reef.<\/li>\n<li>Navajo Knobs &#8211; a maintained trail that unlike most of the hikes in this region follows a canyon rim with excellent views.<\/li>\n<li>Spring Canyon &#8211; a quiet backcountry canyon that makes for a good out-and-back day hike from Chimney Rock, a one-way shuttle trip that ends with a ford of the Fremont River, or longer backpacking trips that include the upper part of the canyon.<\/li>\n<li>Grand Gulch &#8211; Frying Pan loop &#8211; a sampler of the scenery in the core region of the park.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navajo Knobs trail in Capitol Reef National Park is a 9.5 mile out-and-back hike that starts from the main canyon floor and climbs to the eponymous &#8220;knobs&#8221; &#8211; small rocky outcrops on the canyon rim that offer panoramic views &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=1047\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-locations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}