We have found that Capitol Reef takes about 4.5 hours from our house in Salt Lake, pulling our telescope trailer, and The Wedge (Or Cedar Mountain, depending on time of year) is just under 4 hours. Bryce is just under 5 hours, and Zion is about the same. If you want to stay in motels, then The Wedge is definitely not the place to go. We prefer The Wedge because it is faster, and more important to us, we do not have to tear down the telescope at the end of our viewing, and load it back into the trailer. That is a big job when you have put in an all-nighter. At every national park, the viewing locations are not near where you can camp, so tear down and pack up is a necessity. That is probably the biggest reason we do not go to the national parks. At The Wedge, we can leave the scope set up for the next night, or at minimum, load it up the next day after getting a good mornings sleep. We were just there last weekend, phenomenal seeing, steady skies, great trip!