Fruita is the best-known settlement in Capitol Reef National Park in Wayne County, Utah, United States.

Despite its status as ghost town, it is the location of the National Park Service's employee residences.

Fruita was established in 1880 by a group of Mormons led by Nels Johnson, under the name Junction.

The orchards are preserved by the NPS as a "historic landscape" and a small crew takes care of them by pruning, irrigating, replanting, and spraying them.

The few students were instructed mainly in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but when the teachers were capable, they also studied other subjects such as history or geography.