Arches National Park

Arches National Park lies in southeastern Utah's red rock country and boasts the greatest density of natural arches in the world! More than 2000 arches have been catalogued within the park's 74,234 acres. One large arch, called Private Arch, was located and documented as recently as 1992.

The parks most famous arch, and probably the most world's most photographed arch, is Delicate Arch. This unusual structure is located at the end of a 1.5 mile moderate hike from historical Wolfe Ranch.

Landscape Arch measures 306 feet from base to base and is the third largest natural rock span in the entire world. (Kolob Arch in Zions National Park is second largest with a span of 310 feet.) In 1991, a slab of rock 60 feet long and 11 feet wide fell from the underside of Landscape Arch leaving it thinner and much more fragile.

But Arches National Park is much more than just arches. Sandstone fins, deep canyons that resemble city skylines, balancing rocks, sand dunes and towering spires are all part of the unique landscape of the park.

Spires near the Great Wall ------------- Park Avenue -------

Near Devils Garden Campground ------------- Klondike Bluffs -------

The Arches National Park visitor center is located near the main park entrance, (entrance fee required) five miles north of Moab, Utah on highway 191. There are no food, lodging or fuel facilities within the park. However, the park features one 50 unit campground at Devils Garden (19 miles north of the visitor center) which operates on a first-come, first-served basis. Facilities include flush toilets and water until frost with chemical toilets and no water from November through mid-March. No fee is charged in the waterless months.

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