Arches National Park

Below is a collection of trails in Arches National Park. These hikes are listed from north to south, but the table may also be sorted alphabetically or by distance to help you pick your next hike. Each trail links to its own report complete with photos, maps, directions, and all the other information needed to locate and enjoy these trails. An interactive map is also provided.

Highlights of Arches National Park

Double ArchDelicate ArchSkyline ArchLandscape ArchBalanced Rock ArchBalanced Rock Arch

 

Hiking Arches National Park

Looking through the arches in this national park is like peering into a world of magic, where gravity is defied by elegance and resilience. There are over 2,000 natural arches throughout the 120 square miles protected by Arches National Park. It is hard to believe that so many amazing arches can exist in one place, but they do, and arches are more numerous here then anywhere else on the planet. The sandstone spans draw over one million visitors a year to Arches, which became a national park in 1971.

The park has a single entrance, where a $10 vehicle fee is charged, located a couple miles from Moab, Utah. The road continues into the park for eighteen miles, accessing many excellent trails. The park is so compact that it is possible to hike to several stunning arches in just one day.
Landscape Arch is longest arch in the world, and Delicate Arch might be the most beautiful. Don’t leave Arches without seeing this famous arch, which you will recognize from the Utah license plate.

Camping in Arches National Park
The 52-site Devils Garden Campground is the only campground in the park. Located at the north end of the Park Avenue, the $20 per night campground is adjacent to Devils Garden Trailhead, which is used to reach Landscape Arch). While camping inside the park is limited, there is plentiful camping at nearby Bureau of Land Management campgrounds.

Arches National Park GeologyArch Formation:
Over 150 million years ago, sand deposited here on the Colorado Plateau atop a dry seabed. The sediment eventually hardened into sandstone. Uneven pressure from below created cracks in the surface of the sandstone. Erosion widened the cracks to form fins. From there, chemical weathering carved the arches standing today.

TrailDescriptionDistanceLatitude, Longitude
600Landscape Arch
This level out and back hike visits the longest natural arch in the world along with other enjoyable arches.
2 - 7.2 miles
130 feet
38.791232, -109.607384
610Skyline Arch
This short out and back hike ends below a wide arch near the top of a sandstone fin.
0.4 miles
40 feet
38.773029, -109.589863
620Delicate Arch
This out and back hike visits this most iconic arch in the world, a beautiful span that should not be missed.
3 miles
480 feet
38.743746, -109.499384
630Balanced Rock
This short loop circles a perilous block of sandstone balancing near the center of Arches National Park.
0.25 miles
50 feet
38.700761, -109.564517
640Double Arch
This out and back hike visits a pair of connected arches in the Windows region of Arches National Park.
0.8 miles
125 feet
38.691712, -109.540519
650Window Arches
This loop presents three arches in close proximity, the North and South Windows and Turret Arch.
1 mile
150 feet

38.685264, -109.533759

 


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Delicate Arch Arches National Park - Delicate Arch.  The emblematic arch appears on the Utah License plate, and while it is certainly not the largest in the park, it is probably the most memorable.   Two overlooks provide a distant view of the arch, but the best way to see Delicate Arch is by hiking a 3-mile round trip trail right up to it.  This is one trek you will not soon forget.
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