Our first big stop in the USA was the famed Arches National Park in Utah. And boy were we impressed! Arches NP has over 2000 natural stone arches and pinnacles. The incredible red colour of the rock makes for some stunning photos, especially at sunset.
We spent three nights in Arches NP exploring the many unique rock formations. We hiked around formations such as Skyline Arch, Double O Arch, Broken Arch and, of course, The famous Delicate Arch. We spent three nights camped at Devils Garden Campground. This campground is close to a range of trails such as The Devils Garden Trailhead, Broken Arch, and Skyline Arch. The trails here are great for most fitness levels and children, with limited elevation and easy to moderately rated. There are even some trails that have been paved. Balanced Rock is another of the famous formations in Arches National Park. And if you're into photography then this is a great spot to do astro time photography. It's an easy 500m (0.3mile) loop trail. The beginning of the trail is wheelchair accessible and stops at a viewpoint that also gives you a view of The Windows and the La Sal Mountains. The remainder of the trail circles around the Balanced Rock formation. Sunset at Delicate Arch was a definite highlight of our visit to Arches NP. We hiked the 4.8km (3 miles) out to the arch. The first half of this trail is well defined, but overall it is rated as difficult on the NPS website. As you can see in the last photo the viewing point is quite steep, and a narrow ledge needs to be traversed to reach this point. As someone who has a fear of heights I can tell you the ledge is not for the feint of heart. But it's so worth it when sunset hits. And golden hour turns The Arch an almost fluro red. The Delicate Arch Trail is not to be confused with the Delicate Arch Viewpoints which are rated as easy on the NPS website. The first viewpoint is wheelchair accessible, while the second viewpoint is an easy 800m (1/2 mile) walk further. They both give you a view of the famous arch from a distance. As mentioned, we spent three nights in Arches National Park and we were able to visit everything on our list. We did visit in the off-season and luckily didn't have to book a site but this national park gets extremely busy so bookings are recommended. All images in this post were taken by and remain the Copyright of Bree Plater unless stated otherwise.
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Sand Dune Arch
Broken Arch
Balanced Rock
The Windows
Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch at sunset
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Good to see your posts again. I have always wanted to know that place, I remember that when I was a child, my parents gave me a puzzle with the image of the third photo of the balanced rock, it was on the wall of my room for many years.
Oh wow! That's really cool. Usually it's Delicate Arch that features on things like that. It's nice to see some of the other rock formations feature too.
Yay, Arches is wonderful. So glad you had a great visit.
It's just incredible. In fact, that whole area of Utah is beautiful
Here are a couple of collections I made of Southern Utah with posts from me, @jarvie, @caseygrimley and @derekkind
Arches of Southern Utah
Geology of Southern Utah
and of course the National parks are in this collection toward the bottom, for Utah.
US National Parks
I am excited to see where else you visit in the US!
Thank you! I'll definitely check them out.
I like how you tagged it "amazingnature". It so is! A beautiful colour change too.
Oh, I agree. it's just so beautiful!
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