Arches National Park

Arches National Park contains the world’s largest concentration of natural stone arches. This National Park is a red, arid desert, punctuated with oddly eroded sandstone forms such as fins, pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks, and arches. The 73,000-acre region has over 2,000 of these “miracles of nature.”

The entrance to Arches is located 5 miles north of Moab, Utah along Highway 191. Moab is around 234 miles and 4 hours drive from Salt lake city, capital of Utah. Moab lodging options provide an excellent home base from which to explore Arches National Park and as well as Canyonlands National Park.
If you are going to Moab for two days, planning one day at Arches and one day at Canyonlands should provide plenty of opportunity see all scenic places at these parks.

Arches is open year-round, 24 hours a day. Sightseeing inside the park is usually by car, or bike. Campgrounds can also be reserved in advance at the park for camping.

A 40-mile round-trip paved road in Arches National Park leads visitors to the major sights, including Balanced Rock, Skyline Arch, Double Arch in the Windows Section, Fiery Furnace, and the park’s most famous geologic feature - Delicate Arch. The park’s paved scenic drive gives dramatic and sweeping views from atop a plateau. Visitors can see many of these geologic wonders from a distance or up close. Arches national park contains a wealth of hiking trails. Ranging in length and difficulty, these trails provide access to outstanding viewpoints and many of the park’s famous features, including Balanced Rock and Delicate Arch. In many cases, trails travel under arches, offer quite a different perspective than what is visible from a car.