Arches National Park
Arches National Park is one of the “Big Five” national parks in Utah, the others being Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion. It is an immensely popular park that I failed to enter the first time through Utah during my 2019 road trip. Utah was so amazing that I decided to return east through the state so that I could see Arches and Canyonlands on the trip. The weather was crazy during that visit, vacillating between bright, partly cloudy skies and ominous storm clouds, but it didn’t take much away from the experience. My second visit to Arches was nothing but perfection, though I didn’t have a chance to travel very far into the park.
Image Gallery
- Collectors Pin
- Window Section (May 22, 2019)
- Turret Arch (May 22, 2019)
- South and North Windows (May 22, 2019)
- Double Arch Area (May 22, 2019) With storms looming
- North Window (May 22, 2019)
- Garden of Eden (May 22, 2019)
- Panorama from Park Avenue Viewpoint (May 22, 2022) This is looking north down the Park Avenue Trail
- Further Down the Trail (May 22, 2022)
- The Moon (May 22, 2022) The moon sets in the southwest above the western plateau that borders the Park Avenue Trail.
- Sun Peeking (May 22, 2022) I had plenty of views like this along the way as the sun rose over the blade of rock on the eastern side of the trail.
- Beautiful Shadows (May 22, 2022) I had plenty of these views, as well, along the western side of the trail.
- Patterns in the Stone (May 22, 2022) Many of the stones contained patterns along the trail.
- More Patterns (May 22, 2022)
- Courthouse Tower Viewpoint (May 22, 2022) A panorama from the viewpoint at the northern end of the trail.
- The Rise and Falll of an Arch (May 22, 2022) This was an interesting idea that gave you an idea of an arch that possibly connect the gap in the distance.
Video Gallery
- Windows Section Timelapse View Location Timelapses of the Windows section of Arches. The first half is from the Windows Trailhead, while the second half is from the north showing both the north and south windows.
- North Window Tour View Location Hiking up to and into the North Window at Arches National Park.
- Double Arch Section View Location There wasn't time to check-out this section of the park which was just west of the Windows section. Next time.
- Garden of Eden View Location
- Leaving the Park View Location Simply driving through Arches National Park is an experience. Here's a bit from the Petrified Sand Dunes section to the exit.
- Park Avenue Tour Short tour of the Park Avenue Trail in Arches National Park.
- Stone Textures Detail of texture in the stones in Arches National Park.
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