![]() Have you been to Arches National Park? Join the conversation at the My Itchy Travel Feet page on Facebook or send us an emailto ask a question or share your experience. And for the more adventurous, 4-wheel-drive roads traverse the less developed areas of the park. ![]() Rangers lead hikes through Firey Furnace, a maze of sandstone columns. Of course Arches National Park is more than just stone formations that bridge from one cliff to the next. Have we convinced you to visit Arches National Park? Moab, Utah, is the closest town. No wonder it’s one of the best parks in Utah. ![]() One of the benefits of taking a photo workshop is learning where to be and when to arrive to capture the best shot.Īt Arches, it’s just like peeking through nature’s window. Hardy hikers will want to continue on the 7-mile primitive loop trail to see Private Arch, Partition Arch, Navajo Arch, Wall Arch and Double O Arch.Īlan and I visited Arches National Park for the first time while participating in a photo tour. At 306 ft., it’s the park’s longest arch and the second longest sandstone arch in the world. Landscape Arch.įrom the Devil’s Garden trailhead, it’s a 2-mile round trip walk on a paved trail to Landscape Arch. This place is just so beautiful and once we found the shady place we stayed and enjoyed it. We spent nearly 5 hours, including the hike. Time A normal hike and enjoying the Arch will probably take you 2-3 h. When you’re finished photographing, active baby boomers will want to take the one-mile loop that winds between North Window, Turret Arch and South Window. There is little to no shade on the 4.8km roundtrip hike and it is a steadily uphill trail (146m ascent) all the way to the Delicate Arch. The only sound will be the click, click, click of camera shutters. You’ll be joined by other photographers intent on catching the same scene. North WindowĪt North Window, the sun casts its glow on rock formations. You’ll capture the orange glow of sunrise by arriving before the sun at Turret Arch in the Windows section of Arches National Park. If you arrive early enough in the morning, the smell of bacon frying will be a tempting distraction. The front side of Skyline Arch is approached from the Devil’s Garden Campground. We visited in early October when a few yellow wildflowers added interest to the high desert scene. Skyline Arch from the backĪ 10 to 20-minute walk on a well-defined trail leads to the back side of Skyline Arch. Photographers who stay for the very last hues of sunset, that’s when the best shots occur, must make the hike back to the car in the dark. If you’re afraid of heights, be aware that there’s one section that travels along a rocky ledge for about 200 yards, however the trail is fairly wide. The 3-mile-round-trip journey to Delicate Arch only climbs 480 feet on sloping slick-rock. To photograph the most famous arch in the park as sunset lights up the stone formation, boomers will want to allow plenty of time to get there. And boomer photographers will click that shutter repeatedly to capture the beauty of the arches and surrounding landscape. Active baby boomers will discover them while hiking, biking or car touring in this easy-to-explore national park. We brought water and sunscreen and energy bars.Over 2,000 natural sandstone arches fill Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. It was a nice wide, safe hiking trail most of the way but there were lots of slanted rock surfaces that could have been slippery if wet or with flimsy shoes. I found that to be a very accurate description. Just before you get to Delicate Arch, the trail goes along a rock ledge for about 200 yards.” The trail climbs gradually and levels out toward the top of this rock face. Upon reaching the slickrock, follow the rock cairns. The first half-mile is a wide, well-defined trail. “Open slickrock with some exposure to heights. Here is the Delicate Arch Hike Description from the National Park Service: I have been told that it is packed with people during warmer times of the year but on our November Delicate Arch Hike, there were times when it was just my friend and I and the open sky and total quiet. Going for the Delicate Arch hike in November was wonderful because you avoid the crowds.
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