Campground
- The Devils Garden Campground
- The Devils Garden Campground is a great place to begin your exploration of Arches.Facilities include potable water, picnic tables, grills, as well as both pit-style and flush toilets. There
Other
- Lost Spring Canyon
- This 3,140-acre area was added to Arches National Park in 1998. It provides a
unique backcountry experience. The Bureau of Land Management administered
the area as a Wilderness Study Area since
Trail
- Delicate Arch Viewpoint Trail
- The route to Delicate Arch Viewpoint is a wheelchair accessible 500-foot long path. It leads from the end of Wolfe Ranch Road to an excellent viewpoint south of the
- Balanced Rock Loop Trail
- This easy trail leads less than a half mile around Balanced Rock, a large sandstone boulder on a narrow pedestal. It begins in the Balanced Rock parking area and
- Broken Arch Trail
- This easy hiking trail can be accessed from Sand Dun Arch parking area or Devils Garden campground. If beginning at the campground you'll find the trailhead across from campsite
- Double Arch Trail
- This easy route lies in the Windows District of Arches National Park. It follows a sand-covered path to the base of Double Arch, two large rock spans connected at
- Landscape Arch Trail
- This track begins from the Devils Garden Trailhead and leads one mile northward to Landscape Arch. It follows a relatively flat, gravel-covered path to a large arch, which spans
- Sand Dune Arch Trail
- This route leads less than one half mile from the main park road to Sand
Dune Arch. A parking area lies near mile marker 16 and provides a turn out
- Skyline Arch Trail
- This short, easy hike to a large arch begins on the main road at Skyline Arch parking area. It leads one half mile round trip to Skyline Arch. The
- Windows Loop Trail
- This easy loop trail leads past three large arches: North Window, South Window and Turret Arch. The route follows a gravel path along a slight ascent to the arches.
- Park Avenue Trail
- Park Avenue Trail leads through a canyon lined with formations in the Entrada sandstone resembling skyscrapers. The route begins at Park Avenue Viewpoint along the park road. From this
- Tower Arch Trail
- This short and moderately difficult trail leads from the end of Salt Valley Road to Tower Arch. The track is 3.5 miles round trip. It leads through a little-visited
- Delicate Arch Trail
- The trail leading to Delicate Arch is definitely one of the most strenuous in the park. It begins at the Wolfe Ranch parking area and climbs approximately 500 feet
- Devils Garden Primitive Loop
- Longest of the maintained trails in the park, the Devils Garden Trail leads to eight awe-inspiring arches. Expect narrow ledges with rocky surface hiking and scrambling on slickrock. Not
- Double O Arch Trail
- The trail to Double O Arch begins from the Devils Garden Trailhead and leads two miles to the arch. It passes spur trails to Tunnel Arch, Pine Tree Arch,
- Desert Nature Trail
- This short trail lies beside the Arches Visitor Center at the main entrance to the park. The trail winds through plant communities common in the park along a .2
- Lower Salt Wash Trail
- Location: Along the eastern side of Arches National Park
Length: 13.5 mile roundtrip
Elevation: 300 feet
Time to Allow: 6 to 8 hours
Season: Year round
The lower portion of the Salt
- Lower Courthouse Wash Trail
- Location: In the southwestern corner of Arches National Park
Length: 5 miles oneway
Elevation: -100 feet
Time to Allow: 3 hours
Season: Year round
Courthouse Wash is a short, but very pretty
- Primitive Loop from Double O to Landscape Arch
- Location: In the Devils Garden area of Arches National Park
Difficulty: Difficult
Length: 2.2 miles oneway
Time to Allow: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Season: Year round
There are two ways to return to
- Upper Salt Wash Trail
- Location: Along the eastern side of Arches National Park
Difficulty: Difficult
Length: 8.3 miles oneway
Elevation: -900 feet
Time to Allow: 4 to 6 hours
Season: Year round
This trail runs through Clover Canyon
- Sovereign Trail
- Sovereign Trail
Type: Scenic delight
Surface: Singletrack - tough
Highlights: Its the only singletrack, and the newest ride in Moab.
Miles: 6 each way
Altitude: 4500
Climbing: 100
Located_near: Moab
Trailhead
Drive north from Moab past the turnoff
Forest/Natural Area
- Fiery Furnace Viewpoint Overlook
- The Fiery Furnace Viewpoint is accessible from the main park road approximately five miles north of Balanced Rock. The overlook provides views into an area thick with fins, spires
Visitor Area/Center
- Arches Visitor Center
- The Arches Visitor Center lies at the main entrance to the park and is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Extended hours for the visitor center occur
Scenic
- Main Park Road
- This road leads 18 miles from the main park entrance to Devils Garden Trailhead. It is paved the entire route with turn outs along the way for safe photography
- Salt Valley Road Improved Road
- Salt Valley Road leads ten miles northwestward from the main park road to the park boundary. The road has a gravel and dirt surface and is usually passable by
- Tower Arch Trailhead Road
- This short road is accessible to two-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles. It leads westward from Salt Valley Road, beginning a short distance north of Tower Arch Road. This is
- Wolfe Ranch Road
- This paved roadway leads eastward from the Main Park Road 11 miles from the park entrance. The road leads one mile to Wolfe Ranch and the Delicate Arch Trailhead.
Off Road Vehicles
- Four Wheel Drive Road
- Four Wheel Drive Road leads ten miles from Tower Arch Road to Willow Flats Road. A four-wheel drive vehicle with high clearance is necessary to travel this rocky, sandy
- Tower Arch Four-Wheel Drive Road
- This four-wheel drive road extends westward three miles from Salt Valley Road. In a mile and a half it meets Four Wheel Drive Road and continues westward a short
- Willow Flats Road Four-Wheel Drive Road
- Willow Flats Road leads westward from Balanced Rock four miles to the park boundary. This road is accessible to high clearance, four-wheel drive vehicles. The route crosses at least
- Eye of the Whale
- Location: In Arches National Park
Surface: Dirt and sand
Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 14 miles oneway
Time to Allow: 1 hour
Season: Year round
The Eye of the Whale road runs about 9 miles
- Klondike Bluffs
- Location: In Arches National Park
Surface: Dirt, sand and slickrock
Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 10.7 miles oneway
Time to Allow: 2 hours
Season: Year round
To get to the seldom visited Klondike Bluffs area of
