We arrive in Moab in the morning. The first thing we do is get a hotel room for
the next couple of nights. The sun is shining and we have
partly cloudy skies. We decide to take
advantage of the fair weather forecast and visit Arches National Park
Entrance Sign
Park Map
My Hubby favors the
Yellowstone/Grand Teton Parks so we go there every couple of years. However, Arches is my favorite National Park.
It’s been 20 years since we last visited
southern Utah
and I am excited to return to Arches.
While Yellowstone NP (2.2 million
acres) has the world's greatest concentration of geysers (over
10,000 thermal features), Arches (76,679 acres) has the world’s largest concentration of
natural sandstone arches (over 2,000 of them).
It’s a magical wonderland of stone that has been shaped by time
and weather into graceful arches, petrified sand dunes, and a variety of fun
rock formations. Use your imagination – what do you see?
