Arches NP, Utah

Wind, water and time joined with geological phenomena to create  2,000 (plus or minus) named and catalogued arches.  An arch that exists today may crumble and no longer be there tomorrow.    New arches are constantly forming.  This concentration of arches is the greatest density of these formations in the world.  Many can be seen driving along the paved road while others are only accessible by a hike of various length and intensity.  Here are some of the spectacles in the park.

This is known as Park Avenue as the structures resemble buildings down an avenue.

                This one is the 3 gossips

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The Devil's Garden trailhead with the RVs parked in the parking lot.







and now some of the arches

Landscape Arch stretches over 300ft in length and is one of the longest arches around.

Delicate Arch is so synonymous with Utah that it is featured on the state’s lines plates.  To get to this arch one must conquer the elevation change – 480ft with no shade along the route.

Partition Arch.

Pine Tree Arch.

The top of the very beautiful Double O arch.

           North and South Windows.

North Window and that little figure there is Nikki.

Double Arch Bridge.