Arches National Park was established as a monument in 1929 and gained national park status in 1971. The park preserves over 2500 natural arches of all shapes and sizes, as well as a variety of balanced rocks, fins and pinnacles. It is a 76000 acres of park that has good paved roads with many pull off and parking lots at different places. The park during the summer is very busy during the midday. The park service usually has to turn traffic away for a few hours during midday. We always went in around sun up or after 3:00 PM. Best time to catch rocks and shadows from the sun. Some amazing picture opportunities.
The following pictures will give you some idea of some of the great natural features of the park and area. We were in OWW as we drove through and hiked some of the trails.
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| Landscape Arche |
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| Courthouse rock |
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| Balance Rock |
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| One of the most photographed arches called the "Delicate Arch". |
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| Windows Arches |
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| Another one of the Window Arches |
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| As the sun bounces off of the Courthouse Rock |
Beautiful pictures. My son Doug visits there frequently because there's a spot near there that caters to dirt bikers and hill climbers.
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