Special Places # 8
Arches National Park
Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 miles (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, as well as a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.
The park consists of 76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi; 31,031 ha; 310.31 km2) of high desert located on the Colorado Plateau. The highest elevation in the park is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte, and the lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. The park receives an average of less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain annually.
Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally named a national monument on April 12, 1929, and was redesignated as a national park on November 12, 1971. The park received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2018
LocationGrand County, Utah, United States
Nearest city |
Moab, Utah |
Coordinates |
38.68333°N 109.56667° |
Area |
76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi; 31,031 ha; 310.31 km) |
Established |
April 12, 1929, as a national monument |
Visitors |
1,663,557 (in 2018) |
Governing body |
National Park Service |
Website |
Arches National Park |
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What an incredible place, H.J! The scenery is amazing and the open spaces absolutely inspiring.
I’m sure that you’d be impressed of the magnitude and beauty. 🙂
What an impressive ;landscape, excellent pictures too.
Thank you very much, Susan. This park is twice as big as Scotland, everything is gigantic. 🙂
How Interesting.
Beautiful landscape captures, HJ! I’ve never been before, maybe some day in our future mid-West travels! 🙂
Thank you so much, Donna. This National Park is a giant beauty. 🙂
I can see why it is called Arches NP HJ, with so many arches. Our Natural Arch NP only has one. Great photos of some amazing and interesting architecture.
Thank you very much, Ashley. 🙂
Really spectacular, HJ. Thanks for sharing.
Thans so much, Chris. 🙂
It was good to have people in the shots to give a sense of scale.
Exactly, I have many more pictures but I wanted to include people in order to show how big these natural monuments are. Thanks, Tom. 🙂
What a wonderful place, HJ! Those arches are enormous!
Yes, they are. Thanks so much, Clare. 🙂