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Moab, Utah 84532

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Shamans Petroglyph Panel

Big Bear Petroglyph Panel

UP 4945 + UP 1640, Moab

Sunset silhouettes

La Sal Mountains, from Arches National Park

Too Close For Comfort!

Double Arch aglow

We drove the short distance to the Arches National Park Visitors Center

Looking back we can see traffic backed up to enter the National Park

This is the three Penguins rock formation, a prominent sandstone landmark located near the main entrance of Arches National Park

I posed next to a life-size bronze sculpture of a Desert Bighorn Sheep ram

The towering red rock monoliths of the Courthouse Towers District located near the park's entrance

US 191 snakes outside the National Park

The La Sal Mountains as viewed from Arches National Park

The Tower of Babel, a prominent geological landmark located in the Courthouse Towers District of Arches National Park

The Three Gossips is a formation made up of Estrada Sandstone

The prominent, massive red sandstone monolith visible in the center-right of the frame is The Organ, with parts of the Tower of Babel structures neighboring it

Early visitors nicknamed this canyon "Park Avenue" because the flat desert wash bordered by sheer, blocky rock faces resembles walking down a street lined with New York City skyscrapers

A description of "Fallen Arches"

Courthouse Towers as seen from a different vantage point

Arches features a number of hiking trails

This is the easily accessible section that features the rewarding views of the Double Arch

Double Arch is one of the easiest landmarks in the park to visit

Hikers are shown walking along the Double Arch Trail, a highly popular, flat, and sandy 0.5-to-0.6-mile round-trip path

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