Arches National Park, Utah

A great stop along the way to Telluride, Colorado is Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah. Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, like the world-famous Delicate Arch, as well as many other unusual rock formations. This National Park is a red, arid desert, dotted with oddly eroded sandstone forms such as fins, pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks, and arches.

The 73,000 acre region known as Arches National Park is comprised of over 2,000 oddly shaped sandstone forms including pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks and, of course, arches.

The region is a red, hot, dry desert that the forces of nature have sculptured into a wonderland of rock formations. There is a forty mile roundtrip paved road in the Park which guides the visitor to the major sandstone formations including Balanced Rock, Skyline Arch, Double Arch in the Windows Section, Fiery Furnace, and the park's most famous geologic feature - the Delicate Arch.

You can camp in this national Park at Devils Garden. Other activities available within Arches National Park include hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, ATV tours, and custom ATV/Jeep tours. Traveling through the rolling sandstone allows the visitor to tread in the footsteps of prehistoric Native Americans. A true adventure!