Four Corners Furtherance: Devil's Garden Trail at dusk

The two most popular hikes in Arches National Park is the walk to Delicate Arch, discussed a couple of posts ago, and the Devil's Garden Trail. Landscape Arch is the most distinctive arch on the trail. It's 300 feet long but is only 11 feet thick at its narrowest point. Nineteen Septembers ago a 73-foot slab fell from the thinnest part of the arch--the rest of it could collapse at anytime, as another one on that same trail, Wall Arch, did in 2008.

Since there are over 2,000 sandstone arches on the trail, there are of course some on this trail. On the upper right is the aptly named Tunnel Arch.

We walked the Devil's Garden trail at sunset, which is how why Pine Tree Arch appears as it does. And after the hike we drove to our hotel in Moab, but not before taking one more photograph.

Next: Archless

Earlier posts:

Petroglyphs
Arches National Park and the symbol of Utah
A final look at Capitol Reef
Butch Cassidy
Chimney rocks
Fruita
Capitol Reef National Park
The controversial Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
A final look at Bryce
Different scenes of Bryce Canyon
"Hell of a place," Bryce Canyon
Red Canyon
Cedar Breaks
Taylor Creek Trail
Kolob Canyons
The geology of Zion National Park
Overview of Zion National Park
Moqui Cave
Arizona's White Mesa and roadside stands
The dogs of Kayenta
Monument Valley at sunrise
Monument Valley at sunset
The road to Monument Valley
The monument is closed and in the wrong spot
More of Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park and the Ancients
Gerald R. Ford Memorial Highway
Flatlanders battle the Rocky Mountains and a car gets altitude sickness
Buffalo Bill's gravesite
Buffalo Bill's Scout's Rest Ranch
My rattlesnake sighting


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