Arches National Park Sunset Discovery Tour in Moab, UT

Went to Arches with my family. We spent two different days there and hit up many of the best hikes. I would recommend the Devil's Garden and Delicate Arch. It is a must visit and come early because parking is limited

Certainly one of top US NP. It's located some 10-15 min drive north from downtown. I won't write here how amazing it is, as many already did that and there's nothing I'd add. Instead, I give some tips from our preparing for the trip, as well from our ground experience: - Arches NP is one of few requiring time slot to enter. You can reserve your slot at Recreation website months in advance, - I suggest doing that as soon as you know your visiting date, - I strongly suggest reserving the very first morning slot 7-8 AM, - This will benefit you not waiting in long lines to enter the park gates, - Furthermore you won't have to wait at parking lots for someone to leave to park, - Once inside, around 7.15 AM drive directly to the main star - Delicate Arch. It's around the middle of the Scenic loop drive. At this time there're very few people while later you'll wait significantly just to park, - If you want to hike to the Delicate Arch have in mind you need minimum 2,5 hours - one hour to get to it, another to go back and at least half an hour to spend there. Hike is easy to medium with some narrow parts you need extra care for, - If you don't want to hike, drive a mile further to Lower Delicate Arch viewpoint. The Arch is visible from this point, however in a distance and looks tiny. For much better experience there's a short 10-15 min hike from there to the Upper viewpoint from where the view is fantastic with spectacular scenery around - maybe even better than from the Arch itself, - After visiting the Arch with not so many people at this time you can now easily cover the rest of NP, - I suggest first driving up to the furthest point for the Landscape and Double O Arch, - After that you can drive easily back visiting others - note there are over 2000 arches in the NP, - Must visit are: Sand Dune Arch, Double and Turret Arch, Windows Arches, Balanced Rock, Great Wall, Park Avenue,... - Have plenty of water, sunscreen and hat with you, - We spent around 7 hours in the park and covered all main attractions with short and easy hikes. If you're more to hiking and exploring you can easily spend entire day or even two days.

Arches National Park is definitely worth a visit. You can see the highlights in a day, but an extra day or two will really allow you to to experience the whole park. It isn't a large park. There are tons of arches to see and the main drive through the park has some beautiful views. My favorite arch in the park was Double Arch. If you don't have the capability to hike out to the most famous Delicate Arch, there is a good viewpoint you can go. Just continue on the road past the parking lot for the arch and you will get there in a few minutes. It requires a short uphill hike too but the view is worth it. I hiked about eight miles and was able to reach Balanced Rock, Double Arch, the Delicate Arch viewpoints, Sand Dune Arch, Broken Arch, Landscape Arch, Tunnel Arch, and Pine Tree Arch. We also drove the entire road and saw more arches from the road too.

Arches is wildly - and deservedly - popular for its soaring stone arches, over 2,000 of them (though only a few dozen notable ones on the main park trails). It’s a very easy park to visit, just 4 miles outside of Moab. The park is relatively compact and the entire park road can be driven in an hour. Most of the well-known arches can be viewed on short hikes from trailheads. I was able to see all the arches accessible from park road trailheads in one day. Arches does unfortunately get very crowded and very hot in the high season. I visited in November and crowds were low and the weather was perfect.