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  2. Arches National Park - Wikipedia

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    Arches National Park is a national park of the United States in eastern Utah.The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah.The park contains more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the well-known Delicate Arch, which constitute the highest density of natural arches in the world.

  3. Delicate Arch - Wikipedia

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    Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall (16 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States. [1] [2] The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1896.

  4. Devils Garden (Arches National Park) - Wikipedia

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    Devils Garden [note 1] is an area of Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, United States, [2] that features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion. [3] The Devils Garden Trail, including more primitive sections and spurs, meanders through the area for 7.2 mi (11.6 km). [4]

  5. Why is Arches National Park so famous? What to know ... - AOL

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    What time does Arches National Park open? Arches National Park is open 24 hours a day. Visitors should plan to arrive early in the morning or later in the day. The park notes that many trailhead ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Arches ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arches National Park, Utah, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]

  7. Double Arch (Utah) - Wikipedia

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    Double Arch was formed differently from most of the arches in the park. It is what is known as a pothole arch, formed by water erosion from above rather than more typical erosion from the side. The larger opening has a span of 148 feet (45 m) and a height of 104 feet (32 m). [ 2 ]

  8. The Organ (Arches National Park) - Wikipedia

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    The first ascent of the true summit was made in March 1986 by Pete Gallagher and Steve Sommers via the class 5.11 Death By Hands route. [6] [7] In April 1986, Duane Raleigh climbed it solo via the class 5.10 Dune route, but he became disconnected from the rope while descending the second rappel and free-fell 160 feet until miraculously arrested by his haul line which jammed in a crack during ...

  9. The collapse of an iconic arch in Utah has some wondering if ...

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    While the National Park Service is not physically fortifying arches — it abandoned a plan to coat one in plastic in the 1940s — it has enacted strict policies to limit human impact on the ...