Moab Utah Hiking, Arches NP, Corona Arch
Entering from Route 191, the road
south from Vernal and Green
River, you find parachute rides
and sightseeing at Canyonlands
Airport . You soon come to the
entrance to Arches National
Park just before downtown Moab.
Arches National Park offers
camping and many great hikes
both easy and strenuous.
For hiking in this area, Tent and RV camping are available on BLM's Potash road for $8 per night, $4.00
with Golden Age Pass. Dump stations are available in town at private parks and at RV service centers
where a twenty four hour self-pay station is $5. Quality RV, 850 South Highway, $5.00 24
hours
Self-pay envelopes at the tent and RV sites, check or cash.
The Williams Bottom sites are a mix of small and large sites, some pull thru with cottonwoods for shade.
Drive through the campground, pick an unoccupied site, pay at the kiosk, and clip your receipt to the post.
Also on the Potash Road, the Gold Bar site with large sites on the Colorado River.
Private campgrounds are nearby in the town of Moab. .
Many wild animals inhabit Arches National Park, common sights being the coyote, the mule deer,
and in certain sections of the park, the Big Horn Sheep. Sheep were reintroduced to Arches
National Park and now number 100 animals.
Good roads through Arches National Park and many viewpoints make it a great place to drive through,
particularly at sunrise or sunset.
A great day-hike is Delicate Arch. 3-4 hours This is a good sunrise hike for making photos.
Sunrise 6 am to 9 am Sunset, 6 pm to 8 pm, Summer
Moab, Utah,
Arches National
Park is a great
place for hiking.
The trail to
Delicate Arch is a
moderate hike as
is the hike along
the Courthouse
Wash
The Gold Bar Camp Ground and RV Park on the Colorado
River might be deserted during an August weekday. If you
tent or RV in this area, a good half-day hike from the
campground is Corona Arch from the trail head across
the road from the Gold Bar Campground.
The hike to Corona Arch is a gentle hike with a round trip
time of about thee hours. Two arches are side by side,
Bowtie Arch, an arch in the stages of forming and Corona
Arch, a free standing arch that you can walk under. (Left)
A hike from this point in Arches NP takes you through the Courthouse Wash beneath the
distant spires for a short hike. Two miles round trip.
Moab,Utah is 30 miles south of
Green River and 112 miles west of
Grand Junction, CO.
Moab Utah offers some great
hiking that will present great
views in a wildly tortured landscape
shaped by the elemental forces of
the Colorado River, the wind, and
millions of years of sediment, uplift,
folding, faulting, and earthquake.
You will hike through an eroded
landscape of petrified sand
dunes and stratified layers of red,
that spreads over a huge area of
Moab and makes an inspiring hike.
Moab Utah Hikes
Hiking to Corona Arch
Hiking Arches National Park
Hiking Courthouse Wash
The Courthouse Wash Hike in Arches National Park is a short quarter day hike on a mild slope
beside the towering red rocks called the Courthouse. Though gentle enough in steepness, any hike in
Moab will require ample water and protection from the sun. Two mile round trip
Hiking Trail to Corona Arch across from the Gold
Bar Campground
Moab Utah Hiking, The Potash Road
Parking areas along the road at Arches Nation Park make A hike through the Courthouse Wash possible. You walk beneath the distant spires for a short hike through a section that connects to a lower parking lot
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The Potash Road along the Colorado River offers many hiking trails near several Tent and RV
campsites. Cliff Climbing is popular in this area Corona Arch Trail a favorite
Hiking maps are available at the tourist information center in Moab
Moab Utah's hiking includes short, half-day hikes
to Delicate Arch in Arches NP, and to Corona
Arch on the Potash Road near the Gold Bar
Campgrounds
Trail to Corona and Bowtie Arches
A few miles beyond that, you cross the Colorado River on a low bridge and enter
Moab, an oasis of lively clubs and restaurants, hotels and RV parks and a town
dedicated to hiking, biking, rafting, cliff climbing, camping, and four wheeling
in the vast rock playground that is the Moab Valley.
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