Landscape Arch in Arches National Park

We went back to Arches National Park the next day, driving straight to the end of the park, to do the Landscape Arch hike. This is a fairly easy 1.9 mile (3.1 km) stroll along a mostly flat gravel and sand path, though there were some short steep hills.

The line of cars to get through the entrance station; we continue to believe that all parks should have an express line for people with park passes; most of the holdup is due to people paying and/or asking questions:

Entrance queue

Looking downhill at the entrance station and switchbacks:

Switchbacks

Switchbacks

Switchbacks

Rocks:

Rocks

The parking area for the Landscape Arch and Devils Garden hikes:

Rocks and parking

Info on the trail, and also how the fins are formed:

Info

Start of the hike:

Start of the hike

Path

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Path

Rocks

A first look at the Landscape Arch; a little hard to see against the backdrop of rocks:

Landscape Arch

Info:

Info

Closer:

Landscape Arch

Easier to see with sky behind it:

Landscape Arch

Another nearby arch:

Arch

Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch

Jenn taking a picture of me:

Jenn

The path used to go under the arch, but that is closed since part of it collapsed:

End of the path

Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch

Jenn & David

Landscape Arch

On the way back, we took a half-mile side path to Pine Tree arch:

Pine Tree arch

Pine Tree arch

Pine Tree arch

And the Tunnel arches:

Tunnel arches

Tunnel arches

Back at the start of the trail:

End of the trail

Afterwards, we had a picnic dinner at a nice spot:

Picnic dinner

Picnic dinner

We were rather hot, but had come prepared with cooling headbands; I kinda look like a hippie:

David with cooling headband

Finally, some fins:

Fins