Arches NP

This dramatic pier of dark rock in the Courthouse Towers area of Arches NP combines one of the most impressive towers in the park with one of the smaller window arches.

At the top of the hill as you enter Arches National Park, this valley appears on the left as two rows of dark red skyscrapers. Welcome to Park Avenue We

Three towers of various shapes rise above the valley called Park Avenue near the entrance to Arches National Park.

Here’s a colorful set of towers showing off plenty of layers of rock. What does it look like to you?

On the hike to Landscape Arch, we passed this dead tree in front of colorful cliffs.

This long, narrow arch lost a big chunk of its underside in the 1990s, making it even more dramatic of a leap across the hillside in Arches NP.

This ground-level arch is a quarter mile off the trail to Landscape Arch.

Looking across the Salt Valley, the towers and canyons of the Fiery Furnace fill the far horizon. National Park signs warn you not to hike into this labyrinth unless you have a guide.

This view of the iconic Delicate Arch (seen on Utah license plates) is from the valley just south of the arch.

Two arches share a central arch of stone in this popular part of Arches NP.

The Elephants group of rocks in Arches NP glows in the sunrise light.

Golden morning light on Turret arch near the Windows area.

With Elaine in front of South Window arch, illuminated by the morning light.

A wider view of the sunrise scene through North Windows arch. Spectacular!

Here’s the view through North Windows arch looking toward the rising sun.

Silhouettes in North Windows arch at sunrise.

Arriving at Arches National Park early in the morning, we drove to the Windows arches to join the people viewing the sunrise through it.