<p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><font color="#5f4b32"><span style="background: #fbf0d9;"><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3">Delicate Arch is the most iconic namesake formation in Arches National Park, and that is saying quite a bit: There are more than 2,000 natural arches in park boundaries, the result of millions of years of water and wind.</font></font></span><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3"></font></font></font></p>

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Seeing Delicate Arch

Delicate Arch at Sunset, Arches National Park, Utah.

<div style="color: #5f4b32; font-family: calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #fbf0d9; margin: 8px;"><p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;">Moab is one of the best national park gateway towns in the West: Picture a vibrant desert outpost full of adobe, souvenir shops, and trails, plus drop-dead scenery in every direction. It is a great home base—or stopping point—for a Canyonlands adventure.</p></div>

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Truckin' to Moab

Truckin', Moab, Utah.

<p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><font color="#5f4b32"><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3"><span style="background: #fbf0d9;">This 350-foot sandstone formation is part of the Courthouse Towers group of geological formations in Arches. A popular climbing destination with three distinct summits, the Three Gossips are impressive when viewed from either above or below.</span></font></font></font></p>

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Swapping Stories with the Three Gossips

Three Gossips, Arches National Park, Utah.

<p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><font color="#5f4b32"><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3"><span style="background: #fbf0d9;">There are trails for every kind of hiker In Arches National Park, from easy and moderate trails to the park's best-known arches to days and nights on rugged routes requiring logistical planning. The payoff—those unforgettable views—is well worth the effort. </span></font></font></font></p>

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Hiking the Trails to the Unforgettable Sights

Boots, Arches National Park, Utah.

<p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><font color="#5f4b32"><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3"><span style="background: #fbf0d9;">There are few better spots to watch the last light of day melt over the horizon than Arches National Park. The golden hour transforms the scenery as the sandstone comes alive with the light.</span></font></font></font></p>

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Watching the Sun Setting over the Desert

Sunset near Double Arch, Arches National Park, Utah.

<p style="margin-left: 0.08in; margin-right: 0.08in; margin-top: 0.08in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><font color="#5f4b32"><font face="calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="3"><span style="background: #fbf0d9;">The lack of light pollution makes Arches one of the best places in the Southwest to see the night sky. Find yourself a perfect vantage point and stare into infinity for a few light years' worth of perspective. </span></font></font></font></p>

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Seeing the Milky Way Above Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch & the Milky Way, Arches National Park, Utah.

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