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e# 0 5 km Arches National Park 0 2.5 miles Yellow Cat Flat DEVILS GARDEN Dance with the devil on the park's longest trail, stopping along the way DOUBLE O ARCH to enjoy spectacular views of eight Double your fun with a hike out to arches. these twin arches. C Private Fin anyon De Arch vils Devils Garden Ga #æ Primitive Loop Klondike Dark Angel #æ rd Bluffs en Wall Arch Double O Arch #æ (fallen) Tower Navajo Arch #æ Arch #æ Pine Tree Arch #æ n #æ Partition Arch #æ #æ r Ca yon #æTunnel Arch ve Landscape Arch lo #æ C FIERY FURNACE Marching Devils Garden Head out on a ranger-guided trek Men S# Campground Skyline Arch #æ through this perplexing and #æBroken Arch mind-defying sandstone maze. Sa lt Va lle #æ Sand Dune Arch y S a l t W a s Fiery h Furnace Delicate Arch (4829 ft) ö# Fiery Furnace Viewpoint #æ ö# Salt Valley Overlook ö# LANDSCAPE ARCH Wolfe Delicate Arch D #– (1mi); Ranch Viewpoint I-70 (16mi) Tramp your way out for views of North America's longest natural arch at 93.3m. Arches National d Park R l Park na io t Panorama a ö# N Point s Eye of the e #æ h c Whale Arch r A ]Û191 Willow Flats #æ Balanced #æ Cove Elephant Rock Butte Ham ArchR #æ (5653ft) Rock #æ Double Arch River crossing, may not Rock #æ North Window be through route Pinnacle D Turret #æ l l #æ South Window a Arch I-70 W BALANCED ROCK 128 t `ß a e Marvel at the power of wind and water r The Windows G Section e beneath this 3577-ton balancing h Petrified C T o boulder. u ö# Dunes r th Viewpoint DELICATE ARCH o us e Wa Clamber up slickrock for a sunset sh Petrified Dunes treat at this iconic rock `ß313 M formation. o ab C Sheep Tower of D an Rock #æ Babel yo n #æ Courthouse Pa ö# Island in the th Three#æ e Towers Viewpoint w v Sky, Canyonlands ay Gossips A k The Organ National Park (22mi) r Courthouse a Towers P ö# er Park Avenue#æ La Sal iv Mountains R Viewpoint do Visitor Center & ra lo M Park Headquarters #ï o o C ab C an yo n `ß128 : : : : : NORTH WINDOW : : : : : Peer across the glory of the Colorado ]Û191 `ß279 : : : Plateau, taking in the rifts, fins and : : canyons that make this : : : land great. : : : : : Moab : : Mill Creek Fork The Needles, Dry D : : : Canyonlands National Park (75mi).

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