Admission to Arches National Park is good for seven days. You can come and go any time with your seven-day pass. Private Vehicle Fee - $30.00 Admits one private, non-commercial vehicle (15 passenger capacity or less) and all its occupants.

Unlike many of the other named features in the park, Balanced Rock can be seen from the park road. It is located 9.2 miles (14.8 km) from the Arches Visitor Center. Although parking is limited, many visitors stop to complete the short hike (0.3 mi / 0.5 km roundtrip) around the rock’s base for unusual and up-close perspectives.<.p>

Arhes National Park is a red-rock wonderland. You can explore much of the park and see many famous arches and rock formations via the paved scenic road. Some short accessible trails and viewpoints provide a closer view of the park. Longer trails lead to more arches and notable rock formations.

Hike Devils Garden Trail and see Landscape Arch. It’s no secret that Devil’s Garden is one of the best hikes in Arches National Park.. While the entire trail is about 7.2 miles long, most visitors will choose to hike the shorter 1.6 mile path to Landscape Arch and back.. The Devil’s Garden area is jam-packed with impressive sandstone rock formations and zigzags past seven arches.

Arches of Arizona. Northern Arizona has much the same geology as southern Utah, soit is prime territory for rock formations also. Many fine arches and a fewnatural bridges can be found in the state, including the unique Wrather Arch,one of the largest in the world. The Grand Canyon, for all its millions ofyears of erosion, has very few; most are found in the Navajo Reservation in thenortheast part of the state.