📘 Park Overview
Discover a landscape of contrasting colors, land forms, and textures unlike any other. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive rock fins, and giant balanced rocks. This red-rock wonderland will amaze you with its formations, refresh you with its trails, and inspire you with its sunsets.
🌤 Weather Information
Arches is part of the Colorado Plateau, a "high desert" region that experiences wide temperature fluctuations, sometimes over 40 degrees in a single day. The temperate (and most popular) seasons are spring (April-May) and fall (mid-September-October), when daytime highs average 60 to 80 F and lows average 30 to 50 F. Summer temperatures often exceed 100 F, making strenuous exercise difficult. Winters are cold, with highs averaging 30 to 50 F, and lows averaging 0 to 20 F.
🚗 Directions
Arches National Park is located in southeast Utah, five miles north of Moab on US 191. From Moab, Utah, drive five miles north on Main Street/US 191. Turn right at the stoplight. From Interstate 70, take exit 182 (Crescent Junction), then drive south 28 miles on US 191. Turn left at the stoplight.
Images
Exploration awaits at Arches
Credit: NPS/Veronica Verdin
Double O Arch is one of many large arches in the Devils Garden area
Credit: NPS Photo
Delicate Arch is perhaps the most famous natural arch in the world.
Credit: NPS Photo
Arches offers some excellent night sky viewing.
Credit: NPS/Wonderly
The Park Avenue trail is one of many hiking trails at Arches, ranging from easy to strenuous.
Credit: NPS/Herbert
Activities
Topics
Operating Hours
Entrance Fees
Entrance Passes
3-Day Weather Forecast
Saturday, Nov 8
Sunny
High: 65.3°F | Low: 36.2°F
Humidity: 35%
Wind: 7.8 mph
Rain Chance: 0%
UV Index: 0.7
Sunrise: 06:53 AM
Sunset: 05:11 PM
Moon: Waning Gibbous (91%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 35.7°F
Cloud Cover: 0%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Sunday, Nov 9
Sunny
High: 56.8°F | Low: 30.4°F
Humidity: 35%
Wind: 5.4 mph
Rain Chance: 0%
UV Index: 0.7
Sunrise: 06:54 AM
Sunset: 05:10 PM
Moon: Waning Gibbous (83%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 27.4°F
Cloud Cover: 0%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Monday, Nov 10
Sunny
High: 63.3°F | Low: 33.4°F
Humidity: 21%
Wind: 3.6 mph
Rain Chance: 0%
UV Index: 0.7
Sunrise: 06:55 AM
Sunset: 05:09 PM
Moon: Waning Gibbous (73%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 29.6°F
Cloud Cover: 0%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Park Alerts
Park Events
Campground Evening Program
Enjoy the setting sun with a park ranger and learn about topics as vast as the night sky or as small as the tiniest pothole-dwelling creatures.
Topics change nightly. Free; all ages welcome. No advance reservation needed.
Date: May 4, 2025 12:00am to May 4, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Patio Talk
Join a park ranger in front of the visitor center to learn why Arches is such a special place. See the program board inside for today’s topic!
Location: Arches Visitor Center front patio
Date: Jun 2, 2025 12:00am to Jun 2, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Campground Evening Program
Enjoy the setting sun with a park ranger and learn about topics as vast as the night sky or as small as the tiniest pothole-dwelling creatures.
Topics change nightly. Free; all ages welcome. No advance reservation needed.
Location: Devils Garden Amphitheater
Date: Jul 7, 2025 12:00am to Jul 7, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Art in the Parks
Watch Community Artist in the Parks Charlotte Quigley create works of art inspired by the park's varied landscapes. Or, join her (with your own art supplies) for a side-by-side creative endeavor. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.
Location: Park Avenue Trail
Date: Jul 15, 2025 12:00am to Jul 15, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Service Saturday: Volunteer Event
Date: Jul 26, 2025 12:00am to Jul 26, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Art in the Parks
Watch Community Artist in the Parks Charlotte Quigley create works of art inspired by the park’s varied landscapes. Or, join her (with your own art supplies) for a side-by-side creative endeavor. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.
Date: Aug 1, 2025 12:00am to Aug 1, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Art in the Parks
Watch Community Artist in the Parks Charlotte Quigley create works of art inspired by the park's varied landscapes. Or, join her (with your own art supplies) for a side-by-side creative endeavor. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.
Location: fins near Sand Dune Arch
Date: Aug 1, 2025 12:00am to Aug 1, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Art in the Parks
Watch Community Artist in the Parks Charlotte Quigley create works of art inspired by the park’s varied landscapes. Or, join her (with your own art supplies) for a side-by-side creative endeavor. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.
Location: Pine Tree Arch off of Devil's Garden Trail.
Date: Aug 6, 2025 12:00am to Aug 6, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Art in the Parks
Watch Community Artist in the Parks Charlotte Quigley create works of art inspired by the park's varied landscapes. Or, join her (with your own art supplies) for a side-by-side creative endeavor. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.
Location: Pine Tree Arch, Devils Garden Trail
Date: Aug 6, 2025 12:00am to Aug 6, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Music in the Campground
David Boye is a musician, composer, and former National Parks Artist in Residence from Lincoln, NE. His music suggests the quiet beauty of the West and incorporates recordings of soundscapes collected at national parks during his travels. Learn about the important role artists, creative writers, and musicians have played and continue to play in illuminating the endless wonders of our national park lands while David's music fills this natural amphitheater.
Location: Devils Garden Campground Amphitheater
Date: Aug 6, 2025 12:00am to Aug 6, 2025 12:00am
Paid Event
Visitor Center & Contacts
📍 Physical Address:
5 miles north of Moab, Utah, on US 191
Moab, UT 84532
🏤 Mailing Address:
PO Box 907
Moab, UT 84532
📞 Voice Phone: 4357192299
✉️ Email: archinfo@nps.gov