The Road Genealogist: Arches National Park, Utah

Arches National Park, Utah

San Pedro Library, Albuquerque, NM
26 Apr 2014: Some State High Points now contains the high points for TX & AZ

A view of the snow-capped La Sal Mountains not too far from the Park Avenue Viewpoint/Trailhead.

Looking up up the Park Ave trail. The vertical slabs to the right are know as fins.

Estrada sandstone which has been eroded away to leave nature's version of city skyscrapers. The fins are the first step in forming arches.

A look "down Park Ave." That is, a look at the Park Ave Trail, which is a one-way shortcut of about a mile.

A view down the road toward Courthouse Towers.

But first a photo of the Petrified Dunes.

The Organ -- not too far from the Courthouse Towers.

While this may not be the formation called Balanced Rock, it does show a capstone somewhat precariously perched atop a skinny pillar.

"Will the real Balanced Rock please stand up."

At last...some arches. Actually there were more to my back, but there were also a lot of people and their vehicles.

The fins look almost like castles in the distance.

Perhaps the most photographed arch in the park: the Delicate Arch from about a mile to the south.

The plaque explains that the Delicate Arch is 45 ft wide and 33 ft high. It's one of the photos on the page for Utah in my Rand-McNalley Road Atlas.

More photos through the links below.

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Routes:

F 2 May Actual Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Peytroglyph NM - Taylor Ranch Br Lib - High Desert RV Pk

Sa 3 May Actual Route: High Desert RV Pk - Peytroglyph NM - Taylor Ranch Br Lib - Radio Shack - Family Dollar - Wyoming Blvd W/M

Su 4 May Actual Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Juan Tabo Br Lib - Best Buy - San Pedro Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

M 5 May Actual Route: Wyoming Blvd W/M - Erna Ferusson Br Lib - San Pedro Br Lib - Belden W/M

T 6 May Actual Route: Belden W/M - Belden Lib - Salinas Pueblo (Abo) Mission - Mountainair - Manzano Mtns SP

W 7 May Actual Route: Manzano Mtns SP - Mountainair Lib - Salinas Pueblo (Quarai) Msn - Salinas (Gran Quiviria) Msn - Carrizozo - Socorro W/M

Th 8 May Actual Route: Socorro W/M - Old San Miguel Msn - Truth or Consequences - Las Cruces W/M

F 9 May Actual Route: Las Cruces W/M - Memorial Medical Ctr - Truth or Consequences W/M

Sa 10 May Actual Route: Truth or Consequences W/M - Ralph Edwards Civic Ctr - Socorro W/M

Su 11 May Route: Socorro W/M - Lib - ABQ San Pedro Br Lib - Wyoming Blvd W/M

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