Get up close with the most famous and breathtaking rock formations in Arches National Park, each with its own unique story and grandeur.
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Two Thousand Arches and Counting
This series, Icons of Stone, explores the famous formations that have made Arches National Park one of the most recognizable landscapes on Earth.
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Utah's Freestanding Icon on the Edge
Delicate Arch stands completely alone on the rim of a slickrock bowl, with no canyon wall or cliff backing it up — just open sky and the La Sal Mountains behind it.
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Three Hundred Feet of Defiant Stone
Landscape Arch stretches 306 feet from base to base, making it the longest natural arch span in North America.
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Double Arch Shares One Stone Foundation
Double Arch formed through an unusual process called pothole erosion, where water pooling on top of the rock ate downward through the sandstone rather than undercutting…
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Three Thousand Tons Defying Gravity Daily
A boulder the weight of nearly nine fully loaded Boeing 747s sits on a pedestal that looks like it could snap at any moment.
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Framing Stone Through Stone at Windows
The North and South Windows sit so close together that early visitors called them the Spectacles — two enormous oval openings in a single sandstone wall that do, in…
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Devil's Garden Beyond the Famous Span
Devil's Garden contains the densest concentration of arches in the entire park, with more than sixty cataloged within its boundaries.
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