Fall Break 2025- Utah Road Trip (Part 3)

The next morning was raining again, so we took our time getting into Arches National Park. We decided to drive to the back of the park and start there to try and wait out the rain.

We hiked the 2.5 mile hike to Landscape Arch, Tunnel Arch and Pine Tree Arch. It rained for most of the hike, but stopped towards the end. 

Landscape Arch is the longest natural arch in North America. Pieces of the arch have been falling off, so it will be interesting to see how long it lasts!

Tunnel Arch

Pine Tree Arch

She is always doing cartwheels and handstands :)

Our second hike of the day was to Sand Dune Arch. It's a short walk from the parking area.

From Sand Dune Arch we walked about 1.5 miles roundtrip to Broken Arch.

Next we headed to the windows section of the park. It is the most popular section of the park. We stopped at Double Arch first, which is the tallest arch in the park. It's only about a half mile walk from the parking lot. 

Next we walked to windows and Turret Arch. Caitie and Conor loved climbing up into the windows.

Gorgeous view through the window

Can you spot Caitie with Turret Arch? So tiny! It really was amazing to be surrounded by all of these enormous arches!

Next our list was Delicate Arch. I was really looking forward to hiking to this arch. It's the most well known and its really pretty. It's a 3 mile round trip moderate to strenuous hike with 480 feet of elevation. It was definitely a difficult hike, but really worth it. It was so amazing to see in person!

The sun started to set as we left the park and it lit up the rocks in such a beautiful color. 

Sunset in national parks are my absolute favorite time. We were blasting music and singing and having a great time.

It was raining heavily every time we entered the park, so we finally got our National Park photo on the way out. This is park #21 for all of us!

The kids were tired and wanted to stay in for dinner, so Michael and I picked up Mcdonalds for them and then we headed to Josie Wyatts Steakhouse, which was the restaurant at our hotel. We walked over 15 miles this day and really saw some amazing arches. It was a great day.