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	Arches National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The national park lies atop an underground salt bed, which is basically responsible for the arches and spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area.
		Arches National Park is U.S. National Park located near Moab, Utah noted for its concentration of natural arches—about 2,000 are found within the park.
		The area was subsequently upgraded to national park status on November 12, 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arches_National_Park (1155 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Arches National Park is one of the most popular destinations among the many national parks and monuments in Utah and nearby states, and thousands of tourists from all over the world visit it each year.
		Although there are arches and natural bridges found all over the world, these natural phenomena nowhere are found in such profusion as they are in Arches National Park, located in Grand County, Utah, north of the town of Moab.
		Arches was on the northern fringe of the Navajo lands, and although they passed through the area there is no evidence that Navajos lived within the park area.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/a/Arches_National.html (1114 words)

	Arches National Park Utah.com
		This National Park is a red, arid desert, punctuated with oddly eroded sandstone forms such as fins, pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks, and arches.
		Hiking through the rolling sandstone of Arches National Park is to follow in the footsteps of prehistoric Native Americans.
		Arches National Park contains the world's largest concentration of natural stone arches.
	www.utah.com /nationalparks/arches.htm (373 words)

	GORP - Arches National Park
		In Arches National Park, the forces of nature have—over an immense span of time—created a wondrous landscape.
		With 73,379 acres to its name, Arches is on the small side for a national park, and few areas are isolated enough to make the backcountry cut.
		In the desert heat of southern Utah, many visitors find that exploring the Arches from the comfort of an air-conditioned automobile is an acceptable compromise between experiencing the outdoors and being assailed by it.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ut_arche.htm (1157 words)

	Arches National Park
		Arches National Park is located in the high desert twenty miles south of Interstate 70, five miles north of Moab, Utah, off Highway 191.
		The park is the home of the Landscape Arch, which at over 300 feet is one of the longest arches in the world.
		To be considered an arch, the arch must have an opening of at least three feet in length.
	www.land-we-love.com /arches_national_park.htm (614 words)

	Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
		Arches National Park is located just four miles north of Moab.
		The park was a National Monument until 1964 when it was designated a Park.
		Most of the hundreds of arches found in the park are formed in the Entrada Sandstone, a reddish-brown formation of very hard sandstone.
	www.austintx.net /JStroman/JRS_RRC/arches.htm (1993 words)

	Arches National Park, Moab, Utah
		Arches National Park lies over an underground salt bed called the Paradox Formation which is responsible for the arches, spires, balanced rocks, fins and eroded monoliths scattered throughout the park.
		Arches National Park preserves over two thousand natural sandstone arches, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations such as balanced rocks, fins and pinnacles.
		Except for isolated remnants, the major rock formations visible in the park today are the tan-colored Navajo Sandstone and the salmon-colored Entrada Sandstone of which most of the arches are composed.
	sangres.com /np/arches.htm (723 words)

	Arches National Park
		Arches National Park lies atop an underground salt bed called the Paradox Formation, which is responsible for the arches, spires, balanced rocks, fins and eroded monoliths common throughout the park.
		Arches National Park is located in southeastern Utah, just 5 miles north of the town of Moab, on Highway 191.
		Arches features a wide variety of hikes, from short 10 minute walks (suitable for all ages) to 4 hour hikes into some of the remote sections of the park.
	www.utahredrocks.com /archesnationalpark.htm (2327 words)

	Arches_National_Park_Photos_By_Lorrie_geolor.htm
		Arches National Park: Natural Sculptures Arches, made a Utah national park in 1971, has the world's largest concentration of natural arches; more than 200 dot the park's desertscape.
		One of the over 200 arches in the park.
		The arches are here because at one time the area was an ocean that receded and left a mixture of sand, silt, lime, and other materials that became a 500-foot-thick layer of sandstone, called Entrada Sandstone.
	4dw.net /geolor/Arches_National_Park_Photos_By_Lorrie_geolor.htm (948 words)

	Arches National Park - Photo Gallery
		Arches National Park (09/28/2004) The entrance to Arches National Park.
		Arches National Park in South Eastern Utah is a photographer's paradise.
		Colorado River (35 pictures) Arches National Park is just north of the Colorado River.
	protophoto.com /subject.html?subject_id=421 (472 words)

	Utah - Arches National Park
		This settlement, once a base for the uranium mining industry, is now a major center for recreation and is close to several National Park areas including Canyonlands NP and Colorado NM as well as Arches, and is a starting point for many boat trips down the Colorado River.
		Past the entrance station, the park road climbs up a steep cliff with several sharp switchbacks and then winds for 25 miles through the sculptured red rocks and sandy desert passing close to many of the major features, although much can only be seen by walking along various short trails.
		As well as the arch, the end of the trail offers magnificent views across the multicoloured rocky land in the park, and across to the snow-covered La Sal mountains near the Colorado border.
	www.americansouthwest.net /utah/arches/national_park.html (690 words)

	Arches National Park
		Designated a national monument in 1929, after officials of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad lobbied director of the National Park Service Stephen T. Mather, Arches was enlarged in 1971, and made a national park.
		Many of Arches' collection of arches and other rock sculptures are visible from the main road, which climbs from the Visitor Center up past Courthouse Towers and The Great Wall, and ends at Devil's Garden at the north end of the park.
		Arches' arches rise from a largely bare, slickrock "pavement" of yellowish or rust-red Navajo sandstone, a massive layer of fossilized dunes deposited in a Saharalike desert millions of years ago.
	www.hlla.com /reference/archespark.html (555 words)

	Max Bertola's southern Utah - Arches National Park
		Arches National Park is home to the most dense collection of arches in the world.
		Landscape Arch is located in the Devils Garden section of Arches.
		This particular evening it had been overcast and rainy all evening and then just as the sun was setting there was a clearing in the clouds on the horizon and the sun cut through for just a moment and gave this unusual color to the clouds and sky.
	www.so-utah.com /archcany/arches/homepage.html (399 words)

	Arches National Park, Utah
		According to an item in USA Today 10-Feb-03, with over a million visitors to Arches National Park expected in 2003, plans are currently being considered to expand the park's road system, introduce shuttle buses or limit the number of visitors.
		The two arches closest to the parking area are Tunnel Arch and Pine Tree Arch, reached via a short diversion from the main trail.
		Whereas natural bridges, such as those at Natural Bridges National Monument, are created by the erosion of the stream or river which runs under them, often at the narrowest point of a gooseneck.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/natparks/arches.htm (861 words)

	Arches National Park
		The formations in Arches National Park appear rugged and permanent, but they’re in a constant state of change, as the erosional forces of water, weather and time that created them continue their work.
		The national park contains the greatest concentration of natural stone arches, windows, spires and balanced rocks in the world, and every turn of the road, every panoramic view, every bend of the trail holds new and amazing discoveries.
		Landscape Arch is approximately a mile in from the Devils Garden Trailhead, which is located at the very end of the park's paved road, and the hike is fairly easy.
	www.blackrabbit.com /archesnp.htm (1797 words)

	Arches National Park -- Welcome
		Click here for up-to-date information on Arches National Park
		Established as a National monument in 1929, and as a National Park in 1971.
		The NPS and concessioner Amfac Parks and Resorts work together as a team to ensure that your visit is a memorable one.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ar (271 words)

	Arches National Park (Utah) Part 1
		In 1923 a prospector named Alexander Ringhoffer wrote to the Rio Grande Western Railroad in an effort to publicise the area and gain support for creating a national park, The railroad executives visited the area and were impressed to the extent that a presevation campaign was started.
		While no ancient dwellings have been found in Arches, the are forms the northern edge of ancestral Pueblo territory, People living in modern-day pueblos like Acoma, Cochiti, Santa Clara, Taos, and the Hopi Mesas are descendants of the ancestral Pueblo people.
		The map above shows park entrance just five miles from the town of Moab and the first part of the road through the park.
	www.angelfire.com /oz/colinday/utah/arches1.html (673 words)

	Arches National Park Visitors Guide -- Utah.com
		Arches National Park provides tourists with a spectacular look into Utah's redrock country.
		Moab is just moments away from Arches National Park and is the heart of Utah's Canyon Country.
		Moab is also home to the slickrock bike trail, poison spider mesa offroad trail, colorado river, Canyonlands National Park, and several other beautiful spots.
	www.utah.com /pages/arches.htm (74 words)

	Arches National Park Biking
		Bicycling along Arches National Park's scenic drive is like a surrealistic adventure through the stage of a popular Saturday morning cartoon.
		Four significant arches are located there, and you can hike to and through each in a few minutes.
		There are more than 1,500 of these arches.
	www.utah.com /bike/trails/arches.htm (371 words)

	ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
		The world's largest concentration of natural stone arches is found in Arches National Park.
		There are also remote backpacking areas in Arches National Park and unpaved 4-wheel drive roads.
		The entrance to the park is 5 miles north of Moab.
	www.infowest.com /Utah/colorcountry/Nationalparks/Arches/arches.html (163 words)

	Arches National Park
		The park is named for the more than 2,000 cataloged arches (ranging in size from a 3 foot opening to 306 feet from base to base) that are found here.
		A section of the park known as the Windows boasts several arches in relatively close proximity.
		This is the longest span arch in the park and will probably be the next to collapse.
	www.exploratorium.edu /ronh/adventure/arches.html (725 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Arches National Park
		Arches National Park has one of the largest concentration of natural stone arches in the world.
		One of the many natural arches in Arches National Park.
		Huge monoliths, arches and spires rise out of the arid earth like giant creatures.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/4484gd.htm (287 words)

	Arches National Park
		You then will be able to view activities in Arches National Park, Utah by category which include horseback riding, ATV tours, air tours, biking, entertainment, fishing, golf, guided tours, hunting, museums, paintball, ranch activities, rappelling, river running, shopping, snowmobiling and skiing.
		You will be able to send a postcard of Arches National Park, Utah to your friends and family.
		When you visit Arches National Park, Utah you will want to visit all of the other National Parks nearby.
	www.travelwest.net /parks/arches (467 words)

	Arches National Park
		Delicate Arch; one of the most popular features of Arches National Park.
		OR you may buy the National Parks CD, which has on it all of the National Parks photos on this site, plus many more -- over 470 altogether -- in a larger size, suitable for viewing full screen or printing your own enlargements.
		Gradually erosion and the slabbing off of rock will turn some of these walls into arches.
	www.mind.net /dlmark/NParches.htm (71 words)

	CafeTrip.com (World Wonders) - Arches National Park Pictures, Information & Pics
		Gallery Of Arches, Canyonland and Monument Valley National Parks
		Located in Utah, Arches National Park was named after… well, arches.
		Situated near a place called Moab, the park is full of these weird stone arches.
	www.cafetrip.com /wonders/archesnationalpark (220 words)

	Arches National Park And Cutting Gardens
		Describes the history, landscape, wildlife, and available activities of Arches National Park
		One of the gardener`s greatest pleasures is harvesting fragrant, colorful blossoms throughout the growing season.
	www.remus-lupin.com /arches.htm (339 words)

	National Geographic Travel Guide: Arches National Park
		The fanciful names at Arches National Park—Fiery Furnace, Three Gossips, Marching Men, Dark Angel—don’t do justice to the otherworldly rock formations they denote.
		Photo: Hikers often head to Delicate Arch, the best known of the park’s 2,000-plus freestanding arches.
		Plants at Arches are adapted to the hot, dry environment of the high desert, and the wildlife here is mostly nocturnal.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Arches_National_Park (121 words)

	See America's National Parks - Travel Information for all 388 National Parks
		But America's National Parks are more than just hiking, camping, and bird-watching.
		So whether you want a wilderness adventure, an historical quest, or a big city escapade, America's National Parks are your destination of choice.
		Names that made America's National Park system famous for its undisturbed, natural beauty.
	nps.seeamerica.org /pmgr?.../destinations/archesnationalpark (224 words)

	Arches National Park Visitor Information Guide
		Set in the high desert of southeastern Utah, it is home to the largest concentration of sandstone arches in the world, some 2,000 in all.
		That the simple actions of erosion over tens of thousands of years could produce what appear to be purposefully sculpted formations is endlessly fascinating to behold.
		Use this pop-up menu to explore another destination or activity in Utah:
	go-utah.com /utah/arches-national-park/Arches.html (107 words)

	Arches National Park
		Crowd control: with a pilot program at Arches National Park, the National Park Service is charting a promising new course for visitor management.
		Arches National Park, 76,519 acres (30,979 hectares), E Utah; est.
		C126/88: Utah: Arches National Park, Double O Arch (Archive Photos)
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0804576 (261 words)

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