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Arches

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. Operating-hours data available from NPS. Entrance-fee data available from NPS.

Use this park condition page to compare map context, current alerts, facilities, weather, and planning recommendations before shaping a one-day visit.

For a perfect Arches day, start with the official alert status, then decide which mapped stops, short walks, scenic drives, and backup options still fit your group.

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Arches National Park

Forecast

Partly Cloudy

Coverage: stale

Air quality

AQI 42

Coverage: stale

Sunrise / sunset

6:47 AM MDT / 7:48 PM MDT

781 daylight minutes

Major alerts

2

Important alerts active

Planning help

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Arches

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Interests

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Park map layers

Arches activity map

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Facilities and recreation

Mapped places to consider, with limits in mind.

Activity

3 official or mapped records available here

Campground

1 official or mapped records available here

Event

5 official or mapped records available here

Place

29 official or mapped records available here

Visitor Center

1 official or mapped records available here

Sources and freshness

Where these notes come from.

Official: NPS park profile, alerts, links, and cached feature records.

Community-mapped: OpenStreetMap features and amenities where available.

Application-derived: Scoring, daylight, freshness, data coverage, and condition labels.

AI explanation: Plain-language summaries over selected facts only.

Official links

Check the official details before you go.

Planning guides

Build the rest of the day around the park conditions.

Choose your first stops with the must-see stop guide, then use current alerts and mapped facilities here to decide what should stay flexible.

If heat, storms, wind, snow, or limited visibility could affect your route, pair this page with the changing weather guide before locking in the day.

For practical logistics, review arrival timing and the food and water checklist.

To compare this park with other U.S. national parks, return to the full park directory.

One Perfect Park Day | Arches park conditions, map and recommendations