Arches National Park: How Did It Form?
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2023
- Arches National Park: Here's everything you need to know about how those iconic natural stone arches got the way they did. Like many other unique geological phenomena, the creation of Arches National Park required a unique combination of geologic ingredients. We are lucky enough to live in a time in Earth's history where those ingredients have come together at just the right time for our viewing pleasure, but we should also remember the forces that created Arches National Park will eventually tear it down as well...
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I visited Arches in 2020. It was absolutely stunning. Photos will never do it justice. And it was also a bonus that I recognized some areas from the beginning title sequence of "Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade." 🤓 Seeing Delicate Arch at sunset was definitely a bucket list item, but my personal favorite was Double Arch.
Haha, I love that opening sequence for many reasons, Arches NP being one of them! Such a photogenic and iconic landscape ❤
I love being a Utahn and getting the best license plate in the country with Delicate Arch
No arguments from me there!
montana got the best plates
The Red River Gorge and Big South Fork areas of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky have a spectacular amount of arches as well. It receives very few visitors, is wild and rugged, and is the jewel of my home state.
Big love to Kentucky ❤
SHHHH! We don't want the people going to Arches to find out about this area, Red River Gorge already has too many people. Big South Fork is still extremely quiet and I want to keep that way
Never heard of them👍
I love Arches. I used to go on camping trips there in the 90’s. We were able to drive into the park without paying. Now the world has discovered it and you need reservations to visit.
We had a whole day at Delicate Arch all alone except for one visitor. I have a tattoo from a photo taken on that day
It was great in the winter.
What a great experience and memory to have!
My parents lived in Grand Junction and visited Arches not long after a snow storm. They were really impressed with it. This also would have been back in the 90s when Moab was kind of a sleepy town and definitely super quiet in the winter season.
Back in the sixties my family and I regularly traveled to ALL the monuments and national parks when I was a kid. I can remember hiking up aroyos to secluded desert pools and never running into ANY people. We also hiked to Rainbow Bridge before the Glenn Canyon dam went in. We also hiked across the Grand Canyon and back in four days when I was seven.
I just can't imagine having to make a reservation to visit these places now.
I love hearing stories like this. I love reading about them too, from writers like Ed Abbey. I think those stories are really important to keep alive so we don't forget why these places are so worthy of protection in the first place. Thanks for sharing.
I love your video - thank you!
I was there in May and loved the video in the Arches NP visitors center that explained the formations of the arches but, couldn’t remember it all. I was trying to explain it to my son just recently and went to UA-cam to find the explanation.
& found your video!
Thx again 💞
Another great video! I've been to arches twice and always want to come back.
I would have to say Double Arch is my favorite. Don't really know why.
I would have loved to be Edward Abbey back in the 50's having the whole "Monument" to myself except for a few visitors.
What a strange and magical place! I pray the park service doesn't build more roads to accommodate more visitors.
Oh man, to have been able to have seen some of the things Abbey saw back then would have been incredible. Things have changed so much since then, but we have to keep up the fight that he started to keep these places preserved and protected for future generations! Thanks for watching!
Delicate arch definitely 👍🏼
Thanks for the explanation 😊
visited there in 2004. Completely awe-inspiring!
Agreed!
Been to all 5 Utah national parks. Arches is my favorite! The small size and the sheer amount of arches is incredible. Best hike is the devil's garden primitive loop, it feels other worldly
Nice, can't go wrong with Arches!
Cool video! I visited Arches for the first time in 2020 just before the pandemic hit. It’s a stunningly beautiful place, but if you want any semblance of solitude, get there early in the morning! The park’s small size and great beauty, combined with its easy accessibility from Moab, makes it a very crowded place.
Canyonlands NP is a better park to go to if you want solitude and a lot more options as far as scenery and hiking/backpacking, but Arches is a can’t-miss experience.
I was in Canyonlands last October and had a great time! Missed Arches on that trip, but definitely planning to go back. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for all of the awesome content and great videos!!
Thank you for watching!
Love your videos. I live near 4 corners in Az.
Much appreciated, thanks for watching!
A magnificent area. Loved spending time there as an Australian. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
visited moab last week, crazy how it all formed,
250+ trips to Arches in 2 years = never gets old. There’s always something new to see and still finding new arches all the time!
It’s also easy to find solitude there if you’re willing to actually work for it. 😀
That's a lot of trips! Kind of jealous!
One of my most favorite parks besides Zion and Bryce. Pictures do no justice as to the sheer beauty of the arches. Great video!
I agree and thank you!
So grateful I finally know WHY those arches and features exist, thank you for the explanation🙌🙌🙌
You're very welcome, thanks for watching!
Such a great video. So engaging
Thank you!!
We went in 2021 and all of the arches that we viewed were spectacular. But Skyline Arch has a special place in my heart because we seen it at night, and an unusual star show happened right in front of the arch. A blazing falling star fell, but before it disappeared, it kind of exploded and zapped into a vertical line of stars and the line of stars froze in the atmosphere. The froze trail of stars just kinda sat there for a few min. Then, it started drifting close towards us in a perfect vertical formation until it disappeared into another dimension. A star show in front of Skyline ❤️
Such a cool experience!
We visited Arches National Park over two days while staying in Moab.
The walked to delicate Arch, was a lovely sunny day. When we reached Delicate Arch. Clouds came over and it rain so bad a lot of the path back was impassable and we had to take detours getting back to the car. You hear about flash floods in desert but it's not until you are in one do you realise how quickly it can become a danger
Yikes! Glad you were able to enjoy Arches otherwise and that you all made it back safe.
This was awesome
Great video
Thank you!!
Proud to live in the best state in the country with the most Arches!!!
I had the pleasure of visiting Utah last year for the first time. A stunningly beautiful state - you guys are very lucky!
I visited Arches in 2013, during a road trip from NV to PA. I didn't get to spend more than a few hours there, but I loved what I saw! I was staggered by the sheer size of Double Arch, which absolutely does not come across in picture or video. But my favorite arch is probably Turret Arch, across the parking loop from Double. But I do need to revisit the park when I actually have time for some longer hikes to see things like Delicate and Landscape Arches.
I also say the Gateway Arch on my trip, but that's in a different National Park :p
It seems there's never enough time to see all we want to see in our park visits lol. I always use it as an excuse to go back!
Double Arch, first one ever visited and stays just as awe inspiring when I go back! But also delicate because its isolation
Both great choices!
Another fun video :-), congrats on the ring
Thank you!!
I’ve been to Arches dozens of times (seriously-when I was a kid we would go there several times each year), and it’s fascinating to note the difference between when I was 10 vs now that I’m 58. In particular, sandstone arch was very different when I was a kid. You could get up on the arch and jump off into a steep sand dune underneath it. Now days, you would get seriously injured because the sand isn’t like it used to be-now it’s mostly rock.
Amazing how much these places can change, even in our lifetime
I was there2 years ago. I can recommend to use a private charter company in Moab. Our guide took 4-6. It's not expensive well worth it,and you will see arches the tourist buses dont see. Your in a 4x4 and the second half was Canyonlands...again totally unvisited arches, cliffs and roads. Must Do!!!
Thank you!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks for watching!
It all makes sense!
Love your informative videos! You should do all of Utah's Big Five!
I plan on it! So many good stories from the Mighty Five!
Such a cool park.
Agreed!
They resemble melted buildings with archways. Makes you wonder. Very beautiful
I think you would love the board game "Parks"
I've heard of it, but surprisingly have never played it. It does seem right up my alley though - will have to try it one of these days!
Arches is of course worthy of the attention it gets and drawing in all those tourists. It's kind of a shame it's sometimes too crowded. I've done the hike up to Delicate Arch and got to share the moment with at least 100 other people. Let's just say if you plan to take photos of the arch, learn how to use photoshop to remove people from your finished shot!
Hahaha, I think I'd like to try and go during the off-season with reduced crowds. Have you done that? Any tips?
@@NationalParkDiaries Definitely less hectic in the winter months. You'd want to pack warm clothes and be prepared for possible snow/ice/etc, but often it's simply going to be cool weather. Probably also worth looking ahead to make sure no events are going on in Moab, since it's quite the hub for off road stuff as well as National Park tourism
There are more Arches in Colorado National Monument in GrandJunction, CO
The good thing to know is that to reset the clock on Arches National Park we just have to repeat the whole process that created it in the first place. Shouldn't take more than a few million years :)
Hahaha, we've got plenty of time 😂
Are there any current places like the early stage of development, where there are just a bunch of vertical cracks exposed at the surface? Those canyons/crevasses would be cool.
Basically any places where you can still see those fins, but haven't had a window opened yet. All of those fins on the edge of Salt Valley are the remnants of those vertically fissured rocks.
3:23 is this some kind of large spring feeding the river?
I’m a bit confused…. So does sediment accumulate or erode away? You say it accumulated to cover the salt then eroded away to uncover it? What am I missing?
I'm heading to Utah in Dec for a birthday trip. I have a National Parks pass and am looking to go to one.
I think December will be a great time of year for that! Cold, but not a lot of crowds that time of year. Any ideas which park/parks you want to visit?
@nationalparkdiaries I have not made a decision, but Arches, Bryce Canyon and Zion are on the list. I do have a friend in Moab, so that might sway me towards Arches a little more.
Good deal. You could hit Canyonlands over there too. Also very accessible from Moab. Have a good trip!
Trip out top side, arch of covenant i see the two angels in a kneeing bow posture the angels wings are also stretched point up words
When i saw this it reminded me of the beautiful Utah arches i always use to day drem how beautiful will be to explore experience a trip to Utah arches i can't remember the book cover Posted a beautiful picture of. To me will look at mine go active to a day dreem to The Utah arch now i have to get out there try to go ther know always daydream about getting fudge out here go fishing or exploring the California costline iam from point magu ca
One days im going plan out trip hopefully by next spring any best time of year to check out arch
Never been there.
So what you're saying is there's coming a time when it will have to be renamed "Fallen Arches National Park"?
It very well could be! That would be a great story in itself
2008: the collapsing of multiple walls (wall st and wall arch)
Hahaha, never thought about that!
I think Delicate Arch was a cave at one time…
Yeah, nearly all of these arches would have started off as small openings in the rock like that at one point!
"5,000 ft of salt - enough to fill a youtube comment section" 🤣
Too true though 🤣
Flowing salt pushed up solid rock? That doesn’t make sense. What caused it to flow in the first place? And why would make salt overcome the rock?
Enough to fill a youtube comment section 😅😅
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OK OK OK YA ARCHES ARE COOL
YA GEOLOGY IS COOL
YES USUALLY IM THE ROCK NERD
BUT
In Moab, right next to the Park, not even a whole mile up river (in fact barely a 1/5th a mile) from the highway bridge lies a little spot called the Moab Bridge Boat Launch. You can see this in Google Earth.
"Cool Toast, a boat launch, whatever" you might say?
And ya, reasonable reaction IF you just look out across the river and dont turn around...
But look behind you and you shall find a couple Large Locked Steel Doors built right into the cliffsides overlooking the Colorado River.
But what could these be? A strange Hermits humble abode? An old Uranium mine? Just a goofy tourist attraction that the city doesnt do a good job of advertising?
Well a couple years ago when I was in Moab (and Arches) me n my parents were standing next to the doors when a tour boat babbled on by, and we could just barely hear the story the man told.
Apperently these old doors were built by the city WAY back when Moab was still 1st and foremost a mining town, and a mining town full of individual miners, not large companies. That meant everyone had there own tools and supplies and especially DYNAMITE!
Apparently, to prevent the whole city from blowing up, when miners came to town they were required to store there dynamite in the cliffs near the river, away from town, rather than on themselves.
Funny enough I've heard a few other stories about these doors
But I personally have not seen a single piece of evidence to confirm or deny any stories about these strange doors that cause so much intrigue to inquisitive passerby's.
That is AWESOME! Do you know if there's still dynamite inside? Kind of reminds me of places that still have mines and unexploded ordinance lying around.
@@NationalParkDiaries The Eifel National Park in Germany has still a lot of ordnance from the last phases of WW2. So much indeed that they closed down some areas because these are too dangerous to pass them.
@@7inrain Whoa, didn't realize this! That's a really interesting conservation dynamic.
Never been there.