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You’ll climb up a small sandstone fin and hike along its crest until you reach a sign that directs you to a slightly higher fin. The main Devils Garden Trail will continue across the sand and a sandstone hilltop. Enjoy the scenery and then head back to the main trail when you’re ready. Tucked away in the fin and heading into a small canyon is the discrete but commanding Navajo Arch. Along the way, you’ll see erosion in the sandstone fin resembling ghostly shapes before reaching the arch. Arches National Park, Utahīack at the spur, head left to continue onto Navajo Arch. Erosion in sandstone from wind, water, and ice leaving ghostly abstract shapes. Also, astute hikers will recognize that this arch was in plain sight from the vantage points by Landscape Arch. The initial opening is so much larger and admirable that it’s easy to overlook the smaller arch on the opposite side. Once you reach Partition Arch, be sure to find the smaller arch next to it separated by a, you guessed it, partition.

The fork for Partition Arch comes first, squeezing along the base of the sandstone fin the whole way. It’s here that you’ll reach the next spur trail, this one for Partition Arch and Navajo Arch.

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Once you reach the top, you’ll wind through a sandy patch below the tops of the surrounding fins. Past Landscape Arch the trail gets a bit more adventurous as you begin climbing up the crest of a sandstone fin between two much larger fins, the trail often feeling a little steep. Soak in the views and continue onward when ready.

Landscape Arch is just past the fork, and as Arches National Park’s largest arch at 290 feet, deserves to be admired and respected. There’s no right way to go around the loop, so head in either direction, though this writeup heads left toward Landscape Arch. Near the bottom you’ll see the fork for the Primitive Trail to the right.

The trail will drop a bit as you approach Landscape Arch. Arches National Park, Utahīack on the main trail, continue through another set of sandstone fins and emerge at the top of a large basin. A male hiker standing below Pine Tree Arch along the Devils Garden Trail. This is the one that makes you glad you made the spur down. Continue to Pine Tree Arch where you’ll find a surprisingly large arch with a spectacular view through its opening. It’s here that you’ll reach your first spur trail, accessing both Tunnel Arch and Pine Tree Arch.ĭescend a small hill and find Tunnel Arch on the small fork to the right, high up in the fin to your right with another companion nearby. From the trailhead, you’ll pass through two massive sandstone fins, emerging on the opposite side in a large clearing. The trail begins easily enough over a well-packed and wide maintained trail, which will be the case for the first mile to Landscape Arch. After all, if you’re hiking the longest maintained trail in the park, why not do all of it? Devils Garden Trail Description

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The writeup assumes that if you’re going to hike the full loop, you won’t mind the side-trips to the extra features. The full Devils Garden Trail is a strenuous 8.35 mile loop, and has the unique distinction of being Arches National Park’s longest and hardest maintained trail.