Delicate Arch Trailhead – Delicate Arch loop from Delicate Arch Parking

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Delicate Arch Trailhead – Delicate Arch loop from Delicate Arch Parking

Moderate

4.6

(1714)

6,405

hikers

Delicate Arch Trailhead – Delicate Arch loop from Delicate Arch Parking

03:20

10.2km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Arches National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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83 m

Delicate Arch Trailhead

Highlight • Trail

The Delicate Arch Trailhead is where the trail to the famous Delicate Arch begins. There are bathrooms, places to sit, and some informational signs at the start of the trail …

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212 m

Wolfe Ranch Cabin

Highlight • Historical Site

The Wolfe Ranch (later "Turnbow Cabin," after the first caretaker of Arches National Park who lived there) was built by injured Civil War veteran John Wesley Wolfe and his son. …

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281 m

Salt Wash River

Highlight • River

Salt Wash is a freshwater spring deep in the heart of Arches National Park. This year-round spring is quite rare and enabled Indigenous people, who have lived in the Moab …

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451 m

Petroglyph Panel near Wolfe Ranch

Highlight • Historical Site

Just a short distance (a few hundred feet) off the main Delicate Arch trail is an beautiful panel of petroglyphs (images chipped into the rock rather than painted onto it). …

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462 m

Petroglyphs in Arches National Park

Highlight • Historical Site

American Indians treasure rock markings like these because they were carved by their ancestors hundreds to thousands of years ago. Different tribes interpret the images
in their own ways, according to their traditional teachings.

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2.79 km

Delicate Arch

Highlight • Natural Monument

When you arrive at the Delicate Arch there will be a lot of people waiting in line to get a picture. After all, it is the most popular natural landmark …

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