Blogs from Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, United States, North America - page 2

The Arch Canyon Trail is an 16 mile round trip to two large arches in the Cedar Mesa area of southeast Utah, west of Blanding and just west of Comb Ridge. This is on the way towards Natural Bridges National Monument is southeast Utah. The trail head is 2.5 miles north of Utah Route 95 along a dirt road. The dirt road is just after passing through the engineered notch in the massive sandstone of Comb Ridge. The trail is mostly an ATV trail so the walking is fairly easy. There are many creek crossings but in fall there is not much water to step through. The trail is sandy and meandering much of the way. Within the first ten minutes of hiking there is the fairly large Arch Canyon Ruins site that has several wall ... read more

This is another one of those hidden spots in southern Utah that gets overlooked because of all the amazing national parks. There weren't a lot of people there when I was visiting but I was arriving late after having toured Canyonlands National Park. The Natural Bridges Monument is located off on its own southwest of Canyonlands. Very pretty scenic drive to get to it if you come from the north or east. The Natural Bridges Natural Monument has a number of natural bridges in residence. It's a smaller park/monument with a 9 mile loop drive to see the major lookouts of the more significant bridges. There are also hiking trails which lead you right down to each of the major bridges. I was running out of time and sunlight so did not have time to do ... read more