The terrain rises and falls and there are many large rocks to admire and play on!ĭelicate Arch stands more than 480 feet above the parking lot and trailhead below, and you won’t get even a glimpse of it until you are coming around one of the last ledges – but when you see it, you know. It can be difficult to identify a trail after you go up and over the first big hill, so keep an eye out for cairns and just keep following them. The trail to Delicate Arch is dotted with various cairns along the way, which makes up for its lack of signage. There are a couple of sections where you walk along a ridge with exposure, but these sections are short and the ridge is fairly wide and level. The hike is only 3 miles round-trip and described as “Difficult” or “Moderate” depending on which hiking guide you consult, but we saw young children doing it with ease. You will see a sign advertising Delicate Arch at a right turn, and the trailhead begins at the ranch, on the left side of the road. The hike to Delicate Arch begins at the Wolfe Ranch turnoff, about 11 miles up the Arches Entrance Road. In a national park that has over 2,000 unique arch formations, we had one specific arch in mind that we were dying to photograph at sunset – the iconic Delicate Arch.
We finally made it to our ultimate destination, the place that inspired our entire spontaneous Utah road trip: Arches National Park! The otherworldly arch formations had been popping up all over Instagram photos in the months prior, and though we had made a bit of a detour on our trip chasing the warm weather, we were greeted with gorgeous blue bird skies and sunshine upon our arrival.