Name: Skyline Arch Trail
Rating: 4.4

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Family Friendly This arch is close enough and accessed by such a flat, easy trail, that most visitors could manage the trip easily.

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From the roadside, pull off on Devils Garden Road and head north on this flat, well-defined trail. In less than 1/4 of a mile, round the corner of a rock fin and see Skyline Arch. On a cold November night in 1940, a large chunk of rock fell out of the arch, instantly doubling the size of its opening. Late afternoon is thought to be the best time to photograph Skyline Arch for the best color.

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4.4 from 17 votes

#5

in Devils Garden

#791

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4.4 from 17 votes

5 Star		41%
4 Star		53%
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#5

in Devils Garden

#68

in Utah

#791

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Skyline Arch at eye level after scrambling up the rocks on the opposite side.

Dec 24, 2019 near Moab, UT

Mar 9, 2015 near Moab, UT

Mar 9, 2015 near Moab, UT

Skyline Arch from the bottom of the rock wall.

Dec 24, 2019 near Moab, UT

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Jul 18, 2025

Anonymous

0.2mi — 0h 10m

Jun 7, 2025

Caitlin Poore

Totally flat. Fun rocks to climb at the end. Even some easy soloing if you have shoes 0.4mi

Jul 30, 2023

Emily Lin

Jul 24, 2023

Laura Stewart

Jun 22, 2023

Jan Laurens

May 21, 2023

George Vogel

Feb 11, 2023

Christian Gardner

Dec 4, 2022

Teresa Tucker

May 14, 2022

Nick Oostmeyer

With uncle Jum

Dec 15, 2021

Kevin Chen

Nov 12, 2021

Laura Rae

Oct 18, 2021

Arianna Shay

Aug 10, 2021

Shelby C

Jul 3, 2021

Mandy H

May 14, 2021

Jeri Mahoney

Apr 21, 2021

Christine Charron

0.4mi

Apr 17, 2021

Daniel Glowack

Mar 31, 2021

Greg Hunger

Nov 25, 2020

David Hitchcock

Beautiful at sunset as the light causes the rock to become bright red.

Oct 13, 2020

Lou Hibbard

With Jan 0.4mi

Oct 12, 2020

James Carr

Sep 1, 2020

John Marcucci

Aug 29, 2020

Shannon McMinn

Aug 24, 2020

Chris Darwin

Aug 12, 2020

Steven Blank

Aug 11, 2020

Emily M

Jul 29, 2020

E D

Jul 26, 2020

Heather Downey

0.5mi

Jun 30, 2020

alex carlton

Small fun trail — 1h 00m

Jun 29, 2020

Heather Lynn

Feb 19, 2020

Dorcas C. Yao

Sep 29, 2019

Matt Culpepper

0.5mi — 1h 00m

Sep 21, 2019

Kristin Marks

Sep 17, 2019

Anita Peebles

Sep 9, 2019

Stray Cat

Sep 2, 2019

Rich Leicht

Aug 7, 2019

Scott Street

Didn't complete trail due to time constraints. Didn't need walk far from parking lot to get a good view of arch.

Jul 8, 2019

Hannah Witter

Jul 8, 2019

Stephanie Cairney

Jul 1, 2019

Sean Hansen

0.2mi — 0h 15m

Jun 11, 2019

Trpy Erdman

May 8, 2019

Jess S

May 8, 2019

Jeff Becker

Apr 23, 2019

BeckyAurora Thompson

Apr 7, 2019

Tilman Giese

Mar 11, 2019

Kaleb Kleiss Hoeft

0.5mi — 1h 00m

Nov 10, 2018

Brad Baxter

Oct 21, 2018

Ashley Lohmann

Sep 23, 2018

Kari Spethman

Aug 22, 2018

Jen G

Aug 18, 2018

Nick Jennings

Aug 18, 2018

Ted Christensen

0.2mi

Aug 5, 2018

Martin P

Jul 22, 2018

Chris Schneider

Jul 19, 2018

EJ Temme

Jul 15, 2018

Josh Hefti

0.5mi

Jul 10, 2018

Sydney Fritz

Jul 5, 2018

Ryan Chen

Jul 1, 2018

Jeremiah Farwell

Jun 17, 2018

Jeffrey Beckwith

Apr 14, 2018

Greg Bowen

0.43 0.4mi

Mar 24, 2018

Katie McDonald

Jan 8, 2018

Jenna Lucas

Nov 20, 2017

Omar Albayati

Oct 17, 2017

Salvatore Dagate

Aug 31, 2017

Bridget Sipher

Aug 31, 2017

Bridget Sipher

Aug 17, 2017

Greta Schaller

Jan 9, 2017

Ian Ihde

Aug 28, 2016

Dena Marshall

Jul 28, 2016

Sonali Singhai

Jul 3, 2016

mike hesh

Huge arch, short hike. — 0h 10m

May 16, 2016

David Kober

Apr 6, 2016

Justin Scott

Feb 1, 2016

Neomi Graziano

Oct 13, 2015

Nat Wolfe

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Skyline Arch Trail

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Family Friendly This arch is close enough and accessed by such a flat, easy trail, that most visitors could manage the trip easily.

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