Name: Mesa Arch Trail
Rating: 4.5

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Family Friendly An easy trail with a beautiful view of the area.

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Park at the designated area and follow the well-trodden, but unimposing and undemanding trail. The short hike leads to a gorgeous low angle natural arch that frames the valley below it beautifully. If possible, try to catch the view for sunrise when the light catches the red rocks wonderfully.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Canyonlands

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Trail Ratings

4.5 from 73 votes

#1

in Island in the Sky

#9

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4.5 from 73 votes

5 Star		58%
4 Star		32%
3 Star		10%
2 Star		1%
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in Island in the Sky

#1

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#9

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Dec 30, 2018 near Moab, UT

Washerwoman Arch From the Mesa Arch Trail

Dec 30, 2018 near Moab, UT

Mar 30, 2020 near Moab, UT

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Nov 10, 2015 near Moab, UT

Aug 19, 2018 near Moab, UT

Nov 10, 2015 near Moab, UT

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May 4, 2021

Zac Johnson

May 2, 2021

Breck Tuttle

Apr 28, 2021

Abby Allen

Awesome arch! Can get crowded 1mi

Apr 24, 2021

Christine Charron

0.7mi

Mar 27, 2021

Jeff S

Mar 13, 2021

Kristen Duncan

Mar 5, 2021

Stacey Bailey

Feb 7, 2021

Valerie Insardi

Jan 17, 2021

Thomas Cavenagh

With Sean

Dec 21, 2020

Jason Adams

Dec 13, 2020

Rin Sarmiento

Nov 28, 2020

hdjohnson

Big crowd. Beautiful view nonetheless 0.7mi

Nov 27, 2020

David Hitchcock

Nov 26, 2020

Jonah Petoskey

0.7mi — 0h 30m

Nov 2, 2020

Tammy Hawkins

Oct 16, 2020

Lily Adams

Oct 15, 2020

Lou Hibbard

With Jan 1mi

Oct 13, 2020

Laurent Besson

Superb sunrise, crowded with photographers. — 7h 10m

Oct 10, 2020

Roger Coss

Oct 1, 2020

Amy G

Sep 18, 2020

Kayla Lyman

0.8mi — 0h 30m

Sep 16, 2020

Leslie Collins

Sep 6, 2020

Emily L

Aug 26, 2020

Matthew Funke

Nice hike for sunrise but arch isn't as cool as it seems 0.7mi — 0h 15m

Aug 11, 2020

Emily M

Aug 11, 2020

Steven Blank

Aug 10, 2020

Ashley Dalrymple

15 min photos — 0h 30m

Aug 1, 2020

Jackson Ross

0.7mi — 8h 00m

Jul 28, 2020

Kaleb Moody

Jul 24, 2020

Josiah Pang

Jul 22, 2020

Duncan Sanford

1.4mi — 0h 15m

Jul 14, 2020

Julia Gielczynski

Jul 8, 2020

Scott Johnson

Alex, Chris, Danielle (and Baby J) 0.7mi

Jul 2, 2020

Sean Sherry

Jun 30, 2020

Amber Lutsko

Jun 29, 2020

Katie Tansey

Cloudy

Jun 27, 2020

Daniel Bolding

Jun 20, 2020

Jonathan Nicholas

Jun 15, 2020

Lila Bellucci

Jun 9, 2020

Hannah Jorgensen

Beautiful best overlook we've been at so far. Great photo opportunity and very large cliff 0.7mi

Feb 24, 2020

Mikaela Lodahl

Beautiful!

Dec 31, 2019

Amanda Ervin

1.3mi

Nov 4, 2019

Jim Klasinski

Oct 22, 2019

Carrie Ensrud

Oct 7, 2019

Tasha Alexander

Oct 3, 2019

CJ Rhoad

Oct 3, 2019

CJ Rhoad

Sep 21, 2019

Scott S

Sep 19, 2019

Katrin Klaus

Sep 10, 2019

Stray Cat

Sep 2, 2019

Martha Hernandez

Sep 1, 2019

Rich Leicht

Aug 15, 2019

Scott Meier

Aug 13, 2019

Laura Merten

Aug 7, 2019

Scott Street

Jul 30, 2019

Cameron Breither

Jul 20, 2019

Dimitri Almasi

Awesome views!! — 11h 00m

Jul 15, 2019

Bo Taylor

Jul 12, 2019

Jack Sanders

1h 33m

Jul 7, 2019

Stephanie Cairney

Jun 27, 2019

Matt Oleson

Jun 26, 2019

Chris Morales

Just extraordinary. 0.7mi — 8h 45m

Jun 26, 2019

Steve Robinson

0.5mi

Jun 24, 2019

Devin O'Sullivan

Jun 20, 2019

Aaron Fagerwick

0.7mi — 0h 24m

Jun 19, 2019

Pete Hanlon

Jun 10, 2019

Trpy Erdman

Easy hike to arch but weather was hot.

Jun 9, 2019

Sailaja Kotra-Turner

Jun 9, 2019

Mirriam Kay

Trip with Prest, Courtney, and Andrew

Jun 4, 2019

Jake Gigl

0h 24m

May 30, 2019

Sharon Caggiano

May 27, 2019

Xian Fang

May 27, 2019

Mike Patel

May 27, 2019

Deanne Modaff

Nice arch ! 0.7mi — 0h 15m

May 27, 2019

Matt Bryson

May 25, 2019

Cat L

May 20, 2019

Eric Billingsley

0.7mi

Apr 28, 2019

Andy T

Apr 25, 2019

Rebekah Rodriguez

Apr 21, 2019

Private User

Apr 18, 2019

Paul Davenport

0h 30m

Apr 11, 2019

David Berdeja

Apr 9, 2019

Tilman Giese

Mar 30, 2019

Tyler Hincy

1mi

Mar 29, 2019

Jeff Weber

Mar 25, 2019

yehuda nissan

Mar 23, 2019

Benjamin Huskey

Easy, great view 0.7mi — 0h 30m

Mar 20, 2019

A H

Mar 19, 2019

Dennis Chan

Mar 15, 2019

Kenzie T

Absolutely beautiful!! Sunrise makes the underside of the arch orange.

Mar 12, 2019

Devin Beal

Oct 22, 2018

Colleen Woo

Oct 20, 2018

Melissa Lowe

Oct 12, 2018

Jacob Stuckey

Oct 11, 2018

Jacob Stuckey

Oct 4, 2018

Dan Schonert

Sep 26, 2018

Cory Vanarsdel

Sep 22, 2018

Colleen Gebauer

Sep 22, 2018

Brooke Walczak

Sep 18, 2018

Jeff Harper

Sep 17, 2018

Doug Geiger

Short walk, gorgeous views

Sep 13, 2018

Kevin Mears

Sep 6, 2018

Elliot Gardner

0.8mi

Aug 30, 2018

Neil Pickers

Aug 19, 2018

Brooke Kusseling

1.5mi — 0h 25m

Aug 19, 2018

Ted Christensen

0.7mi

Aug 18, 2018

Mac Sec

Aug 17, 2018

Colin Sauter

Aug 15, 2018

Nick Jennings

Aug 13, 2018

Evan Lei

Aug 6, 2018

Ellen Thibodeau

Short hike and got to be right next to the arch!

Aug 4, 2018

Martin P

0h 33m

Aug 3, 2018

Jamie JD

Jul 31, 2018

Chris Jones

Jul 25, 2018

Gary Bow

Jul 24, 2018

Chris Barnes

Jul 22, 2018

Hollywood58 Woodward

Jul 21, 2018

EJ Temme

Jul 14, 2018

Josh Hefti

0.8mi

Jul 9, 2018

Hannah Witter

Jul 3, 2018

Tracey Ziniel

Jun 30, 2018

Shelly Dee

Jun 27, 2018

Jamie Van Fossen

May 31, 2018

Gisele Tlusty

0.8mi

May 27, 2018

Seth Dayvan

May 27, 2018

Moritz Köhler

May 21, 2018

Jeff Pennington

May 21, 2018

Evan Pennisi

0.7mi

May 21, 2018

Leonard Pennisi

May 19, 2018

Caitlin Jones

Apr 30, 2018

Lauren Sully

Apr 19, 2018

Emily Atmore

Apr 17, 2018

Greg Bowen

0.7mi

Apr 15, 2018

Paul Rabic

Apr 14, 2018

Ryan William

Mar 28, 2018

Megan Cleary

Mar 24, 2018

Mckenzie Taylor

Mar 23, 2018

Leopoldo Godoy

Mar 11, 2018

Spencer Swift

Smaller than we thought 0.7mi

Mar 3, 2018

Aleksandar Petakov

Jan 14, 2018

Ron Batcher

0.7mi

Dec 25, 2017

Ki Shore

Nov 25, 2017

Evan Ye

Nov 19, 2017

Omar Albayati

Nov 3, 2017

Private User

Nov 2, 2017

Lea Hairston

Oct 31, 2017

Lea Hairston

Super short hike to awesome view! Best seen early in the morning.

Oct 16, 2017

Salvatore Dagate

Sep 27, 2017

Emily Xiao

0.7mi — 0h 15m

Sep 26, 2017

Emily Xiao

Sep 23, 2017

Dustin Kindall

Sep 18, 2017

T H

Sep 18, 2017

Piet Vlaar

Sep 16, 2017

Kirby Wallace

Beautiful arch overlooking a breathtaking canyon. One of the best sights we've seen in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks!

Sep 7, 2017

Matt Leister

Aug 30, 2017

Bridget Sipher

Aug 27, 2017

Nikki Saurus

Go early morning or else it is too hot!

Aug 25, 2017

Danica Levy

Ravens, an amazing view and clear air. Worth every step! 0.7mi

Aug 13, 2017

Adam Kopp

Jul 27, 2017

Dawn Hocutt

Jul 24, 2017

Richard Vogel

Awesome

Jul 18, 2017

Emily Schmucker

Cool view of the Canyonlands. Perfect short hike to take in the view. McKayla, Cam, and I had fun walking along the arch. 0.7mi

Jul 10, 2017

Emily Ashman

Jul 5, 2017

Hapvin Vincenzo

Jun 27, 2017

Shaun Reno

Jun 26, 2017

Karen Sullivan

Jun 22, 2017

Brad Szywala

A short trail with great views 0.7mi

Jun 20, 2017

Sonika Chandra

Jun 14, 2017

Rohit C

May 20, 2017

Kristen Garner

0.7mi

May 9, 2017

Donald McIntosh

May 5, 2017

Mitch Malone

May 4, 2017

Michael Galura

May 3, 2017

Michael Galura

0.8mi — 1h 30m

May 3, 2017

Jacob Galura

0.7mi

Apr 24, 2017

Chad Fike

Apr 16, 2017

Anna Lee Walker

0.7mi

Apr 10, 2017

Sam Morton

Mar 14, 2017

Heath Jackson

Nov 9, 2016

Erin Taylor

Nov 1, 2016

Lily #G

Nov 1, 2016

Brad Strathman

Short hike leading a another iconic arch in Utah in the Island of the Sky district. Bring your camera and time the sunrise. Great family hike. 0.7mi

Oct 16, 2016

Alexander Antunovic

Oct 2, 2016

Marissa Bialek

Very cool

Sep 22, 2016

Khanh Vu

0.7mi

Sep 15, 2016

Jim Smith

9h 30m

Sep 13, 2016

Karen Thorla

with todd. GORGEOUS. 0.7mi

Sep 5, 2016

JJ Juniet

Aug 28, 2016

Dena Marshall

Aug 28, 2016

Amy Ryan

Aug 14, 2016

Kelsie Jordan

0.7mi

Jul 29, 2016

Justin Pino

Jul 23, 2016

Corey Ro

Jul 23, 2016

Michael Gorre

Jul 3, 2016

Saran Vellanki

Jun 24, 2016

Will Schriewer

Jun 18, 2016

Alison Matthews

0.7mi

Jun 9, 2016

Francis N

May 31, 2016

James Rathkopf

May 24, 2016

Courtney Fang

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Mesa Arch Trail

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