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Devils
Garden Hiking Trail - Arches National Park Pictures
and story Submitted Dj Nebula Back
To Arches
National Park Hiking Trails 
Picture
of Tunnel Arch In The Background.
Devils Garden Trail takes you past 7 prominent arches in the park.
The trail head begins just outside the Devils
Garden Campground. As you enter the trail, you hike
between two fins that wind up a small hill. There is a fork in
the trail, and this is where you split off to go see Tunnel Arch,
and Pine Tree Arch. Tunnel Arch is only viewed from a distance, for all
the soil at the base is cryptobiotic. One footstep would ruin a
thousand years of growth. After photos, I headed down to Pine Tree
Arch. This is a really secluded arch, and self evident of why it got
its name. A small pine has made its home right in the opening of the
arch. 
Picture
of Pine Tree.
As you continue on the trail, you walk through another
fins area, then down a small incline, and off to your left you will
see Landscape Arch. This is the biggest arch I saw in the park. It
is massive, and they have cut off access to the arch because of a
1991 incident where a large piece of the arch fell. A visitor to the
park actually photographed the falling piece. The park
now has a set of viewing areas just down from the arch. As you
continue up the trail, you pass right underneath a arch that is often missed, called Wall Arch.
Picture
Of Landscape Arch.
As you make your way up the trail, you climb some
slick rock, and then end up at the fins that take
you to Double O arch. When you reach the trail fork, you may branch
left and visit Partition and Navaho Arches. Partition Arch is quite
a ways up on the fins with a great view of the Devils Garden Trail
from over head. It has some great photography shots. Continue down
this trail, head up and over a little hill, past some
rocks that have tiny arches forming in them, and you reach Navaho Arch.
This arch is probably the most secluded and unique arch in the park.
It has no opening in the back of the rock fin area. In the
middle of the area are some bonsai like pines that make it quite a
unique site.
Picture
of Partition Arch. 
Picture
Of Navaho Arch.
As you continue to hike up on top of the fins you
reach some of the highest points of this trail. After
some elevation gain, you reach Double O Arch. This was the best arch
to see in the park because of the remote area it is in. The hike
back was a race off the fins to get off the trail before dark.
Headlamps ready, we made our way back to the car. The stars were
crystal clear overhead, and the fins were like big black shadows
looming over head. If you are in Arches, do not miss hiking this
trail, this hike was my favorite by far.
Trail Stats:
Distance to Double O Arch- 5 miles
Add Distance 0.5 miles for side trails to Pine Tree and Tunnel
Arches
Add Distance 0.8 miles for side trails to Partition and Navaho
Arches
Hiking Time- 2hrs 20 min
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Online Campground Reservations For The Devils Garden Campground -
Arches National Park. Campground
Reservations Provided By Reserve America
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