Arches National Park Moab, Utah

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Arches National Park Moab, Utah

Arches National Park Moab, Utah

May 21, 2007.

There are multiple commercial campgrounds in Moab. All of them appear to be good or at least adequate------no slums anyway. We decided to stay in OK RV-Park & Canyonlands Stables 3310 Spanish Valley Drive 435-259-1400 because it was a PPA park thus 1/2 price. Even at half price it was $15.50 per-night for FHU with 30/30 amps and cable included. Most RV-Parks in the area are going to be around $25 plus a stiff tax. This park had some shade so we picked it but the nice Spanish Trail RV-Park has nice shade as well and both are within a mile of each other. All of the parks in Moab appear to have gravel interior roads and sites.

 

This is part-4 of 7 in our series covering Arches National Park the others are here:

Arches NP-a ** Arches NP-b ** Arches NP-c ** Arches NP-d ** Arches NP-e ** Arches NP-f ** Arches NP-g

Fin protected by hard caprock

Fin protected by hard caprock

 

 

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A hard caprock created this shape

A hard caprock created this shape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoodoos

Hoodoos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sandstone fin in Arches National Park

Sandstone fin in Arches National Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navajo Sandstone in Arches National Park

Navajo Sandstone in Arches National Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Navajo Sandstone. It resembles sand dunes, that is because it is how they originated. Some 200-million years ago, winds carried tons of fine-grained sand into this area, creating an immense desert dune system. Over time these sand dunes were covered by other layers of sediment, compressed, and cemented by quartz and calcite into this Navajo Sandstone. In this exposure erosion has washed away the overlying layers of rock, exposing these "petrified" dunes.

 

 

Navajo Sandstone in Arches National Park

Navajo Sandstone in Arches National Park

 

 

Pay attention to that small piece of Entrada Sandstone perched atop the sand dune in the middle (it is that red piece). There is a bit more Entrada Sandstone visible on the extreme left side of this picture.

 

 

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More of Arches NP here:

Arches NP-a ** Arches NP-b ** Arches NP-c ** Arches NP-d ** Arches NP-e ** Arches NP-f ** Arches NP-g

Here are some more of our Travel Adventures nearby:

Moab, Utah

Moab, Utah Scenic Drive

The John Wesley Powell Museum in Green River, Utah

Colorado National Monument

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Mike & Joyce Hendrix

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