Arches national park, Utah
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Description: Arches national park, Utah. October 1999.
Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.
The park is located near Moab, Utah, and is 119 square miles (309 km²) in size. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. Since 1970, 42 arches have toppled because of erosion. Arches National Park receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average.
The area, administered by the National Park Service, was originally designated as a national monument on April 12, 1929. It was redesignated a national park on November 12, 1971. More than 833,000 people visited it in 2006.
Delicate Arch — a lone-standing arch which has become a symbol of Utah
Balanced Rock — a large balancing rock, the size of three school buses
Double Arch — two arches, one on top of the other
Landscape Arch — a very thin, very long arch over 300 feet (100 m); the largest in the park
Fiery Furnace — an area of maze-like narrow passages and tall rock columns (see biblical reference Fiery Furnace)
Devil's Garden — with many arches and columns scattered along a ridge
Dark Angel — a free-standing column of dark stone at the end of the Devil's Garden trail.
Courthouse Towers — a collection of tall stone columns
Petrified dunes — petrified remnants of sand dunes blown from the ancient lakes that covered the area.
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