Most people visit Canyonlands National Park in the spring or fall, when the weather is hot but not oppressively so. The temperatures during these seasons tend to range between 60 and 80 degrees during the day and much cooler at night, which is pretty near ideal for hiking in the desert. If you visit during […]
While Canyonlands National Park does have an entrance fee, you’re not required to get a permit before you arrive. However, there are a few specific activities that do require extra permits. If you want to take a vehicle down White Rim Road, Elephant Hill Road, Lavender Canyon Road, or Peekaboo and Horse Canyon Roads, you’ll […]
How far apart are Arches and Canyonlands? One of the nice things about Canyonlands National Park is that it’s so close to Arches National Park you can easily see both in a single day. However, if you have some time to spare, we’d recommend taking a full day at each park. You can certainly get […]
Arches Vs Canyonlands Of the two parks, Arches gets significantly more traffic than Canyonlands National Park. On average, 1.5 million people visit Arches every year, while only 500,000 make it over to Canyonlands per year. However, you shouldn’t take that to mean that Arches is a better destination for your next family vacation. Canyonlands has […]
Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park The Island in the Sky is the easiest district in Canyonlands National Park to reach, only about 40 minutes from Moab. That’s part of why it’s the first place most visitors go to when they arrive in the area. Of the 500,000 or so visitors that Canyonlands gets […]
Mesa Arch is located in the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park and is one of the park’s most popular attractions. Spanning 27 feet wide, Mesa Arch is a pothole arch that was created 20 million years ago as water pooled and gradually eroded away the bedrock at the edge of the […]
