This is where you can find websites, helpful phone numbers, friends groups and cooperating associations, and, sometimes, books related to the park.
Arches National Park: www.nps.gov/arch
Visitor Information
(435) 719-2299
Headquarters
(435) 719-2100
To enter the park between April 1 - October 31, you need a timed-entry reservation.
For information about bringing your pet, click here.
For a map of the park, click here.
Moab area lodging, dining, and activity information: http://www.discovermoab.com/
Standard Entrance Pass:
- 7-day vehicle access for one non-commercial vehicle (15-passenger capacity or less) and all its occupants: $30
- 7-day access for private, non-commercial motorcycle and its riders: $25
- 7-day access per person admits one individual with no car. Typically used for bicyclists, hikers, and pedestrians: $15. Youth 15 and under are admitted free.
Annual passport for Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments: $55
America the Beautiful Pass: $20 - $80
Friends Organization
The Canyonlands Natural History Association is a nonprofit organization established to assist the scientific and educational efforts of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the USDA Forest Service, agencies that together oversee more than 7.5 million acres of federal land in southeast Utah and the Four Corners Area.
Helpful Books
Stars Above, Earth Below, A Guide To Astronomy In the National Parks
Add Stars Above, Earth Below, a Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks to your library and you'll not only gain a better appreciation of the dark skies over national parks, but you'll also be better informed on the stars twinkling at you.
Common Southwestern Plants, An Identification Guide
Anyone who spends time hiking in the national parks of the Southwest needs a good plant identification book. And Common Southwestern Native Plants, An Identification Guide, is one of those books.
Taken as a whole, the book documents Edward Abbey's love affair with the desert country near Moab, Utah. Through his words we see the whole landscape, from the very small (birds, snakes, rabbits and mice that live in and near his trailer), to the very large (mountain tops, mesas, and canyons). But, for as beautiful a picture as he paints, he cautions the reader in the book's introduction, this landscape is disappearing fast.
