Arches National Monument - Moab, Utah
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N 38° 36.965 W 109° 36.759
12S E 620782 N 4275087
Arches National Park, in southern Utah, consists of 119 square miles and boasts over 2,000 natural sandstone arches.
Waymark Code: WM5TVN
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2009
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Arches National Park was designated a national monument on April 12, 1929 and further designated as a national park on November 12, 1971. Most of the arches in the park are wind-eroded formations of Entrada Sandstone. Some arches, such as double arch, are pothole arches, being formed by water erosion.
ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT lies in the redrock country north of Moab, between the Colorado River and US 160. It is a region of desert sandstone, of deep and tortuous canyons, and its thin, multicolored topsoil supports pinon and sage. From the highway, except for the castellated pile of the Windows section, the whole area appears to be a flat and desicated plain, intersected by occasional reefs that glow redly against the gray-green desert.
Utah. A Guide to the State, 1941