Album Arches & Natural Bridges

OwenM · Mar 1, 2020

These are all from my phone, 'cause who knows when I'll go through everything on my camera...

Tried to get a little different perspective than "usual" on a few, but some I just took a quick shot as an afterthought, since the camera was doing all the work..

Druid Arch:

Skyline Arch(afterthought!):

Landscape Arch:

Partition Arch:

Navajo Arch:

Black Arch:

Tunnel Arch:

Pine Tree Arch:

Private Arch:

Double O Arch:

Druid Arch was from yesterday morning, but I guess you can tell where I went and played for awhile today!

OwenM · Mar 2, 2020

Went back to Arches, and hiked all the remaining trail there, finishing up with Park Avenue twice, since it was in/out.
It's amazing how much fun you can have in a day around here!
These are from where I had breakfast.

Delicate Arch,

...Twisted Doughnut Arch,

...and Delicate Arch from Twisted Doughnut Arch

OwenM · Mar 16, 2020

One of the great things about visiting Arches out of season was the lack of crowds. Make no mistake, there were people, they were just fairly well dispersed. Aside from sharing a sunrise at Delicate Arch with a total of 8 others, I managed to have each of the arches to myself, even if just for a few fleeting moments at some of the more popular ones.

Sand Dune Arch:

Approaching Broken Arch:

Broken Arch:

Tapestry Arch:

OwenM · Mar 16, 2020

Double Arch:

The Windows:

Turret Arch:

Bit of a twist on the iconic Turret Arch through North Window pic, as people got in the way of that one...

Surely this one has a name(?). We all see it from the road...

IntrepidXJ · Apr 10, 2020

Bench Trail Arch in the Colorado National Monument

Arch in an Alcove by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

IntrepidXJ · Apr 10, 2020

Bean Pot Arch or Schmidt Arch

OwenM said:
Surely this one has a name(?). We all see it from the road...
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OwenM · Apr 10, 2020

Forgot I never put up a camera pic of Druid Arch.

IntrepidXJ · Apr 20, 2020

Perseverance Arch in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness

Perseverance Arch by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

IntrepidXJ · Apr 24, 2020

Pollock Windows in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness

The Pollock Windows by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

IntrepidXJ · Apr 26, 2020

Will Minor Arch in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness

Will Minor Arch by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

OwenM · May 8, 2020

Split Bow Arch on the KY side of Big South Fork NRRA. Easily accessible from a TH shared with the Bear Creek overlook, on a little .7 mile loop.
I was leaving another TH <9 miles away, and had never seen it, so figured I'd drop by.
The problem with a lot of the larger arches in the East is that it's all wooded, so by the time you're far enough away to fit the whole arch in a pic, you're too far away to really be able to see the whole arch!

John Morrow · May 8, 2020

OwenM said:
These are all from my phone, 'cause who knows when I'll go through everything on my camera...

Tried to get a little different perspective than "usual" on a few, but some I just took a quick shot as an afterthought, since the camera was doing all the work..

Druid Arch:
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Skyline Arch(afterthought!):
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Landscape Arch:
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Partition Arch:
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Navajo Arch:
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Black Arch:
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Tunnel Arch:
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Pine Tree Arch:
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Private Arch:
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Double O Arch:
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Druid Arch was from yesterday morning, but I guess you can tell where I went and played for awhile today!

This is a truly wonderful hike (well, both, but I'm talking Devil's here), even if crowded. Did it with a friend on her first trip to the desert and she was glowing! Potential for rock art really completes it.

IntrepidXJ · May 14, 2020

Canyon Bend Arch by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

IntrepidXJ · Jun 8, 2020

Window Rock Tower (South American Arch)

Window Rock Tower by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

IntrepidXJ · Jun 9, 2020

West Pollock Arch

West Pollock Arch Sunstar by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

OwenM · Jul 22, 2020

This is Needle Arch, on the TN side of Big South Fork NRRA.
I always find it rather fascinating, but struggle to explain why. The formation's setting is a bit different, just jutting up out of the ground in the woods. The entire surface is slimy and mottled.

OwenM · Aug 7, 2020

Arch or bridge? The *arch* at Pickett State Park's Arch Lake does fit the criteria to be identified as such(if you zoom in on the upper right corner of its opening, that's not a rock, it's the lip of a dam).
On the other hand, it forms a natural bridge to an island that the water encircles.
I just enjoy the word play. I also enjoy dropping by to see it

Pic from The Island(they're not long on imaginative names there-the natural bridge is named..wait for it .."Natural Bridge").

One from the mainland for size perspective:

Gosh, that came out kinda big!

Anyway, here is Natural Bridge...

...whose underside is pink on one half:

Little unnamed(?) arch under the nearby Indian Rock House:

OwenM · Aug 7, 2020

Those were from Pickett Memorial State Park in TN. These are from the Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area, which is adjacent to it. If I don't call it by name, it doesn't have one that I know of.

I suppose this is actually a natural bridge, technically speaking, having formed with the collapse of the wall it's clinging to.