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            Tower of Babel (left) and Courthouse Towers (right)

Tower of Babel (links) und Courthouse Towers (rechts)

Arches National Park is a US National Park in eastern Utah. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 miles (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. It is home to over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. It contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.

The park consists of 76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi; 31,031 ha; 310.31 km2) of high desert located in the Colorado Plateau. 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. Forty-three arches are known to have collapsed since 1977. The park receives on average 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year.

Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally named a National Monument on April 12, 1929. It was redesignated as a National Park on November 12, 1971.

(Wikipedia)

Tower of Babel is a 4,655-foot-elevation (1,419-meter) summit in Grand County, Utah. It is located within Arches National Park and like many of the rock formations in the park, it is composed of Entrada Sandstone. The tower is 500 feet tall, and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 500 feet (152 meters) vertically above the main park road in approximately 200 feet (61 meters) laterally. Precipitation runoff from Tower of Babel drains to the nearby Colorado River via Courthouse Wash. This landform's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. This landform was shown briefly in the opening scene of the 1989 American action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Climbing

The first ascent of the summit was made October 17, 1986, by Charlie Fowler, Eric Bjornstad, and Lin Ottinger via the class 5.4 Zenyatta Entrada route. Some consider this the most beautiful climbing route in the park. Another feature on Tower of Babel is The Three Gargoyles, a class 5.11 rock-climbing route first climbed by Jimmie Dunn and Joe Slansky.

(Wikipedia)

The Courthouse Towers is a collection of tall stone columns located within the Park Avenue section of Arches National Park. The formation was named after its reminiscence to tall buildings in Park Avenue, New York City.

Access

This hike begins at the Park Avenue viewpoint and trailhead, located on the north side of the Arches Scenic Drive, 2.3 miles from the visitor center. The trail also gives access to the Three Gossips.

(Wikipedia)

Der Arches-Nationalpark ist ein Nationalpark der Vereinigten Staaten im Norden des Colorado-Plateaus am Colorado River nördlich der Stadt Moab im US-Bundesstaat Utah. Er bewahrt die weltweit größte Konzentration an natürlichen Steinbögen (engl.: arches), die durch Erosion und Verwitterung ständig neu entstehen und wieder vergehen. Im Parkgebiet sind über 2000 Arches mit einer Öffnung von mindestens 90 cm (3 Fuß) nachgewiesen. Die Ökosysteme des über 300 km² großen Parks reichen vom Flussufer des Colorado Rivers bis zum nackten Fels und sind durch die durchschnittliche Höhe von rund 1500 m über dem Meer bei Wüstenklima geprägt.

Das Gebiet wurde 1929 als National Monument unter Schutz gestellt und 1971 zum Nationalpark aufgewertet. Es wird vom National Park Service betreut.

(Wikipedia)

Taken in: United States / Utah / Moab (show map)

Taken on: May 11, 2009

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