{"id":3801,"date":"2014-06-09T09:05:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2014-06-04T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T13:10:05","slug":"arches-national-park-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/arches-national-park-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Parade<\/a>

Parade of Elephants<\/p><\/div>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Arches National Park<\/p>\n

Year Established:<\/strong>\u00a0November 12, 1971<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a06 km North of Moab, UT<\/p>\n

Season:<\/strong>\u00a0Open all year, 24 hours a day. Hours for the visitor center vary depending on the current season.<\/p>\n

Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0$5 for walk-ins, bicycles, and motorbikes; $10 per vehicle (both are good for 7 days)<\/p>\n

Accommodation:<\/strong>\u00a0Devil’s Garden is the only campground in the park and is $20 per night. Moab has several hotels and guesthouses available for all budget types.<\/p>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>

Beautiful snow-capped mountains in the distance.<\/p><\/div>\n

Brief Description:<\/strong>\u00a0With more than 2,000 natural stone arches plus hundreds of massive fins, pinnacles and balanced rocks, this national park can keep you occupied with wonder for hours. It is the underground salt bed that is responsible for the different formations throughout the park. The land has been used for thousands of years by the American Indians. They would search the desert for animals, wild plant foods, and stone for tools and weapons. The first Euro-American to live in the park was John Wesley Wolfe. He and his son operated a cabin and corral near the Salt Wash for over 20 years. Visitors can still visit the cabin today. In the 1940’s Loren “Bish” Taylor brought attention to the area by writing about it in Moab’s local newspaper. More and more people began visiting the park, and in 1929 President Herbert Hoover declared it a National Monument. Its borders were expanded many times until finally it was declared a National Park in 1971.<\/p>\n