I've visited all 63 major US national parks. I think Great Smoky Mountains and Grand Canyon are some of the best parks for ...

We are dealing with a national park designed in the 1950s to see only 19 of the more than 2,000 arches, with one entrance, one main road, one campground and 13 parking lots.

Hours and reservations Arches National Park is open 24 hours a day. The visitor center is open 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the peak summertime, it's on a restricted schedule the rest of the year.

On Sunday, the Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, announced it will not have any ranger-led tours or issue self-guided permits to go through Fiery Furnace.

MOAB — It's the start of the busy season at Arches National Park. For the third year in a row, the park is testing a timed-entry system to spread out crowds throughout the day.

In April 2023, Arches National Park implemented a timed entry system to pace visitors' arrival times to alleviate overcrowding and congestion among some 1.8 million visitors a year.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Arches National Park will resume its timed-entry program in 2025. A significant change includes no timed-entry requirement from July 7 to Aug. 26, 2025.