Knowing I was going to leave before breakfast, the front desk person gave me a large bag of fruit and snacks the night before – a nice touch. Inca Inn is an inexpensive motel if you want to save money – not quite walkable to town and a little farther from Arches than Moab Springs Ranch, but if you’re not going to spend much time in your room it’s a good option. We were able to park and walk to many restaurants, although it still made sense to drive/park if we were picking up from places more than two or three blocks away. Hoodoo Moab (a Hilton property) is in town and is a standard, albeit nice, hotel. Playing at Best Western’s Canyonlands Inn It was an easy walk to get lunch and dinner in town.
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The Best Western Canyonlands Inn is in the middle of Moab and we loved the pool, the laundry (one of our only road trip hotels in two years that has a laundry room for guests), the included breakfast and the free coffee all day in the lobby. We found parking in Moab to generally be easy. The downside: you’re not in town, so it’s a drive, albeit a short one, for meals. Parking was only a few steps from our door. It was also the only place we stayed last year that had completely contactless check-in and check-out protocols. It’s between Moab and the Arches entrance gate so the drive to the park is a few minutes shorter, and all of the cabins are distanced from each other so during a pandemic it felt nicely safe. Moab Springs Ranch was our favorite place to stay. We stayed at four different places in and around Moab: But the park entrance is less than 10 minutes from Moab so you don’t need to be on-site. Early evening in the middle of summer Where to Stay at Arches National ParkĪs opposed to several other parks, there are no lodges within Arches National Park. You’ll avoid most of the people, and the highest temperatures, that way. You can still have a good visit, but I highly recommend heading to the park before sunrise, hiking early, and then leaving the park by 10am and returning after 5pm to hike more and enjoy sunset. High temps can be over 100 degrees, with lows in the 50s and 60s. If you do visit on a weekend, try to avoid heading into the park in the middle of the day, when there can be delays at the entrance booths and you’ll find more people at every arch. But as I mentioned above, weekends can get crowded. There’s not much precipitation any time of year. Obviously May and October are warmer than April and November. Lows will be in the 30s and 40s and highs can be anywhere from the 50s to the 80s. And weekends aren’t bad at all, so it’s safe to visit any day of the week and head into the park any time of day. The upside: you’ll have some arches to yourself, and room rates are far more affordable. Temperatures are in the 20s, 30s and 40s. What you’ll find: WinterĪrches NP is cold in the winter and they get snow periodically. Having said that, Arches is less than four hours from Salt Lake City and the weekends in the spring and fall can still be crowded. As with most of the world’s tourist sites, spring and fall are optimal times to visit – you have generally good weather and fewer people around. Sunrise near Turret Arch in Arches National Park When to Visit Arches National ParkĪrches National Park Utah is open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Here’s where we stayed, what we did and what we recommend for families at Arches National Park Utah. There are moderate and long hikes for adventurous families, but it’s also great for families with toddlers and young kids, with rocks to play on everywhere. What we discovered was that it was easy and absolutely perfect for kids of any age, as many of the best arches are very short walks from parking areas. I visited three times with kids and once solo and, going into our first visit, knew nothing about the park other than that it was supposed to be beautiful. Our favorite park is Arches National Park.
An $80 Annual Pass for the National Parks pays for itself very quickly! So far in 20 we’ve made 17 visits to eight US National Parks in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado. The past year, prompted by the COVID pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping, and we gravitated to the National Parks.
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