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After Zion, Arches is the most popular national park in Utah. It's not the second most visited, that's Bryce Canyon, but I think it's the one that people most want to visit after Zion. I feel like Bryce gets more visitors than Arches because of it's convenient proximity to Zion. But I still think Arches…
Continue reading ➞ Four Awesome Ways To Spend One Day In Arches National Park
One of the most popular arches in Arches National Park is just a short walk from one of the best less-known arches: Broken Arch. I don't think its like, a hidden gem arch or a best kept secret in Arches but I don't hear much about it. I've been to Sand Dune Arch two or…
Continue reading ➞ Two-For-One-Trail In Arches National Park: Sand Dune Arch And Broken Arch
This is the age old question, what is the better national park in Utah between Arches and Zion? I almost said I know my answer, but thinking about it, I'm not so sure anymore! Whether you're visiting on a Utah road trip, as a weekend getaway, or for a whole week, this post will help…
Continue reading ➞ Which Is The Better National Park In Utah: Zion Vs Arches National Park
Finally, my post about the Fiery Furnace hike in Arches! I've been so excited to write this but have also been putting it off because I knew it would take forever to write but it's going better than I thought! The one thing we knew we had to do during our week in Moab in…
Continue reading ➞ Fiery Furnace In Arches National Park: Probably The Coolest Hike I’ve Ever Done
Arches National Park is the first national park I ever visited way back in 2015 and it was my favorite for a while because of that. But then I started going to a lot of other parks and it fell lower in my ranking (but still fairly high, not top 5 though) because it was…
Continue reading ➞ Tower Arch Trail: The Second Best Trail In Arches National Park
Next up in my stash of Page and Lake Powell posts are two that will help you find the best views of both, but first up is Page. There is some overlap of these but this one will include views that aren't just of the lake. Some of the views are in Glen Canyon National…
Continue reading ➞ 13 Best Views In Page, Arizona Not To Miss On Your Visit
In January, about a month before we left, we had to go down to Phoenix for something and wanted to do at least one hike while we were there. I had a few picked out and we ended up at neither of them, but that's ok! Instead, we drove the Apache Trail then went to…
The one area of Utah (other than the Salt Lake area) that I still haven't gotten to see enough of is southwest Utah and the Greater Zion Area. I have seen some of it, but not enough. Never enough. It's also actually (so far) my least favorite part of Utah. The area around St. George,…
Ok, this is actually my last post on things I had to do before leaving Page. I had to visit Alstrom Point, Lake Powell's possibly second most famous viewpoint (I would say Reflection Canyon is first.) Alstrom Point is in Utah, however it is closer to the south end of the lake, accessed from Page…
Continue reading ➞ Alstrom Point: The Lake Powell Overlook Not To Miss
Here it is, the post I've been waiting literally two years to write so I could do all. The. Things. And I did! Well, almost. When it comes to Page, things to do is not something it lacks but a lot of the things are kind of expensive and some you have to drive a…
This summer I learned that you can pick fruit at Lees Ferry and I was excited. Shortly after, my friend and I decided to head on down there to check it out. We didn't know what was there, what was ready, anything really, just that we wanted to go. Since it's just under an hour…
Continue reading ➞ Lonely Dell Orchard: How To Pick Fruit At Lees Ferry In Glen Canyon
Here we have another adventure crossed of from my doing everything there is to do in Page list. I didn't get to do every single thing but I did do a lot and Stud Horse Point is one of those things. I want to start this off with this: if you look at images for…
Continue reading ➞ Stud Horse Point: Easy Hiking And Great Views By Page, Arizona
Next up in the posts for my quest to see and do all the things in Page is hike the trail to Skylight Arch! We actually didn't even plan to do this one the day we did, we just ended up there. We were living in Greenehaven (15ish minutes from Page) over the last year…
Continue reading ➞ Skylight Arch: A Hidden Gem Hike On The Utah/Arizona Border
The first few times I visited Canyonlands, I liked it but I didn't love it. But now, after finally getting to hike more than the Mesa Arch Trail, I love it. And while I wasn't usually limited to one day in Canyonlands, I know a lot of people are. So that's what were doing today:…