Supernatural West - Mesa Arch Sunburst in Black and White

by Lena Owens

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Supernatural West - Mesa Arch Sunburst in Black and White

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Lena Owens

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Digital Art - Digital

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Supernatural West - Mesa Artch Sunburst in Black and White

"Mesa Arch Sunrise” by Lena Owens Copyright OLena Art
Mesa Arch is, undeniably, one of the spotlight attractions in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. Like, say, Yosemite’s Bridalveil Falls, it’s off the main road and a short, easy hike – but its ease of access should not deter you from visiting – even if you see a bunch of cars at the trailhead.

The Canyonlands National Park web site describes the Mesa Arch Trail as a “mild walk,” and that’s pretty much what you’ll get on this very short loop. The Park Service clocks this at 0.5 miles round trip while my GPS gave it a slightly longer 0.7 (maybe because the official trail doesn’t actually go out to the Arch itself). Either way, this is an easy and simple hike that can be done on the way to a longer trail or – as I did – on a first-day recon of the park itself.

Because this is one of the most popular trails in the park, the parking area at the trailhead is spacious and the signs for the trail itself are very, very well marked.

This loop travels across slickrock and dirt, but unlike other slickrock trails which are usually only marked by stone cairns, this trail has a fairly easy to spot path along it’s entire route. You’ll see stairs carved into the stone and the trail hemmed in by desert driftwood – very, very difficult to get lost on this one.
All arches in Moab are beautiful.
“The beauty of Delicate Arch explains nothing, for each thing in it's way, when true to it's own character, is equally beautiful. If Delicate Arch has any significance it lies, I will venture, in the power of the odd and unexpected to startle the senses and surprise the mind out of their ruts of habit, to compel us into a reawakened awareness of the wonderful-that which is full of wonder.”

― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

Canyonlands National Park Moab, Utah Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab and preserve mesa arch; utah; canyonlands; national park; sunrise; arch; red; brown; desert; butte; dawn; morning; remote; beauty; sun; sunburst; rays; sunlight glowing

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August 19th, 2017

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