Self Guided Audio Tour in Arches and Canyonlands

Overview

Don't miss a thing as our Audio Driving Tour takes you on an incredible journey through Arches and Canyonlands National Park.

Along the way you'll be guided to all of the park's famous highlights as well as lessor known gems, superb hiking trails and other incredible red rock landscapes.

Download and discover more on your Utah road trip as fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, local tips and directions that plays automatically along the drive.

You have the freedom to explore offline at your own pace so you can spend more time at places that interest you, and bypass any that don’t.

Stories, tips and directions play automatically based on your location
Travel at your own pace
Tours work offline using GPS, no cell service or WiFi needed
Suggested itineraries for half, full or multi day use
No time limits or expiry, free updates

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City: Moab

Sun 22 Dec

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What's Included

Freedom to explore at your own pace

Email, chat and call support

Ability to design your own itinerary based on your time and interests

In-App travel tips, tour planning advice and suggested itineraries

Stories, tips and directions that play automatically based on your location

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Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please follow current State and local guidelines.

What To Expect

Arches National Park

As the audio guides play commentary based on your gps location, you can create your own itinerary along the tour route(s) to match your interests and schedule.

Arches National Park Scenic Drive

Moab has long been a favorite place for adventure sport enthusiasts like mountain-bikers and rock climbers but simply driving the Arches National Park route as a sightseeing day trip is incredible in its own right. With an introductory explanation of the complex geological forces required to create features like The Windows, and the slow, constant affect weather elements have to change the landscape, you’ll appreciate how remarkably unique it is. Hear stories about the characters who were drawn here and the fragile ecosystem that supplies a lifeline to a surprising amount of diversity. But with over 2,000 arches located throughout the park, and most travellers on a limited schedule, we’ll lead you to not to be missed features like Double Arch and Landscape Arch. More time may allow you to visit Skyline Arch and Devils Garden areas, as well as many more.

Island in the Sky

Canyonlands offers a vastly different experience even though it is only across the valley from the more famous Arches National Park. Starting in Moab, we travel to the Island in the Sky District continuing along Grand View Point Road. Enthusiastic photographers should get up early if the want to capture Canyonlands’ most famous image – sunrise through Mesa Arch. If we start later in the day, arrange your time so you are still in the Park for a spectacular sunset.

Landscape Arch

The longest span arch in Arches National Park, Landscape Arch stretches 300+ feet (94m), but only 11 feet (3.5m) at its center point. Enjoy this arch while you can. You can see the debris from a fall back in 1991 when a large 60 foot (18m) slab fell in 1991. Since then the trail beneath the arch is closed. The trail begins at Devils Garden trailhead. It is hard packed, with a few rolling hills, and around 1.6 miles (2.6 km) return. Photograph in the early morning for best colours.

Devils Garden Trailhead

Each area of Arches National Park has its unique features. Devil's Garden might be one of the best to see 'fins', examples of these narrow rock walls before they have eroded away into the formation of arches. And of course the longest arch, Landscape Arch at 300 feet (94 metres) - while it lasts!

Double Arch

One spectacular arch not enough for you? Try Double Arch! Windows is a 'must see' section to explore within the Park, packed with a number of features in a small area, and easily accessible by a series of easy walks.

Windows

You may never get to see all the 2000 arches of the park, but the Windows section is a great opportunity to see several arches in close proximity to each other. Looking through Windows, you will feel like you are staring into a completely different place.

Delicate Arch

Going to Delicate Arch is like meeting a celebrity. This is the unofficial symbol of Utah and the most famous arch in the Park. We'll drive to the viewpoint, or you can get closer by taking an uphill hike.

Park Avenue Trail

Do the sheer cliffs of Park Avenue and the Courthouse Towers remind you of a downtown city sklyline? There is an easy and paved trail to the Park Avenue viewpoint. Continue on another (1.6km/1 mile) deep down into the canyon onto the Courthouse Towers.

Skyline Arch

If you are flexible with your timing, try saving Skyline Arch for the late afternoon. It's a short, easy 1/2 mile trail, but takes spectacular photos when the sun is low.

Grand View Point Overlook

The name suggests a Grand View and that is what the overlook here delivers. From this southernmost point of the Island in the Sky, we peer down across the valley, further deepened by a maze of canyons. Where the canyons cut down, it's like we are looking into a billion years of the earth's history.

Green River Overlook

Another excellent location with sweeping panoramic views from an elevated position and a superb place to enjoy the sunset. Named for the rock carving actions performed by the Green River and also a viewpoint where you can imagine famous Grand Canyon explorer John Wesley Powell testing out his wooden boats before venturing into the unknown canyon.

Mesa Arch

You've seen the iconic images splashed online, this is THE classic image of Canyonlands National Park. As you peer through the window of the arch admire the expansive view of the canyons below and on clear days, all the way to the Le Sal Mountains on the horizon. Expect many photographers jostling for space to capture the perfect sunrise image.

Upheaval Dome

Upheaval Dome is something of a mysterious oddity. No one has been able completely explain what it is and support it with factual evidence. Was it caused by a meteor? Was it caused by the earth underneath being thrust up and then collapsing? Once you see it, you will understand why it even has a nickname of Utah's "belly button."

Aztec Butte Trail

This 1.2 mile round trip hike to see the ancestral Puebloan structures called granaries is well marked, but a little steep right at the end where you need to scale up a slickrock slope. The thought of scrambling back down can be a deterrent for some. These are the most easily accessible Anasazi ruins in Canyonlands.

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Charlene_Y

Nov 2022

Really enjoyed audio, I think we would have driven past a few without realizing what we were missing, so glad we saw the sites. Makes me want to return to Mesa Verde again with the audio to get the full experience.

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Hi Charlene, Thanks for taking the time to share how much you enjoyed exploring Arches and Canyonlands with our audio tour. We hope to join you on the road again in Mesa Verde soon!

Lynn_C

Sep 2022

Really great narrative with facts and stories that was so worthwhile especially since we had limited time Well worth buying

Response from Host

Sep 2022

Hi Lynn, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on our audio tour through Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. We hope to join you on the road again soon.

Pat K

Jun 2022

The audio tour helped us get so much more out of our experience at the Arches! We knew which pullouts to take the time to go to as well as the difficulty level of the hikes to view points of interest