Natural Bridges National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument is in the remote Cedar Mesa canyon country of southeast Utah and has three examples of giant natural rock spans. Traveling around the Bridge View Drive, there are trails leading down to each of the three Bridges. Bidges are different from arches in that bridges are partially formed by the moving water of a stream, where arches are formed by frost action on seeping water. Bridges are also often hidden deep in canyons, whereas arches are eroded fins and are often perched up high and easy to see. These bridges are in the Cedar Mesa sandstone layer that is deeper ... Read Full Story

The Butler Wash Ruins Trail is a 0.5 mile interpretive route across high desert and bare sandstone to an overlook of a well preserved cliff dweller Ancestral Pueblo site. It is located west of Blanding, Utah along scenic byway Utah Route 95 in southeast Utah on the way toward Natural Bridges National Monument. One of the features of the area that isn't pointed out and not visible from the overlook is the small natural bridge or arch to the north of the view point. Moving to the left about 100 feet to a rocky point and looking back to the north the opening becomes ... Read Full Story

The Sipapu Natural Bridge is one of the three very large bridge formations in Natural Bridges National Monument in the Cedar Mesa area of southeast Utah. The trail from the rim to the bridge is 0.6 miles and descends about 500 feet. Sipapu Bridge is very massive at 220 feet high, with a 268 foot span. The bridge is 31 feet wide and 53 feet thick. The main park trail system features hiking between Sipapu and Kachina Bridge along the bottom of White Canyon and also on the mesa top for a 5.6 mile loop. There is also a trail that goes up the ... Read Full Story

The Kachina Bridge Trail is 0.75 miles with 350 feet elevation change to one of the three large natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument in southeast Utah. On the opposite canyon wall past the bridge opening is a hidden ruins site with many examples of rock art. The Kachina Bridge is 210 feet high with a span of 204 feet. The top of the bridge is 44 feet wide and 93 feet thick. Along the main trail wall there are some faint petroglyphs. Through the bridge on the upstream side there appeared to be two flute player images . The Kachina Bridge is ... Read Full Story

The natural Bridges state park is a wonderful park in southern Utah and is filled with some of the most magnificent rock structures that you can find anywhere on the planet. The next time you are in ... Read more... < Prev   Next > Read Full Story