Druid Arch

I left Grand Junction a couple hours before dawn and passed through Moab, Utah as the sun was rising. About an hour later I arrived at the Elephant Hill trailhead in the Needles Section of Canyonlands National Park and set off on my hike for Druid Arch.

Druid Arch, named for the builders of Stonehenge, stands over 100 feet tall at the south end of Elephant Canyon. Most of the 5.8 mile hike out to the lonely angular arch is through a sandy stream bed. The last quarter mile or so though climbs up a giant rock amphitheater to humbling views directly beneath Druid Arch. Equally impressive are the views down Elephant Canyon's bulbous walls and pinnacles.