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| Arches | |
| Designation | National Park |
| Location | Utah USA |
| Nearest City | Moab, Utah |
| Latitude | 38° 45' N |
| Longitude | 109° 37' W |
| Area | 76,519 acres 30,996 ha |
| Date of Establishment | November 12, 1971 |
| Visitation | 755,987 (2003) |
| Governing Body | National Park Service |
| IUCN category | II (National Park) |
Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, in the mid-western United States, is noted for its concentration of natural arches - about 2,000 have been located in the park's area.
The park is 119 square miles ( 310 kmēTo help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 kmē and 1000 kmē. See also areas of other orders of magnitude. Areas less than 100 kmē 100 kmē is equal to: a square with sides 10 km long 10,000 hectar) in size. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. It receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average.
The area was originally designated as a national monument on April 12April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining. Events 467 Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 1606 The Union Jack i, 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu. The area was subsequently upgraded to national parkThis article is about national parks. For the articles about the towns of National Park, see National Park, New Jersey and National Park, New Zealand. National parks are reserves of land, usually owned by national governments, that are protected from most status on November 12, 1971. More than 760,000 people visited it in 2002.
Among the notable features of the park are:
Humans have occupied the region since the last ice age 10,000 years ago. Fremont people and Ancient Pueblo People lived in the area up until about 700 years ago. Spanish missionaries encountered Ute and Paitue tribes in the area when they first came through in 1775, but the first European-Americans to attempt settlement in the area were the Mormon Elk Mountain Mission in 1855, but then soon abandonded the area. Ranchers, farmers, and prospectors later settled Moab in the neighboring riverine valley in the 1880s. Word of the beauty in the surrounding rock formations spread beyond the settlement as a possible tourist destination.
Alexander Ringhoffer, a prospector, wrote to the offices of Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1923 in an effort to publicize the area and gain support for creating a national park. Ringhoffer led railroad executives interested in attracting more rail passengers into the formations; they were impressed, and the campaign began. The government sent research teams to investigate and gather evidence. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover signed the legislation creating Arches National Monument, to protect the arches, spires, balanced rocks, and other sandstone formations. In 1971 Congress changed the status of Arches to a National Park. However, some of the more specatular arches and formations lie to the north and east outside park boundaries.
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