Devil's Garden is the furthest scenic attraction at Arches National Park. It is all the way at the end of the scenic drive. Devil's Garden trail is quite long, about 8 miles loop distance. Also, some part of the trail are quite difficult for people to climb over the rocks and could be dangerous with vertical drops and fallen rocks. People usually just do the trail all the way to Landscape Arch and go back.
We got to Devil's Garden around 10AM in the morning and it was already so hot. There was plenty of parking space to park the car, so parking isn't a problem. We started to hike the trail and the trail branches off to Tunnel Arch and Pine Arch. The Tunnel Arch is essentially a big circular whole in the wall. Since the hole is quite deep in the wall, it looks like a circular tunnel.
Further down the branched off trail, it leads to Pine Arch. There was less people here and much more quiet. We were not sure why it is called Pine Arch. The Pine Arch essentially look like any arch standing on the ground with a wide opening underneath it.
Going back to the main trail, we ran into the girl that we saw at Bryce National Park. Since the weather was so hot, she also seemed very exhausted and just want to go back. We continued to hike for about 1 mile and got to Landscape Arch. We were only allowed to look at Landscape Arch from afar, but we could see the arch stretching quite far from 1 end of the cliff to another. The arch also looked quite thing from the ground. It was pretty cool to see it. There was also lot of shade at where Landscape Arch is at and many people were taking rest here.
Heading further down the trail, we came to a rocky climb place. The climb was quite steep without any chains. It was a little intimidating and many people chose to stop here and turn back. We looked at the map and decided to turn back as well since there wasn't too much to see further down the trail anymore.
Overall, Devil's Garden was a scenic hike. It was not as cool as Delicate Arch, but it still offer its own uniqueness for people to see. If it wasn't due to the hot weather, we would probably complete the loop.
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