Windows Arch Trail is an easy 1 mile loop trail located in Arches National Park. It is one of the popular trail in the park and many tour bus come here. The parking lot at Windows Arch Trail is not that big and thus the parking lot does get full really fast, especially the parking lot is shared with another hiking trail on the other side. There are 3 arches on Windows Arch Trail. These 3 arches are North Window Arch, South Window Arch, and Turret Arch. All of these 3 arches can be accessed by the hiking trail.
We got to Windows Arch Trail around 8AM in the morning. The parking lot was nearly full and we had to park the car on the other side and walk over. But this is okay since we plan to do the other trail after. When we got to the trail head, we decided to head to North Window Arch first.
The North Window Arch is a better spot for taking photos and it is easy to get underneath the arch. We could also go through North Window Arch to get to the East side and take photo from there. By taking the photo from the East side, we could take a photo with North Window Arch as the frame and Turret Arch being in the middle. It was a perfect natural frame. The only thing to watch out for is that you have to climb onto the top of the rock. Be very careful here and not fall down.
After visiting North Window Arch, the South Window Arch is less spectacular because it is not as round. It was also much harder to get underneath South Window Arch, thus there was nearly no one at South Window Arch.
We then moved to Turret Arch. The Turret Arch formation was quite interesting. Unlike other arches, Turret Arch looks like a door way. The arch was very high up with a large vertical opening underneath it. We could also go through Turret Arch and see the scenery on the other side.
Windows Arch Trail is a must visit and very family friendly. It also doesn't take much time to visit thus people should definitely drop by here when visiting Arches National Park.
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