Overview
About Garden of Eden
Why stop
- Named formations give a short stop plenty of things to look for.
Heads up
- Wandering beyond the pullout means choosing your own route over slickrock.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Arches Tour Guide
Your drive to Garden of Eden, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Arches National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Garden of Eden“You're nearing Garden of Eden, a roadside group of sandstone towers and small arches. Stop for a few minutes to look for Owl Rock and the formations called Adam and Eve.”
Plays as you drive up to Garden of Eden in the Parkwolf Arches Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Windows and Double Arch
- Balanced Rock
- Panorama Point
- Shrimp Waiting for Rain
- 35 audio storiesacross Arches’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bighorn Sheep, Pronghorn, Raven, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 28 trails, 41 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“I can’t believe how helpful this app is and how interesting the information is for each highlight along the Arches Scenic Drive! This is the first park I’ve used it in.”
Guide
More about Garden of Eden
A flexible first stopGarden of Eden is an open slickrock area of sandstone fins, towers, spires and small arches in…
Garden of Eden is an open slickrock area of sandstone fins, towers, spires and small arches in the Windows Section. It sits along the spur road before the Windows, Turret and Double Arch stops, and the formations are visible from the roadside parking area. It works as a quick look or a longer wander: step out if you want a different kind of stop between the park’s headline arches.
Pick your own routeThere isn’t a designated trail through the area.
There isn’t a designated trail through the area. An informal wander over slickrock can run up to about a mile round trip and around 45 minutes, but there’s no single marked loop, so your route depends on how far you explore. The pullout gives you an easy look, while walking farther among the fins changes the view from one formation to the next.
Put names to the rocksLook for Serpentine Arch, Owl Rock, Adam and Eve, Devil’s Golf Ball and a balanced rock.
Look for Serpentine Arch, Owl Rock, Adam and Eve, Devil’s Golf Ball and a balanced rock. Serpentine Arch may have the widest opening in the Garden. Owl Rock is also used by climbers, though the roadside stop and formations can be enjoyed without climbing.
Frame the wider viewThe pullout takes in a row of sandstone forms; a short walk onto the slickrock brings…
The pullout takes in a row of sandstone forms; a short walk onto the slickrock brings individual towers closer. A wide frame can catch the La Sal Mountains beyond the fins, adding depth when the peaks are visible.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Arches
14 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
608 sightingsRavenMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
187 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
51 sightingsPrairie DogMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
15 sightingsCoyoteMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Arches. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
