Corona Arch

If I had to guess, I would say that Corona Arch is the most-often-visited arch outside of Arches National Park in Moab!  We have been hiking to it ever since we moved to Moab in 1998 and visited it many times since we moved away.  Drive down the Potash Road until you see the Corona Arch parking area, which is clearly marked.  This is a very popular hike so there will be lots of other hikers on the trail with you.  The trail used to be followed by cairns, but now there is green paint that leads the way.  There are a couple of spots that are hard for those afraid of heights, but ropes and a ladder help with that.  It is about a mile and a half hike each way, and very easy.  My kids always enjoy posing for photos on the railroad tracks at the very beginning of the trail.  We also always pose inside the little cave that is right next to the trail just before you reach the arches.  People used to bungee cord off Corona Arch and swing under it, but then someone died and they won't let people bungee cord off it anymore.  An airplane has flown through the arch before, and people paraglide through it also.  You can climb on top of it, although I am too afraid of heights to have ever tried.  This is one of my favorite arches.  You can also visit Pinto Arch and Bowtie Arch on this hike.

2018, all our Call family cousins at the reunion

2018, the Corona Arch trail

2018, the beautiful Corona Arch hike

2018

2018, water break on the hike to Corona Arch

under Corona Arch, 2018

2018, under the arch

Grandpa and Grandpa on the Corona Arch hike, 2018

climbing up the walls on the Corona Arch hike

2020, our family likes to pose on this giant rock near the beginning of the Corona Arch trail

2020, Teancum, my daughter in law Jancy, son Micah with grandson Krew, James, Lizzie, me, Rebecca, and my husband James taking the photo

the little cave on the Corona Arch trail

2020

2007, my sons Teancum and Ethan (jedis)

2007

2007, Bowtie and Corona Arches.  I was pregnant with my youngest daughter Lizzie. My children Micah, Cameron, Ian, Teancum, James, Ethan, and my daughter Rebecca on James' back

Ethan on the trail

1998, my sons Cameron and Micah in the little cave with their cousins Holly, Annaka, Tim, and Dan

the beginning of the Corona Arch hike

switchbacks at the beginning of the Corona Arch hike

2018

following the green paint on the trail, 2018

using the rope to climb up the rock near the end of the hike, 2018

2018, all the kids climbing up the rope

2018, Bowtie and Corona both visible

2018, fitting cousins in the little cave on the trail, our Call reunion
Chance, Gwen, Lizzie, Skylar, Kate, Rooney, Isabelle, Clara, Evy, and Zoey

2018, Corona Arch trail

our picture rock, 2018

starting the hike

fun on the railroad tracks at the beginning of the hike

2018

under Corona Arch, 2020

2020, lots of traffic at Corona Arch

2020, under the arch

view of the trail

2020, a mask stuck in a tree on the hike to Corona Arch

taking pictures on our picture rock, 2020, hike to Corona

2020.  I love the cairn inside the cave

2007, Corona Arch hike

1999, my son Ian inside the cave on Corona Arch trail

2015 

2015

My kids on top of the arch, 2015

2015 Grandpa and Grandma, the arch is in the background, it blends in with the rock behind it

2015

Grandpa took a selfie, but this is the view from inside the arch

2015

My nephew Chance on the railroad tracks at the beginning of the trail, 2018

My brother Curtis, his wife Lindsay and daughter Skylar

the trail

heading back down the rope ladder

2018, our picture rock

playing on the rocks near the arches

view from the arch

2020

2021, Lizzie, James and Rebecca on the tracks

2021

2021, view from the trail

2021, a cairn garden!

2021, our little cave

going down the ladder on the beginning of our hike back to the car, 2021

holding onto the rope on the trail, 2021

Under Corona Arch, 2021

2007, my sons Ian and James on the train tracks

Corona Arch, 2007