Morton Arch

 

Morton Arch, located right off the shore of Morton Lake near Pavillion, Wyoming

Morton Lake is one of our favorite places to go boating.  It is about 45 minutes from our house.  Many years ago I spotted this arch up on the hills along the shore line.  I named it Morton Arch.  We have often hiked to it and climbed inside it on our many family boating trips.  It is not very big, but it's fun that it's so accessible to climb inside and on all the rocks nearby.  

Here is the arch's location

Here is the arch's pin:

Morton Arch Location

When you turn off of highway 26 towards Morton Lake on Pilot Butte Road, keep following the dirt road past the boat dock and watch towards your left.  You will see the arch along the skyline.  You can park about 20 feet from the arch and just walk to it.  You can also walk up to it from the shoreline of the lake.  You have to be looking at it from the right angle to be able to tell that it's an arch.

This is what the rock looks like from the south end

and this is what the rock looks like from the north end

The view of the arch from Pilot Butte Road

Notice the other small openings in the rock

As you approach the arch, this is what it looks like

There's my husband through the arch

Climbing inside the arch is easy

The lake-side side of the arch

Around back there's some more fun rocks to climb on

There's this natural rock that you could use to climb up onto the rock and probably on top of the arch.  I didn't try it because of my fear of heights, and I don't think you could get inside the arch this way, although I guess if you were really daring you could.  I have always climbed into the arch from the other side.

View from inside the arch looking up

Sitting inside the arch, looking out at the lake

My husband standing on the ground beside the arch while I was inside it - that side the arch is not very high off the ground

looking down from the arch

Selfie inside the arch

It's not a very big arch, but it is an accessible and fun arch and in such a beautiful setting!