Friday, June 20, 2025

Babylon Jug-handle

Babylon Jug-Handle






I have been unable to find a name for this jug-handle arch, so for now I've named it Babylon Jug-Handle, since it is very close to the Babylon Arch trailhead.  We found it while exploring around near the trailhead.  There is another arch high in the cliffs very close to this one.  There is also an arch marked "Natural Arch" on my Natural Atlas app, but I wasn't able to determine if the natural arch was this jug-handle arch, or the arch high in the cliffs, or Painted Arch nearby, or another arch that I wasn't able to see.  
View of Babylon Jug-handle from a distance

You can reach the Babylon Arch trailhead by following google maps navigation.  Take I-15 until the Leeds/Silver Reef exit (exit #22) and follow Leeds through Main Street until you reach 900 North.  Follow 900 North for almost 4 miles and pass the Sand Cove trailhead.  Turn right onto the Babylon Arch trailhead.  If your car has high clearance and exceptional four-wheel drive capabilities, you can drive all the way to the fence where the trailhead is.  We parked soon after the right turn and walked the rest of the way to the Babylon Arch trailhead.  When facing the trailhead, you can walk to the left to find both this Jug-handle arch and the other unnamed arch high in the cliffs (I named it Babylon Window since I don't know the name of it).

The drive in to Babylon Arch trailhead






Whether you're driving or hiking, watch out for the desert tortoise!  We saw two of them on our hike.

Other arches in the area include:

*  Babylon Arch
*  An unnamed arch high up in the cliffs near the Babylon Arch trailhead, that I named Babylon Window
*  Painted Arch
*  an arch that I took a photo of off in the distance from Babylon Arch trailhead

Babylon Arch

Painted Arch

Arch off in the distance as taken from Babylon Arch trailhead

Babylon Window high in the cliffs near Babylon Arch trailhead

The Babylon Jug-Handle is very near the Babylon Arch trailhead on this map

You can read about how to get to the other nearby arches here:

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