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Devils Garden is an area of Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, United States, that features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion. The Devils Garden Trail circles through the area for just over 7 miles (11 km), leading to Landscape Arch and several other arches such as Tunnel, Pine Tree, Partition, Navajo, Double O, and Private Arch, as well as the Dark Angel monolith and Fin Canyon. Wall Arch, before its collapse in 2008, was also located in Devils Garden. Black Arch is visible as a dark outline from the main trail and can be reached on an unmarked sidetrack.
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- Timelapse devil s garden grand staircase escalante national monument utah usa 4k 30fps
- Map of Devils Garden Utah USA
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- History
- Flora and fauna
- References
Map of Devils Garden, Utah, USA
The trailhead for Devils Garden is located at the end of the main road in Arches National Park. A campground and amphitheater are also available at the site. Due to road construction in 2017, the campground will be closed through November 30.
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History
In the early 1920s, an immigrant prospector from Hungary named Alexander Ringoffer came across the Klondike Bluffs, as the area is known presently, which he named Devil's Garden. Ringoffer contacted officials at the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad company to determine whether the land could become a tourist attraction. The railroad company realized the lucrative potential of the area and contacted the National Park Service to consider making it a national monument. President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order on April 12th, 1929 that created Arches National Monument. The monument originally consisted of two parts: the Windows and Devils Garden, the latter name being taken from the Klondike Bluffs area which was not initially included in the park. Arches remained a national monument until 1971 when Congress passed a bill that re-designated it as a national park.
Flora and fauna
The dominant plant species are pinyon pines and junipers. Wildflower growth is highly variable each year, depending on precipitation levels, with April and May generally being the best months to see blooms, and early fall also good in years with many summer monsoons.
Mammals inhabiting the park include cougars, mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, red foxes, cottontail rabbits, kangaroo rats and other rodents. Reptiles include western collared lizards, northern whiptails, desert spiny lizards, and midget faded rattlesnakes.