Things to do in Cisco

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Delicate Arch featuring desert views
Arches National Park which includes landscape views, desert views and a gorge or canyon
Arches National Park featuring tranquil scenes, desert views and a gorge or canyon
Delicate Arch featuring tranquil scenes
Delicate Arch showing hiking or walking, landscape views and tranquil scenes

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1. Balanced Rock

You may experience a sense of vertigo when looking at Balanced Rock, which seems at once eternal and always on the verge of crashing down onto the rocks below. Formed over millions of years, Balanced Rock reaches 128 feet (39 meters) in height and was once concealed within the cliff of Dewey Bridge mudstone that still forms its pedestal. As some of the mudstone wore away, Balanced Rock emerged, becoming more precipitous over time. Visit this natural marvel, one of the few attractions within Arches National Park that you can see easily from the road.
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Arches National Park showing tranquil scenes, desert views and a gorge or canyon

2. Delicate Arch

Depicted on state license plates and postage stamps, Delicate Arch is among the most iconic rock formations in Arches National Park. The spectacular free-standing arch, which is brilliant red, is part of an eponymous trail past the park’s dramatic scenery. Snap photos of your family standing in the natural structure’s opening for a sense of its size and beauty.
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Delicate Arch showing a sunset, landscape views and tranquil scenes

3. Double Arch

Double Arch is a fascinating rocky structure with a double loop that gives off an otherworldly appearance. The two arches are among the most recognizable features in Arches National Park, just outside Moab. Stand in the gaps between the two enormous loops to get a sense of their sheer size and majesty.
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Double Arch featuring tranquil scenes

4. Fiery Furnace Viewpoint

Drive to Fiery Furnace Viewpoint in Arches National Park and walk from the parking area to the vista point in 0.1 mile (0.2 kilometer). Alternatively don your hiking boots and join a ranger-guided hike through the sandstone labyrinth of fins, spires and arches. The sudden dead ends and narrow, twisting corridors of this sandstone attraction will have you scratching your head, so the only way to explore is via a ranger-led hike. Guided hikes also ensure that visitors stay off the protected native plants and soil.
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Arches National Park which includes landscape views, desert views and a gorge or canyon

5. Partition Arch

Partition Arch is a large circular opening in the rock face that offers a magnificent view of a valley in Arches National Park. It shares a trail with nearby Navajo Arch in the midst of seemingly endless red rocks and colorful surfaces. Snap photos of the valley and include the underside of the arch for interesting results.
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Partition Arch which includes desert views

What to do in Cisco

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Arches National Park showing tranquil scenes, desert views and a gorge or canyon

Balanced Rock

A boulder the size of three school buses perches at the top of a rocky spire in one of Arches National Park’s most famous sites.

Balanced Rock
Delicate Arch showing a sunset, landscape views and tranquil scenes

Delicate Arch

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Walk with your family along a scenic path and examine Ute petroglyphs of sheep and horses on your way to this remarkable arch.

Delicate Arch
Double Arch featuring tranquil scenes

Double Arch

Follow in the footsteps of Indiana Jones with a hike through this set of enormous red loops in a popular national park.

Double Arch
Arches National Park which includes landscape views, desert views and a gorge or canyon

Fiery Furnace Viewpoint

Consider participating in an informative ranger-led tour through the labyrinthine passageways of this popular natural attraction in Arches National Park.

Fiery Furnace Viewpoint
Devils Garden Trailhead

Devils Garden Trailhead

Enjoy a trip to Devils Garden Trailhead and popular activities such as camping in Cisco. Wander the parks and riverfront in the area.

Devils Garden Trailhead
Partition Arch which includes desert views

Partition Arch

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Arrive early at this natural window at the end of a trail for the views, the serenity and the idyllic sunrise.

Partition Arch
Skyline Arch which includes tranquil scenes

Skyline Arch

Take photos of this rocky window that is one of the most prominent natural features in the park’s undulating red skyline.

Skyline Arch
Landscape Arch which includes tranquil scenes

Landscape Arch

Watch the sun set beyond the silhouette of the longest of the many red loops that make up Arches National Park.

Landscape Arch
Sand Dune Arch

Sand Dune Arch

Red sand swirls in the wind at the base of a huge natural arch that frames snow-capped mountains on the horizon.

Sand Dune Arch
Arches National Park which includes desert views

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