Utah Mighty 5 | 5-Day Lodging Trip

Wake up to breakfast included at your lodge and get ready to explore one of the greatest collections of natural arches on the planet at Arches National Park!  We will depart early to view the Windows, Double Arch, and hike 3-miles round-trip to one of the most famous features in the entire southwest, Delicate Arch.

“A weird, lovely, fantastic object out of nature like Delicate Arch has the curious ability to remind us—like rock and sunlight and wind and wilderness—that out there is a different world, older and greater and deeper by far than ours” – Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire 

After some additional active options in Arches National Park, we make a trip to their visitor center before heading to Moab for a couple hours where you’ll have an opportunity to wander around this unique Southwest town. We’ll then pick you up and take back to your lodge and allow you to relax for the rest of the night.

Departing from Moab, we drive 2 hours to our first adventure for the day at Goblin Valley State Park.  This place is out of this world! It is hard to envision a more “alien-like” landscape than what you’ll see here.  Small hoodoos, locally known as goblins, fill a former tidal plain and make for one of the most unique destinations in the American Southwest.

After Goblin Valley, we’ll enjoy one of America’s most scenic drives as we explore Capitol Reef National Park for a possible hike. Capitol Reef National Park includes 241,904 acres of amazing red rock formations, cliffs, canyons and natural bridges. It is Utah’s wilderness at its best.  Capitol Reef is also the least visited of Utah’s National Parks, so it’s definitely worth checking out! This evening we’ll arrive to our lodge just outside of Capitol Reef National Park.