The Belle of the Ball
The park that provides the world with the most recognizable images of Utah's Mighty 5® (Delicate Arch is on the state's license plates!), serves as the backdrop for our most popular longer distance race, the Arches Half Marathon. It's enough to push yourself but won't make your knees give you side eye.
Arches Half Beneficiary
Canyonlands Natural History Association
Canyonlands Natural History Association is the official non-profit partner of the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service in southeast Utah. Since their inception in 1967, CNHA has donated over 16 million dollars to these public land managers, including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, in support of their educational and research efforts. For more information on CNHA, or to become a member, please visit www.cnha.org.
How To Complete the Arches Half
Step 1: Register and Share
Step 1: Register and Share
Step 1: Register and Share
Sign up for this event by itself or with any number of other Utah National Parks Challenge series races. Then, share your referral link and earn a full refund.
Step 2: Get Your Swag
Step 1: Register and Share
Step 1: Register and Share
Participants of the Arches Half will receive a fanny pack and a finisher medal themed to to Arches National Park.
Step 3: Run or Walk
Step 4: Record Your Results and Share Your Experience
Step 4: Record Your Results and Share Your Experience
Pick a day and do it! Plan your own route and use the RaceJoy app to track your participation. By using the app, you'll also receive fun information about the Arches National Park, transforming you to a virtual paradise.
Step 4: Record Your Results and Share Your Experience
Step 4: Record Your Results and Share Your Experience
Step 4: Record Your Results and Share Your Experience
Post instant results from the RaceJoy app or submit your time manually on runsignup.com. Then, it's time to party. Post your pictures, share on social media, and tune in for a special post-race party in early January.
About Arches National Park
Gateway to Nirvana
With more than 2,000 sandstone arches, Arches National Park has the highest concentration of natural arches in the world. The freestanding horseshoe-shaped Delicate Arch is the posterchild for the park, perched majestically on a cliff wall in front of a sandstone bowl. The arches are spectacular, coming in a full range of shapes and sizes, each seemingly with its own character. The park, set high above the surrounding desert and the nearby town of Moab, is also home to giant stone fins, spires, slickrock, sand dunes, and beautiful views that stretch to the distant La Sal Mountains. Short walks and hiking trails lead to spectacular sites, most of which are easy enough to be enjoyable for small children.
ANP Up Close
Delicate Arch
Landscape Arch
Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall freestanding natural arch formed of Entrada sandstone. It it looks familiar, that's because it appears on the Utah License plate. It's SUPER famous.
Balanced Rock
Landscape Arch
Delicate Arch
Balanced Rock is a massive rock resting on a narrow pillar 128 feet This rock is the largest of its kind in the park, weighing approximately the same as 27 blue whales. Wow!
Landscape Arch
Landscape Arch
Landscape Arch
Landscape Arch is the longest of the many natural rock arches located in Arches National Park. A reminder of the fragility of unique structures like these, the arch survived a partial collapse in 1973.
Devils Garden
Slickrock Bike Trail
Landscape Arch
Devils Garden features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion and i part of the longest of the maintained trails in Arches National Park.
Double Arch
Slickrock Bike Trail
Slickrock Bike Trail
Double Arch is a close-set pair of natural arches within the Windows area of Arches. The pair share the same base making up the exterior legs of each arch.
Slickrock Bike Trail
Slickrock Bike Trail
Slickrock Bike Trail
This challenging 10.5-mile trail takes riders over a landscape of petrified sand dunes and the eroded remnants of ancient sea beds. After a half marathon run, who's in for an epic "cool-down" bike ride?