Jewel Tibbetts Arch Trail

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Runners should exercise caution on those sections of the trail which are close to the edge of Hell-Roaring Canyon. The trail can be very warm in the summer.

Be careful running over rocky ledges and near the rim.

From the parking lot, the trail passes through a fence and follows a dirt road for about 0.1 miles. The trail leaves the road and goes down several dry washes until it rejoins an old road (closed to vehicles). After a short distance, the trail leaves the old road and follows a series of rock cairns to near the edge of the 400-foot-deep Hell Roaring Canyon.

After a short distance, the trail follows a short spur onto a slickrock platform, from which spectacular views of the arch and the canyon below can be had. The trail returns to the parking lot across a blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) mesa, where it rejoins the road.

The arch is named after Jewel Tibbetts, a Moab resident who lived about 10 miles distance at the Horsethief Ranch in the 1950s and 1960's with her husband Bill. They often took ranch visitors to see the arch.