Ruins trail and Visitor Center open daily except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The Park is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Summer Hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Ruins Trail and Visitor Center.
Winter Hours: Labor Day to Memorial Day, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ruins Trail only.
The Visitor Center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during winter hours.
Did You Know?
Edward Abbey worked as a seasonal park ranger at Arches in the late 1950s. His 1968 memoir of this experience, "Desert Solitaire," has become a classic of desert literature.