Willow Springs Trail and Dinosaur Tracks

Total Miles
7.1

Technical Rating

Moderate

Best Time

Summer, Spring, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Willow Springs Trail and Dinosaur Tracks

Trail Overview

This is a fairly easy trail assuming you have a high-clearance vehicle with AWD or 4x4. You can start the trail by turning off the main highway and passing some disbursed camping areas, before greeting the gatekeeper by the Entering Arches National Park sign. You'll pass by some arches, beautiful scenery, and end up entering Arches National Park through a back entrance. This will end within the park and on the pavement.

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Difficulty

This is a fairly easy trail for those that have high-clearance 4x4 or AWD vehicles, assuming the roads are dry and it had not rained recently. You do cross a lot of washes, so if it recently rained check your weather apps and watch for flash floods.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Some of the trail shows signs of excessive wear due to the rain storm a couple weeks ago. Some deeper ruts. You can pick lines to make this a rating three or less.

Entrance off of 191, blocked. New entrance via Utah Raptor state part

Other trail reports list this trail as obstructed- but it is not. The entrance on the onX map is no longer correct. You need to enter into the Utahraptor state park entrance to get to the start of Willow Springs. Once there, the trail is super fun with a mix of sand, rock shelfs and river beds. Easy access to Arches as well as Eye of the Whale.

Entrance is down the road to a new built rangers building. Signs will lead you to the trail.