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2.9 miles roundtrip
Category

Hike

Price

$

Est. Duration

2-3h

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STATISTICS AT-A-GLANCE

  • HIKE NAME: Secret Tunnel + Ring Arch (The tunnel does not have an official name)

  • DISTANCE: 5.58 miles RT if you include Ring Arch and Secret Tunnel - it is possible just to go to Ring Arch and back and its 2.9 miles RT

  • ELEVATION GAIN: 300 feet for both the tunnel and Ring Arch, 170 feet for Ring Arch

  • RESTROOMS: No

  • DOG FRIENDLY: No

  • PERMIT: No

  • FEE: Yes, $30 Private Vehicle National Park Entrance Fee OR covered under your America the Beautiful Pass // Fee information HERE

  • VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS: 2wd, park just off the highway

  • TRAILHEAD COORDINATES: 38.649327, -109.598196

  • MAP PROVIDED IN WEBSITE: Yes, GAIA GPX (this will take you to both secret tunnel and ring arch)

Coordinates for Ring arch: 38.649808, -109.622784

There is a bit of a scramble to get up into the arch around here: 38.649944, -109.622264


You will rarely see photos of Ring Arch as there is no official trail, however you will see that social trails do exist so please stay on these trails as there is a lot of biologic crust here.

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