The Trek Details

The Trek in a snapshot

Location: Near Moab, Utah

Managing Agency: BLM

Pets: Allowed

Fees: None

Restrooms: None

Camping: Not allowed

Trail Condition: You can see the arch from the road, but if you hike on the dirt trail to the petroglyphs it will be easy. If you hike to the granary then it will be steep

Distance: 0.25 roundtrip

Time Required: 30 minutes if hiking to the petroglyphs and granary

Sights: Jug Handle Arch, granary, petroglpyhs

Best Season: All

Water Info: Bring a bottle of water if needed

Parking Elevation: 3970 ft

Summit Elevation: 4100 ft

Elevation Difference: 130 ft

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GPS Coordinates

Parking: 38.547, -109.64848

Jug Handle Arch: 38.54861, -109.64788

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The trail to Jug Handle Arch is nice and short but is somewhat hard to follow. Since you can see Jug Handle Arch from the parking area I just headed straight to the arch and then randomly found a cairn and then I was on a trail. The trail doesn’t gain much in elevation too unless you are hiking to the granary but most people could do this hike.

I won’t post the GPS coordinates for the petroglyphs but they are very easy to find – to the bottom and far left of Jug Handle Arch about 100 ft or so. These are some fascinating petroglpyhs and some seem like they are from different time periods and peoples too.

One of the petroglyphs looks like what I think is a noose. Any other ideas on what it could be?