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Heading To Arches National Park For Memorial Day Weekend? Expect Crowds

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By NPT Staff - May 17th, 2016

Heading to Arches National Park for Memorial Day Weekend? Get there early/Kurt Repanshek

A year after traffic trying to enter Arches National Park in Utah backed up onto a U.S. highway and caused police to temporarily close the entrance, park officials are urging visitors planning to visit during the Memorial Day weekend to show up early.

Park officials recommend visitors avoid entering Arches or Canyonlands national parks between 9 a.m. and noon, when wait times may exceed one hour.

To help minimize wait time at the parks' entrance stations, park officials ask that vehicles keep pace with traffic in the line. Current pass holders and returning visitors should have passes and identification ready. Credit cards are preferred for buying new passes.

If the parks reach capacity, vehicles may be restricted from entering until space becomes available.

There will be no left turn lane into Arches National Park for southbound traffic on U.S. 191. Vehicles traveling south will need to pass the Arches entrance road and follow signs showing where to turn around. Only northbound vehicles may enter the park.

Last weekend a teenager was killed and five others injured as the result of a two-car accident at the entrance to Arches.

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Submitted by paulAZ on May 17, 2016 - 8:20pm.

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