Access is improving to the Devils Garden area of Arches National Park/Kurt Repanshek photo

The Devils Garden area of Arches National Park, including access to area hiking trails, is scheduled to reopen Friday, June 16, at 7 a.m. after having been closed several weeks for needed road work.

Devils Garden Campground remains closed through November 30.

The Fiery Furnace and Salt Valley Overlook areas are scheduled to close at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 18, for up to 28 days. During the closure, these parking and hiking areas will be inaccessible, and self-guided permits and ranger-led tours of the Fiery Furnace will not be available.

Work along and around the park entrance road will soon be complete, and work crews plan to be out of the area by June 23. At that time, the night closure barricade will move from the junction of the main park road and Highway 191 to near the visitor center. Visitors waiting for the park to open at 7 a.m. must park and wait in the visitor parking lot and not on the roadway.

Beginning June 23, the park’s visitor center hours will extend to 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and park rangers will present nightly evening programs at the visitor center at 7 p.m.

A reminder: Visitors entering the park Sunday through Thursday must arrive before 6:30 p.m. Visitors arriving later will not be able to travel past the visitor center. All vehicles must be out of the closure area no later than 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.

The park is open weekends from 7 a.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Sunday, then reopens at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday  during this construction project.

The park will be open with no road construction work on the following holiday weekends as well:

• Independence Day: 7 a.m. Monday, July 3, to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 5
• Pioneer Day: 7 a.m. Friday, July 21, to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 25
• Labor Day: 7 a.m. Friday, September 1, to 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 5
• Utah Education Association: 7 a.m. Wednesday, October 18, to 7 p.m. Sunday, October 22

Other areas of Arches National Park, such as The Windows section, will be closed for up to four weeks once work begins in each of those areas. The park will reopen roads and trails once area construction work is completed. Given the many variables that can impact road projects of this type and scope, work dates are subject to change.

Road work is resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating approximately 23 miles of roads and pullouts in Arches National Park along the entrance road (from U.S. Highway 191 to the visitor center), main park road, the campground road, and other spur roads and loops. Road work is scheduled to last through November.

Limited daytime road closures may still occur even with nighttime work. Construction crews will use pilot cars and flaggers to control traffic during the day. When partial daytime road closures are in effect, crews will limit traffic delays to 30 minutes or less per work zone.

While construction crews will make every effort to minimize disruption to visitor daytime travel and activities during this project, visitors should expect frequent delays and closures.

Construction work schedules are subject to change. The park will post road construction updates on its website as they become available.