Like Arches, this is a place that you soon learn only photographs well from a limited number of places, and now that people have seen those, expect crowds. Mesa Arch, for example, will often be crowded for that sunrise shot. However, you can find some new spots to shoot from, as evidence by the images below. But even then, getting a great shot often simply means going back to the same spot many times, and getting lucky with the weather or light. That said, the drive to the park from Moab, and out to Grand View Point in the Island of the Sky section is still one of my favorite drives.

You can also descend a dirt/gravel road down the Shafer Trail to the White Rim Trail, a 100 mile, and often rough ride below the rim of Island in the Sky. I've done it in a day, but it was tough.

The south section of the park, the Needles section, is a long drive from Moab. Some of the jeep trails have now been restricted, and the ones that remain open are tough to navigate no matter how experienced you are. And, Chesler Park is an easy place to really get lost in.

Horse Canyon is home to the Great Gallery, a large panel of pictographs. It's a long drive from Moab back to I-70, and west to HWY 24, and a good distance off road from HWY 24, culminated in a 3 mile hike to the Gallery.

The most remote, and hard to access part of the park is the Maze. That's why I haven't gotten there yet.