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| Devil' Arch Sedona Arizona |
The Devil's Bridge is a 50+ foot natural arch located in
Sedona Arizona. You can actually stand on top of it by climbing a rock
staircase built into the side on the mountain. The Devil's Bridge Trail is one of the most popular hikes in
Sedona and a lot of the information about this hike on the internet is wrong.
The official Forest Service website incorrectly lists the hike as only 1.5
miles round-trip. In actuality, the hike is 5 miles round-trip. I thought I would do post about it to clear up some of the confusion about this hike.
The parking area listed on the Forest Service website, and
many other websites, is only accessible if you have a 4 wheel vehicle with a
high ground clearance. There are several tour groups in town that will shuttle
you by Jeep to the closer trail-head for a fee, but most people will have to use
the ‘overflow’ parking area for the Devil’s Bridge further down the road. The
hike from this trail-head is at least 5 miles round-trip.
Having just finished
this hike last week, it’s obvious that a lot of people are getting bad
information about this hike online. We saw several groups of people hiking with
little or no water. The Devil’s Bridge Trail also has several forks and many
people seemed lost or confused because they expected the arch to be closer. The
trail runs snakes downhill from the parking lot through a forest of green
high-desert shrubs and small trees. Its crosses through several dry creek beds
and forks several times at marked crossings. The last half mile of the trail
heads uphill towards the the arch until you reach a set of rock stairs carved
into the mountain. At the top of the stairs, you can cross over from the
mountain onto the top of the arch.
Directions: From Sedona, Take 89a and make a right onto Dry
Creek Road. In 2 miles, turn right onto Vultee Arch Road. Vultee Arch Road is
unpaved. Follow Vultee Arch Road for approximately 1 mile until you see signs
for the Devil’s Bridge Trail-head parking Area. The Devil’s Bridge trail-head is
marked and starts in the overflow parking lot. The trail forks several times at
signed intersections and is approximately 5 miles round-trip.
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| Devils Bridge Sedona Arizona |
