The Latest Breaking News from Arches National Park

Hiker trapped by quicksand in Utah canyon is rescued after drone spotted him struggling

Austin Dirks was hiking Sunday in Arches National Park, eastern Utah, renowned for its hundreds of stunning sandstone arches.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

12 incredible US national parks for landscape photographers you simply have to tick off your bucket list

From sea to shining sea, these are some of the best photographic locations in the US

Digital Camera World · Aug 19, 2025

Hiker dead after fall at Utah's Arches National Park

Authorities say a 77-year-old man is dead after falling while hiking at Arches National Park in Utah

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

News briefs

Family of woman killed by Arches National Park gate gets $10.5 million

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Ugandan activist's family awarded $10.5M for Utah park death

The United States will pay more than $10 million in damages over the death of Esther Nakajjigo, a prominent Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Family of Ugandan philanthropist decapitated by traffic gate in Arches National Park awarded $10.5m

Unsecured gate ‘turned a metal pipe into a spear that went straight through the side of a car’

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Woman decapitated by metal gate in front of her horrified husband in park

Esther Nakajjigo's horrified husband was driving when a metal gate was whipped round in the wind and cut into the car where she was sitting and beheading her in Arches National Park in Utah, US

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah park

Attorneys for the family of a Ugandan activist killed by a swinging metal gate at Arches National Park in Utah are seelomg $140 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022