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The World Arch Database
The World
Arch Database online is a pay service available from
Stone
Canyon Adventures, created by NABS member and former SPAN Editor Tom
Van Bebber. The World Arch Database is the largest single source of information about natural arches, with information on over 15,000 arches. Anyone may sign up to receive weekly emails listing updates to the World Arch Database. Back issues are available on the home page of their website. New NABS members are eligible for a 20% discount on their first year subscription to the World Arch Database (not owned or controlled by NABS).
Windstone
Gorgeous 2003 coffee table book on natural arches by renowned photographer David Meunch (who has been a member of NABS). Highly recommended.
Price search here. Note that the title is poetic because wind is not a factor in natural arch formation.
Unfortunately the arch on the cover, known as Windstone Arch in Nevada's Valley of Fire, was vandalized in 2021. It is now a single arch instead of a double, after the center column was destroyed, as shown in the photo below by Rich Beckman.
Online book
Geologic Wonders and Curiosities of Missouri (1990), beginning on page 200, provides information on 85 natural arches in Missouri.
NABS on Flickr and Google Maps
- Google Maps: Larry Beck's Map of New Mexico Arches Note: There are over 700 numbered arches in New Mexico. To find information on a specific numbered arch, scroll down the list on the left to the desired number and click on it and a link will come up that goes to a photo of that arch on Flickr (with additional information below the photo). The late Larry Beck is a former President of NABS.
- Flickr: Larry Beck’s Photostream of New Mexico Arches
- Flickr: Natural Arches of New Mexico
- Flickr: Natural Arch and Bridge Society
- Flickr: Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS) Arch Rallies
- Flickr: Natural Arches and Bridges (Flickr Group)
Other sites devoted primarily to arches
- Spanophiles Files - Arch videos (more on the way) from arch lovers ("spanophiles") the Robinson Twins.
- Arch Seekers of the SouthEastern States (A.S.S.E.S.) - Formerly an official Chapter of the Natural Arch and Bridge Society but now inactive. Good site for Kentucky and Tennessee arches (plus some from surrounding states).
- Kentucky arch resource page on this site.
- Arches and Natural Bridges - from photographer/blogger Randy Langstraat.
- Arches of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Very comprehensive site by Adiyan Haran.
- Arches UK - Arches in the United Kingdom and many other countries by NABS member Ray Millar. Ray has probably been to more arches in more countries than anybody else.
- Natural Arches Worldwide Facebook Group - also run by Ray Millar.
- Arch Millennium - Lots of unique arch photos from around the world on this growing site by our valued French NABS member and world-wide arch hunter, Guilain Debossens. Guilain has cataloged over 1500 natural arches in France and over 400 natural arches in the Sahara Desert region of Algeria.
- Tennessee Arches - University of Tennessee site with latitude/longitude, links to topo maps, and GPS-downloadable waypoint files of arches and other landforms in Tennessee. Many thanks to NABS member Tom Dunigan for this great site.
- New Mexico Arches - NABS member Larry Beck has created two photo sites and a map for natural arches in New Mexico:
- Aztec, New Mexico Arches: Aztec Visitor Center.
- Archhunter.de - Run by German NABS member Gunter Welz. A good selection of arches from Utah and also ones from other states and countries.
- Zehrer's Place - Not just arches, but there are many of them on this website (in German) by NABS member Fritz Zehrer
- Arch Gallery by NABS member M. Allen Dawson
- Arches of the Alabama Hills, California - over 400 of them!
- Arches of the Red River Gorge - by NABS member William Patrick. DVDs are offered documenting these arches
- Ohio's Natural Arches - see also an article from Ohio Geology Newsletter on "Natural Bridges in Ohio" on the NABS Download Page.
- UtahArches.com - "The largest, free access, collection of Utah's natural arches on the internet." Created by NABS member David Sessions.
- Sea Caves and Arches - by NABS member Dave Bunnell
- Ted's Outdoor World: Arches and Natural Bridges
- Arches of Ireland (photos by Gavin Lyons)
- Vintage photos by Elmer A. Hubbard - covers Northern Arizona and the Colorado Plateau, with a number of interesting arch photos, maintained by NABS member David H. Hubbard (his son).
- Waymarking.com Natural Arches
- Pinterest: Natural Arches
- Interactive map of Arches National Park - includes locations of many arches
- Natural arches featured on postage stamps
- 32 stunning and spectacular sea arches
- Map locations of 16 Oregon arches (no photos)
Topographic maps
- Download topgraphic maps for most states
- AnyplaceAmerica.com: Free U.S. topo maps and even a special arch section.
- Degrees-minutes-seconds, UTM conversions
- maptools.com provides a good explanation on how to use the UTM coordinate system, and the difference between the NAD27 and WGS84 map datums.
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