The NABS Cool Links Page — Your Bridge to other interesting sites
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The World Arch Database
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The World Arch Database online version and CD-ROM versions are 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 5800 arches. NABS members can sign up to receive weekly emails listing updates to the World Arch Database (you do not need to be a World Arch Database subscriber to receive these weekly updates).
Journal of Natural Arch Discoveries
Back issues of the discontinued Journal of Natural Arch Discoveries are also available from Stone Canyon Adventures.
Windstone
Gorgeous coffee table book on natural arches by renowned photographer (and NABS member) David Meunch. Highly recommended.
Price search here. Note that the title is poetic because wind is not a factor in natural arch formation.
NABS on Flickr and Panoramio
- Flickr: Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS) Arch Rallies
- Flickr: Natural Arches and Bridges (Flickr Group)
- Flickr: Natural Arches of New Mexico
- Flickr: NABS President Larry Beck's Photostream
- Panoramio: Natural Arch and Bridge Society
- Panoramio: NABS President Larry Beck
Other sites devoted primarily to arches
- 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 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.
- 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 300 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 3 photo sites for natural arches in New Mexico:
- Aztec, New Mexico Arches: Aztec Visitor Center and Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce.
- 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
- Bob's Arches - Very informative site with lots of photos, mostly of arches in Utah, from NABS member Bob Fagley
- Arches of the Alabama Hills, California - over 400 of them!
- Arches of the Red River Gorge - offering DVDs 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 - "Largest collection of Utah arches on the internet"
- Utah Photo Wild - "The Arch-ography Fun Site"
- Sea Caves and Arches - by NABS member Dave Bunnell
- Ireland : Arches of Annestown Beach, Waterford – The Copper Coast (photos by Gavin Lyons)
- Waymarking.com Natural Arches
- Pinterest: Natural Arches
- Interactive map of Arches National Park - includes locations of many arches
- Arch Collapse at Grand Portal Point, Michigan
- Natural arches featured on postage stamps
- 32 stunning and spectacular sea arches
- Some links to specific arches
Topographic maps
- Download topgraphic maps for most states
- Degrees-minutes-seconds, UTM conversions: Earth Point, Montana State University, University of Wisconsin, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
- maptools.com provides a good explanation on how to use the UTM coordinate system, and the difference between the NAD27 and WGS84 map datums.
- Another page for New Mexico topographic map quadrangles for free download.
Utah Travel
- Canyonlands Natural History Association
- Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument - the official BLM home page
- Moab Information Site - Guide to attractions and services in Utah's Moab area
- San Rafael Swell - Great site about this great place
- Utah BLM home page
- Utah National Parks
- utahtrails.com - good hiking info from the book Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails
General Travel / Outdoors
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