Distant panoramas from each point feature the Black Mountains in the northeast and Navajo Mountain in the south. The Paria River valley and Aquarius Plateau form the backdrop. To the south, the White Cliffs, carved out of Navajo Sandstone, are visible. Here ponderosa pines begin to give way to spruce and fir trees. It is more accurately an arch, carved by the combined forces of rain and frost erosion acting from the top of the rock.
Displays contrasts of light and color that are among the most satisfying in the park.
Look for small trees atop a hoodoo known as the Hunter. In the distance, the rims of southern plateaus and canyons are visible. On most days you can see Navajo Mountain and the Kaibab Plateau 90 miles away in Arizona. On the clearest days, the view extends into New Mexico. The foreground is awash in the colors of long-eroded slopes and remnant hoodoos .