(Daniel Brenner | The New York Times) A view as the sun sets at Dead Horse Point State Park, which has seven miles of interconnected trails, in Moab, Oct. 18, 2024. The scrappy desert outpost of Moab, home to just over 5,000 people, welcomes more than three million visitors each year and includes Arches National Park, which no longer requires a reservation to enter after Oct. 31.