I think it really depends on the images you envision capturing. As a general rule wider focal lengths work better shooting the night sky, especially if you desire to capture the Milkyway, as they enable compositions that include larger portions of the night sky. Your 70-200mm will work great though, as it’s a fast lens and will allow tighter compositions focused around Balanced Rock. That lens will also work well for shooting vertical and horizontal panoramic sequences to blend together. The 10mm to 20mm lens is a nice focal length range for night sky photography, though the maximum aperture for those lenses is less than ideal. It’s doable at f4 and it sounds like you may have the experience and skill to pull it off. Generally, the faster and wider the lens, the better it is for night sky photography. We do not personally offer tours, but here’s a list of Arches NP tours you can check out – one tour is for sunset & night photography! https://photojeepers.com/arches-national-park-tours/

Sunset/Night: Arches Windows area and Balanced Rock – so many elements for sunset and milky way – and you can do both locations for milky way the same night.
Sunrise: Mesa Arch, but you’ll need to get there way early! Other good sunrise locations: Arches La Sal Overlook you catch the sun coming over the horizon, and the golden light reflected on all the stone formations there. Arches Windows area is also nice for sunrise to get the golden light on the arches there. Canyonlands Grand View Point is awesome to catch the sunrise sunbursts. And Dead Horse Point is a nice sunrise location as well. Have so much fun! You might want to check out our Arches/Canyonlands photography guide: https://photojeepers.com/arches-canyonlands-itinerary-photography-guide/

My wife and I will be visiting Arches in a few weeks. We have two nights and two mornings there. I’d like to do Corona Arch on one night. Where would you recommend for the one extra night and two mornings? I’m primarily interested in Milky Way and landscape shots. Thanks for sharing your insight here.

Sincerely,
Andrew Rice

Happy to answer any questions when you get the chance to go!

Canyonlands near Moab: https://photojeepers.com/category/destinations/canyonlands/ and Bryce Canyon: https://photojeepers.com/category/destinations/bryce-canyon/!!

I was to Utah in 2017. I wish i could live in such a beautiful state. I plan to visit in 2018 any suggestions. I seen Capital Reef, Arches n.p, Zion and suggestions. I was hooked on Moab and busting to go back.

Grateful of any suggestions.

Thank you,
Emer