Grosvenor Arch

37°27′24″N 111°49′54″W / 37.4566526°N 111.8315671°W / 37.4566526; -111.8315671^[1]LocationGrand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah, United StatesDimensions

• Width92 ft (28 m) • Height150 ft (46 m)Elevation6,427 ft (1,959 m)

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Grosvenor Arch is a unique sandstone double arch located within Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in southern Kane County, Utah, United States. It is named to honor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), a president of the National Geographic Society, publishers of the National Geographic Magazine.^[2]

Located in northern Kane County, it is close to and south of Kodachrome Basin State Park and is accessed from the north or south via Cottonwood Canyon Road, a dirt road that traverses Cottonwood Canyon in the western portion of the national monument.^[3]

The site is well maintained and has an outhouse restroom and cement benches. There is a concrete sidewalk that goes almost to the base of the arch which is handicap accessible.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Grosvenor Arch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Cott, John W. Van (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7.
^ "Grosvenor Arch". visitsouthernutah.com. Kane County Utah Office of Tourism and Film Commission. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.
^ "Grosvenor Arch". utah.com. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.