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Grosvenor Arch

Coordinates: 37°27′24″N 111°49′54″W / 37.4566526°N 111.8315671°W / 37.4566526; -111.8315671
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Grosvenor Arch
View of Grosvenor Arch
View of Grosvenor Arch
Grosvenor Arch is located in Utah
Grosvenor Arch
Grosvenor Arch
Location in Utah
Grosvenor Arch is located in the United States
Grosvenor Arch
Grosvenor Arch
Location in Utah
Coordinates: 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 States
Dimensions
 • Width92 ft (28 m)
 • Height150 ft (46 m)
Elevation6,427 ft (1,959 m)

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

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  1. ^ a b "Grosvenor Arch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Grosvenor Arch". visitsouthernutah.com. Kane County Utah Office of Tourism and Film Commission. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.
  4. ^ "Grosvenor Arch". utah.com. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.
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