Grosvenor Arch

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.[1]

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 Road 400, a dirt road that traverses Cottonwood Canyon in the western portion of the national monument. [2]


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.[3]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Grosvenor Arch". visitsouthernutah.com. Kane County Utah Office of Tourism and Film Commission. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.
  3. "Grosvenor Arch". utah.com. Retrieved 31 Mar 2016.

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