Grosvenor Arch is a unique sandstone double
arch
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Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...
located within
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in southern
Kane County,
Utah
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,
United States
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. It is named to honor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
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(1875–1966), a president of the
National Geographic Society
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, publishers of the
National Geographic Magazine.
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.
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.
References
External links
Natural arches of Utah
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Landforms of Kane County, Utah
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