{{Short description|Sandstone double arch in Kane County, Utah}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox landform | name = Grosvenor Arch | type = [[Rock arch]] | iucn_category = | iucn_ref = | image = Grosvenor Arch (6819711003).jpg | caption = View of Grosvenor Arch | pushpin_map = Utah#USA | map_image = | pushpin_mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Utah##Location in Utah | coordinates = {{Coord|37.4566526|-111.8315671|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-UT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis/> | pushpin_label = Grosvenor Arch | pushpin_relief = | location = [[Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument]], [[Utah]], United States | length = | length_km = | width = {{cvt|92|ft|m}} | width_km = | area_ref = | height = {{cvt|150|ft|m}} | elevation = {{cvt|6427|ft|m}} | elevation_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1428417|title=Grosvenor Arch}}</ref> }} '''Grosvenor Arch''' is a unique sandstone double [[natural arch|arch]] located within [[Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument]] in southern [[Kane County, Utah|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]].<ref name="Cott">{{cite book|last=Cott|first=John W. Van|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA169|year=1990|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|location=Salt Lake City|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|page=169}}</ref>
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, Utah|Cottonwood Canyon]] in the western portion of the national monument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitsouthernutah.com/Grosvenor-Arch|title=Grosvenor Arch|website=visitsouthernutah.com|publisher=Kane County Utah Office of Tourism and Film Commission|accessdate=31 Mar 2016|archive-date=17 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917040102/http://www.visitsouthernutah.com/Grosvenor-Arch|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://utah.com/bryce-canyon-national-park/grosvenor-arch|title=Grosvenor Arch|website=utah.com|accessdate=31 Mar 2016}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{commons-inline}} {{Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument}}
[[Category:Natural arches of Utah]] [[Category:Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument]] [[Category:Landforms of Kane County, Utah]]
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