{{short description|Natural rock arch in Utah, United States}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox landform | name = Kolob Arch | type = [[Rock arch]] <!-- images --> | image = Kolob Arch 3a.jpg | caption = View of Kolob Arch <!-- map --> | pushpin_map = Utah#USA | map_image = | pushpin_mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Utah##Location in Utah | coordinates = {{coord|37.4235911|-113.1577256|type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label = Kolob Arch | pushpin_relief = <!-- location --> | location = [[Zion National Park]], [[Utah]], United States | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis/> <!-- stats --> | length = {{convert|287.4|ft|m|abbr=on}} | length_mi = | length_km = | width = {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}} | width_mi = | width_km = | elevation = {{convert|5906|ft|m|abbr=on}} | elevation_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1429390|name=Kolob Arch}}</ref> }} '''Kolob Arch''' is a [[natural arch]] in [[Zion National Park]], [[Utah]], United States. According to the Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS), it is the sixth-longest natural arch in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naturalarches.org/big9.htm |title=The Worlds Longest Natural Spans |website=www.naturalarches.org |publisher=Natural Arch and Bridge Society |accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref> In 2006, the Society measured the span at 287.4 ± 2 feet (87.6 m),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naturalarches.org/archinfo/kolob.htm|last=Wilbur|first=Jay H|title=The Dimensions of Kolob Arch|publisher=Natural Arch and Bridge Society|access-date=2007-01-04}}</ref> which is slightly shorter than [[Landscape Arch]] in [[Arches National Park]]. Differences in measuring technique or definitions could produce slightly different results and change this ranking. ==Access== Kolob Arch can be reached via one of two hiking trails, either of which is approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} long and results in a round trip of {{convert|14|mi|km|spell=in}}. The arch can also be reached from Ice Box Canyon, a [[canyoneering]] route in this section of Zion National Park. The arch is high above the ground and frames a cliffside.
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==External links== *{{commons-inline}} *[http://www.naturalarches.org/big9-2.htm Natural Arch and Bridge Society article] *[http://www.zionnational-park.com/kolob.htm Kolob] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310013646/http://www.zionnational-park.com/kolob.htm |date=2021-03-10 }} Information about Kolob Arch, Kolob Canyons and Kolob Terrace.
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[[Category:Natural arches of Utah]] [[Category:Landforms of Washington County, Utah]] [[Category:Zion National Park]]