Grosvenor Arch

{{Short description|Sandstone double arch in Kane County, Utah}}

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| location = Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah, United States

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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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://utah.com/bryce-canyon-national-park/grosvenor-arch|title=Grosvenor Arch|website=utah.com|accessdate=31 Mar 2016}}