Grosvenor Arch

 A very short, paved pathway leads to a viewing area, where the crazily shaped arch rises above you.  (Though I’ll admit that the last time we visited we found a social trail to climb up behind the arch and look down through it – cool!)  It’s a very short stop, but it’s well worth it!  About 0.5 miles RT out-and-back on a paved path.

30 miles from US 89 and 17 miles from Cannonville is the turn off to Grosvenor Arch, the most accessible and spectacular natural feature along the Cottonwood Canyon Road. This is a large, spectacular double arch at the end of an isolated ridge of yellowish-white Henrieville sandstone, and is one of the most photographed places in the national monument. The main road then bends westwards and crosses up and down several steep ridges en route to Kodachrome Basin State Park; the surface is paved from here to Cannonville. There are several side tracks including a short spur to Round Valley Draw, and the Skutumpah Road, which crosses a large area of wooded hills and valleys back south to US 89 and Johnson Canyon. Along here are the intriguing slot canyons of Willis Creek, Lick Wash and Bull Valley Gorge.