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Show t : i Vf ', V -i'-;' ' .... ' -"h V - . Grosvenor Arch now features a newly improved recreation site to serve the public. The facility CEDAR CITY Officials with the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument announced newly improved facilities at the popular Grosvenor Arch site 20 miles south of Kodachrome State Park. Grosvenor Arch is one of the most popular sites in the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument and now features a newly improved recreation site to serve the public. The site now includes in-cludes a parking area, a "sweet-smelling" "sweet-smelling" toilet, two picnic tables, and a path to the base of the arch. includes a new parking area, restroom facilities, picnic tables and a cement path. Monument Officials Announce Newly Improved Facilites At Grosvenor Arch All facilities are fully accessible for visitors with disabilities. The parking park-ing area and picnic site feature an impressive view of the arch. Visitors Visi-tors who want a closer look can walk the short distance along a new path to the base of the arch. Grosvenor Arch Recreation Site was identified several years ago for improvements and replacement of the aging facilities, which were constructed by the Bureau of Land Management over 20 years ago. The old site, which consisted of a picnic table and two wooden out house-style toilets, was badly deteriorated dete-riorated and did not meet safety, accessibility, ac-cessibility, or visual standards. The recreation site receives over 20,000 visitors each year. Also known as Henrieville or Butler Valley Val-ley Arch, the rare double arch stands over 150 feet above the ground. The present name, Grosvenor Arch, was bestowed in 1949 by a National Na-tional Geographic Society party exploring ex-ploring the remote Escalante region. re-gion. The name honored the society's soci-ety's president, Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor. |