page_title: Wrather Arch
hierarchical_section_title: Wrather Arch
caption_attribution_description: Wrather Arch — a natural arch in Wrather Canyon, a branch of Paria Canyon in Coconino County, northern Arizona. Located within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area of the BLM−Bureau of Land Management.
context_page_description: Wrather Arch is a cave type natural arch in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, in Coconino County, northern Arizona.
  The sandstone arch is located in the eponymous Wrather Canyon, a short side canyon of Paria Canyon. The Paria River is a tributary of the Colorado River, at its confluence down−canyon at Lee's Ferry.
  Wrather Arch was first spotted by a local pilot from Page, Arizona, Royce K Knight, as he flew over a remote gorge west of Glen Canyon. Reaching the arch by helicopter in 1963, Knight and National Geographic staff man Walter M Edwards calculated its height as 165 feet and about 250 feet across. A news bulletin from National Geographic dated February 4, 1966 states, "Tall as a 15 story building, Wrather Arch... The Taj Mahal would fit comfortably into the arch..."
context_section_description: Wrather Arch is a cave type natural arch in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, in Coconino County, northern Arizona.
  The sandstone arch is located in the eponymous Wrather Canyon, a short side canyon of Paria Canyon. The Paria River is a tributary of the Colorado River, at its confluence down−canyon at Lee's Ferry.
  Wrather Arch was first spotted by a local pilot from Page, Arizona, Royce K Knight, as he flew over a remote gorge west of Glen Canyon.  Reaching the arch by helicopter in 1963, Knight and National Geographic staff man Walter M Edwards calculated its height as  165 feet and about 250 feet across.  A news bulletin from National Geographic dated February 4, 1966 states, "Tall as a 15 story building, Wrather Arch (named for a past National Geographic Trustee)... The Taj Mahal would fit comfortably into the arch..."
caption: Wrather Arch, in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness.
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