Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is one of the most popular features of Arches National Park, situated in Grand County, Utah, United States. Balanced Rock is located next to the park's main road, at about 9.2 miles from the park entrance.Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arches National Park and Double Arch.
Arches National Park
Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arches National Park is a national park that is in Utah's Canyon Country near the town of Moab. It is home to the world's greatest concentration of natural arches, including Delicate Arch, one of the state's most famous icons.
Double Arch
Photo: Ymaup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Double Arch is a close-set pair of natural arches in Arches National Park in southern Grand County, Utah, United States, that is one of the better known features of the park.
Petrified Dunes
Petrified dunes are rock formations located in several locations of the American south west, including Arches National Park, Zion National Park, and Snow Canyon State Park in southern Utah, United States. Petrified Dunes is situated 2 miles south of Balanced Rock.Balanced Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: rock formation in Arches National Park in Grand County, Utah, United States
- Categories: monolith, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Grand, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.70102° or 38° 42′ 4″ northLongitude
-109.56462° or 109° 33′ 53″ westElevation
5,072 feet (1,546 metres)Open location code
85CGPC2P+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 489326134OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
9034834Wikidata ID
Q3525243
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Balanced Rock” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “平衡石”
- Dutch: “Balanced Rock”
- French: “Balanced Rock”
- Polish: “Balanced Rock”
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Notable Places Nearby
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