grand canyon national park
| Grand Canyon National Park |
| IUCN Category II (National Park) |
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| Location: |
Arizona, USA |
| Nearest city: |
Flagstaff, AZ |
| Coordinates: |
36°3′27″N, 112°8′15″W |
| Area: |
1,217,403.32 acres
(1,180,862.78 federal)
4,926.66 km² |
| Established: |
February 26, 1919 |
| Visitation: |
4,326,234 (in 2004) |
| Governing body: |
National Park Service |
Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States' oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the major natural wonders of the world. The park covers 1,902 mi² (4927 km²).
Most visitors to the park come to the South Rim, arriving on Arizona Highway 64. The Highway enters the park through the South Entrance, near Tusayan, Arizona, and heads eastward, leaving the park through the East Entrance. Park headquarters are at Grand Canyon Village, a short distance from the South Entrance, being also the center of the most popular viewpoints. Some thirty miles of the South Rim are accessible by road. A much smaller venue for tourists is found on the North Rim, accessed by Arizona Highway 67. There is no connection by road between the two, except via the Navajo Bridge, entailing a five-hour drive. The rest of the Grand Canyon is extremely rugged and remote, although many places are accessible by pack trail and backcountry roads.
The area around the Grand Canyon became a national monument on January 11, 1908 and was designated national park on February 26, 1919. The creation of the park was an early success of the environmental conservation movement; its National Park status may have helped thwart proposals to dam the Colorado River within its boundaries. (Lack of this fame may have enabled Glen Canyon Dam to be built upriver, flooding Glen Canyon and creating Lake Powell.) UNESCO has declared it as a World Heritage Site.
The Grand Canyon itself—really an extensive system of tributary canyons— is neither the largest or deepest canyon in the world, but is valued for the combination of large size, depth, and the exposed layering of colorful rocks dating back to Precambrian times. It was created mostly by regional techtonic uplift, but also by erosion from the Colorado River and its tributaries.
See also
- List of trails in Grand Canyon National Park
- History of the Grand Canyon area
Grand Canyon from Grandview Point
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View west from Yavapai Point. Light snow cover on the ground. 1955.
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View from the South Rim at Sunset
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External links
- Grand Canyon Explorer
- Official site: Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park travel guide from Wikitravel
- Grand Canyon North Rim
- Grand Canyon Photographs
- More Photographs
- Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 36.05444° -112.1393°
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
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| State Parks of Arizona |
| Northern Region |
| Dead Horse Ranch • Fool Hollow Lake • Fort Verde • Homolovi Ruins • Jerome • Lyman Lake • Red Rock • Riordan Mansion • Slide Rock • Tonto Natural Bridge |
| Southern Region |
| Boyce Thompson Arboretum • Catalina • Kartchner Caverns • Lost Dutchman • McFarland • Oracle • Patagonia Lake • Picacho Peak • Roper Lake • Sonoita Creek Natural Area • Tombstone Courthouse • Tubac Presidio |
| Western Region |
| Alamo Lake • Buckskin Mountain • Cattail Cove • Lake Havasu • Yuma Crossing • Yuma Territorial Prison |
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| Municipal parks |
| South Mountain Park • Papago Park |
Categories: IUCN Category II | World Heritage Sites in the United States | Landmarks in Arizona | Coconino County, Arizona | Grand Canyon | National parks of the United States |
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Body, Vehicle Found in Grand Canyon
Los Angeles Times - 31 minutes ago GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- A helicopter crew happened upon the wreckage of a vehicle about 500 feet below the rim of the Grand Canyon, and a body was found nearby, a park spokeswoman said Friday.
Body found in vehicle wreckage in Grand Canyon
The Arizona Republic - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - One person was found dead after the wreckage of a vehicle that had plunged into the Grand Canyon was spotted by a helicopter crew late Thursday, the National Park Service reported.
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