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Grand Canyon National Park Point Imperial is the highest
point on the North Rim at
8,803-ft (2,683-m) high, and
KAIBAB
Grand Canyon National Park is an iconic World Heritage Site North Kaibab Trail follows offers views of Mt. Hayden and PLATEAU
Bright Angel Creek bed, past
located within Arizona. The park covers 1,904 sq miles Roaring Springs, and descends the Painted Desert (see p77). SHIVWITS
PLATEAU
(4,930 sq km), and is made up of the canyon itself, which to Phantom Ranch. COCONINO
starts where the Paria river empties into the Colorado, and PLATEAU
stretches from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead (see p124), and
adjoining lands. The area won protective status as a National North Rim
Monument in 1908 after Theodore Roosevelt visited in 1903, Entrance Station Locator Map
observing that it should be kept intact for future generations Area Illustrated
as “the one great sight which every American … should see.”
The park has two main entrances, on the North and South rims
of the canyon. The southern section of the park receives the most
visitors and can become very congested during the summer J Nankoweap Creek
season (see pp66–7), so visitors can park in nearby Tusayan and
take one of the free shuttle buses to the South Rim.
Kwagunt Creek
Kwagunt
Vista Encantada Butte
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Crystal Creek Bright Angel Point Cape The uniquely shaped rock formation
Point Sublime Chuar Butte Wotans Throne
Solitude
known as Wotans Throne lies closer to
the North Rim, but can be seen from
Bright Angel Creek
Shiva Temple Walhalla Walhalla Little Colorado both sides of the canyon.
Bright Angel
Grand Canyon Lodge Bright Angel Creek PlateauPlateau River
Perched above the canyon at Bright Angel Bright Angel
Canyon
Walhalla Overlook
Point, the Grand Canyon Lodge has rooms C o l o r a d o R i v e r Isis Canyon Walhalla Overlook J
and a number of dining options (see p67). Temple Cape Royal
Havasu Diana
Canyon Temple
Bright Angel Trail starts from the Comanche
South Rim. It is well maintained but Point
demanding. It descends into the Hopi Point Vishnu 0 kilometers 5
canyon, where it meets the Yavapai Temple
corre sponding North Kaibab J Point 0 miles 5
Trail from the North Rim. Hermits Grand Canyon Granite Gorge e Desert
Granite Gorg
Rest Village Lipan View
Yaki Point Point Key
Yaki Point
Moran
Point Major highway
Park boundary
Phantom Ranch (see p236) is
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the only lodge on the canyon Grandview Rivers and creeks
floor, and is accessible by Flagstaff Point
mule, raft, or on foot. Tusayan Williams
Tusayan Ruin was a pueblo
abandoned by the Ancestral
Puebloans around 1150. The
Tusayan Museum now sits
next to the site.
Hermit Road
A free shuttle bus runs along this Desert View Drive
route to the Hermits Rest view- This route connects Grand Canyon
point during the summer. It is Grand Canyon Railway Village with Desert View and offers
closed to private vehicles March Diesel engines pulling historic railway cars make the 64-mile (103-km) breathtaking views of both the
to November. trip from the town of Williams to Grand Canyon Village. central and eastern canyon.
For hotels and restaurants see pp236–7 and pp248–9 For keys to symbols see back flap
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