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Point Imperial is the highest
point on the North Rim at
8,803-ft (2,683-m) high, and KAIBAB
offers views of Mt. Hayden and SHIVWITS PLATEAU
the Painted Desert (see p77). PLATEAU
COCONINO
PLATEAU

Locator Map
Area Illustrated

Nankoweap Creek
J
Kwagunt Creek
Kwagunt
Vista Encantada Butte
J
Chuar Butte Wotans Throne
Cape The uniquely shaped rock formation
Solitude known as Wotans Throne lies closer to
the North Rim, but can be seen from
Bright Angel Creek Canyon Walhalla Overlook J River
Little Colorado
both sides of the canyon.
Walhalla
Bright Angel
Plateau
Cape Royal
Comanche
Point
Vishnu 0 kilometers 5
Temple
0 miles 5
Granite Gorge
Desert
Lipan View
Yaki Point Point Key
Moran
Point Major highway
Park boundary
J Rivers and creeks
Grandview
Point

Tusayan Ruin was a pueblo
abandoned by the Ancestral
Puebloans around 1150. The
Tusayan Museum now sits
next to the site.

Desert View Drive
This route connects Grand Canyon
Village with Desert View and offers
breathtaking views of both the
central and eastern canyon.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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