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Overview of Grand Canyon seen from South Rim.

Mark Read

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Overview

No matter how much you read about the Grand Canyon or how many photographs you've seen, nothing really prepares you for the sight of it. One of the world's seven natural wonders, it's so startlingly familiar and iconic you can't take your eyes off it. The canyon's immensity, the sheer intensity of light and shadow at sunrise or sunset, even its very age, scream for superlatives.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Kolb Studio

Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

In 1905 Ellsworth and Emery Kolb built a small photography studio on the edge of the rim, which has since been expanded and now holds a bookstore and a…

Watchtower in Desert View, Grand Canyon South rim

Desert View Watchtower

Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

The marvelously worn winding staircase of Mary Colter's 70ft stone tower, built in 1932, leads to one of the highest spots on the rim. From here, slats in…

Antelope Canyon

Grand Canyon Region

Unearthly in its beauty, Antelope Canyon is possibly the most famous slot canyon in the world. Located on the Navajo Reservation, a few miles east of Page…

Cape Royal

Grand Canyon National Park

Strategically located on the southernmost tip of the North Rim high above the great westward turn of the Colorado River, Cape Royal takes in almost every…

Grand Canyon National Park North Rim

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon's remote, wild and forgotten North Rim is far less developed, and sees far fewer visitors that its southern counterpart. In part this is due…

Grand Canyon Lodge

Grand Canyon National Park

Enter the front door of the lodge and see...the Grand Canyon, somehow looking even larger framed by the massive windows of the sunroom. Built in 1937 out…

Trail of Time

Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

This outdoor interpretative display traces the history of the canyon's formation – each meter equals one million years of geologic history, for a total of…

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon Region

Forged by millions of years of erosion by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon captures the history, scale and beauty of the American West. Overlooks peer…

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