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2. Grand Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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   Location: Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, United States: Nearest city: Fredonia, Arizona (North Rim) Tusayan, Arizona (South Rim): Coordinates: 2]: Area: 1,217,262 acres (4,926.08 km 2) [3]: Established: January 11, 1908 () as a national monument February 26, 1919 () as a national park: Visitors: 4,733,705 (in 2023) [4]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /grca ...

3. List of trails in Grand Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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   This building previously housed a railway depot. The BCO administers trail maintenance, patrol, and search and rescue operations in the Grand Canyon's backcountry areas. The Grand Canyon Backcountry Office manages undeveloped areas of the canyon by following the 1988 Backcountry Management Plan (BMP), as amended. [4]

4. Grand Canyon - Wikipedia

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   The Grand Canyon [a] is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).

5. Tonto Trail - Wikipedia

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   The start of the west Tonto Trail. Trail conditions vary based on the amount of traffic certain sections receive. The section between the Bright Angel Trail and the South Kaibab Trail (4.6 miles, 7.4 kilometres) is the most heavily travelled and the easiest to follow.

6. Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 - Wikipedia

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   The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon.

7. Music and the stars: A Grand Canyon astronomer's guide to awe

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   Grand Canyon National Park was named an International Dark Sky Park in 2019. To earn and keep the certification, it retrofitted thousands of lights to reduce glare and shine downward, and ...