Havasu Creek in the Grand Canyon National Park

20 December 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, Environment Reading Time:  15 minutes

Havasu Falls at night © flickr.com - Jeremy Evans/cc-by-sa-2.0

Havasu Falls at night © flickr.com – Jeremy Evans/cc-by-sa-2.0

Havasu Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Arizona associated with the Havasupai people. It is a tributary to the Colorado River, which it enters in the Grand Canyon. Frequent flooding changes the appearance of some waterfalls and causes others to appear and disappear. Navajo Falls is one such example. Havasu Creek is the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. The drainage basin for Havasu Creek is about 3,000 square miles (7,800 km²). It includes the town of Williams, Arizona, and Grand Canyon Village.   read more…

The Grand Canyon National Park

25 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  11 minutes

Grand Canyon Skywalk © Jonas.tesch/cc-by-sa-3.0

Grand Canyon Skywalk © Jonas.tesch/cc-by-sa-3.0

Grand Canyon National Park is the United States’ 15th oldest national park. The park is located in Arizona. The park’s central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (492,608 ha) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.   read more…

The Grand Canyon Skywalk

28 December 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  7 minutes

Eagle Point - Skywalk and Colorado River © Laslovarga

Eagle Point - Skywalk and Colorado River © Laslovarga

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge and tourist attraction in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon. USGS topographic maps show the elevation at the Skywalk’s location as 4,770 ft (1,450 m) and the elevation of the Colorado River in the base of the canyon as 1,160 ft (350 m), and they show that the height of the precisely vertical drop directly under the skywalk is between 500 ft (150 m) and 800 ft (240 m).   read more…

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