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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