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Sightseeing Grand Canyon South RimYaki Point, Grand View, Moran Point, Lipan Point & Desert View

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Grand Canyon FeaturesGrand Canyon stretches 277 miles, measures from four to 18 miles in wideth and averages a mile in depth.

Covering more than 1.2 million acres, consists of raised palteaus, steep-walled canyons, desert basins at lower elevations and forests at higher elevations

Canyon walls provide wide-ranging fossil specimens, a vast array of geological features and rock types and numerous caves.


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Must See Locations at South Rim

• Yaki Point• Grandview Point• Moran Point• Lipan Point• Desert View


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Yaki PointBelow Yaki Point is the longest trail in the canyon, Tonto Trail, which travels the length of the canyon. Pipe Creek is situated on the west side below the point.


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Yaki PointThe creek was given its name as a result of a practical joke around 1890, when hiker Ralph Cameron found a meerschaum pipe in the stream. His friends had not yet reached the creek, so before they arrived Cameron carved an 18th century date on the pipe and put it back into the creek. When his friends found the pipe in the water, they were astonished to see what they thought was a 100-year-old relic.


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Grandview PointBelow this point there was a copper ore mine operated on Horseshoe Mesa. A miner named Peter Berry extracted the copper for seven years, but operating the mine in remote desert conditions was not profitable. Tourism was on the rise, and Berry decided that becoming a hotelier would be a more lucrative venture, so he built the Grandview Hotel. Berry closed the hotel and the mine in 1908 after his business experienced a steep decline due to the railroad’s arrival at Grand Canyon Village.

The Grandview Trailhead is located at Grandview Point.


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Moran PointIt’s believed that this point was named after Thomas Moran, a 19th century American landscape painter and a member of Major John Wesley Powell’s Grand Canyon expedition in 1871. Through his artwork, Moran swayed Congress to increase public awareness of the canyon and preserve the land.

In 1883, Captain John Hance became the first European American to make his home at the Grand Canyon. A former miner, he discovered that leading guided tours was more profitable.


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Moran Point


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Lipan PointNorth of Lipan Point is Seventy-Five-Mile Creek, which empties into the Colorado River. The point is also home to Tanner Trailhead, which leads nine miles into the canyon to the mouth of the Unkar Creek. Here, hikers will find Anasazi ruins that are more than 1,000 years old.


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Desert ViewDesert View is distinctly marked by a tall watch tower built in 1932. The structure was designed by renowned architect Mary Jane Colter to re-create a prehistoric American structure. Inside the tower are murals painted by Hopi artist, Fred Kabotie.


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Desert ViewTo learn more about the Grand Canyon itself, make plans to see the National Geographic Visitor Center (www.explorethecanyon.com), which is located at the south rim entrance of Grand Canyon National Park. The visitor center serves as a destination and a resource for the most comprehensive selection of information about Grand Canyon area hotels, tours, attractions, restaurants and sightseeing and outdoor activities.


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Desert ViewThe National Geographic Visitor Center features a 500-seat IMAX Theater which shows “Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets,” a 2,500-square-foot National Geographic outfitter store, National Geographic exhibits and maps, and national park interpretive services and park passes. The facility also includes a 140-seat restaurant, National Geographic Expeditions sightseeing tours and the Arizona Office of Tourism.


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