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Grand Canyon National Park West Rim, Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park West Rim, Arizona

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Grand Canyon West Rim Arizona

Grand Canyon West Rim - Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park West Rim in Arizona, is the lesser visited nevertheless stunning section of the park. It boasts of the dizzying Sky Walk not to mention 1000ft high canyons carved by meandering Colorado river standing testimony to million years of nature's handiwork.

  • In April 2022, my family and I flew in to Las Vegas Nevada.
  • For next 5-6 days, we took road trips to different national or state park.
  • States were Nevada , Utah, Arizona and California
  • One Park was Grand Canyon National Park - West Rim in Arizona.
  • Its 1000 feet high  canyons are carved by meandering Colorado river
  • These stunning canyons are testimony to millions of years of nature's handiwork

Grand Canyon West Rim Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park West Rim in Arizona, is the lesser visited nevertheless stunning section of the park. It boasts of the dizzying Sky Walk not to mention 1000ft high canyons carved by meandering Colorado river standing testimony to million years of nature's handiwork.

Lakshmi Soundararajan

Wildlife Enthusiast

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan

How Did Grand Canyon Happen?

The Colorado River has been carving the Grand Canyon  over millions of years. The Grand Canyon is basically layered sedimentary rocks including limestone, sandstone and shale. The canyon is a mile deep!!

  • The Colorado River has been carving the Grand Canyon  over millions of years.
  • The Grand Canyon is basically layered sedimentary rocks although metamorphic and igneous rocks also form part of it.
  • Sedimentary rocks include limestone, sandstone and shale
  • The canyon is a mile deep reaching a depth of over 6000 feet!!
  • Grand Canyon is 277 miles long and 18 miles wide.
Grand Canyon National Park West Rim, Arizona
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Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan

How Do You Get There?

You can reach the Grand Canyon West Rim by road, rail and air both from inside Arizona as well as neighboring states like Utah, Nevada etc. An exciting way though is by road.

  • We went by road from Las Vegas in Nevada to the Grand Canyon West Rim in Arizona.
  • We crossed Boulder City to Grand Canyon West Rim in Arizona  (see below map).
  • Click Scenic Road Trips, to get the full scoop.
  • It took us about 150 minutes from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon West Rim on the InterState I11 mainly with no stops on the way.
  • Grand Canyon West Rim has convenient transport links by rail, road and air from anywhere in the United States

You can reach the Grand Canyon West Rim by road, rail and air both from inside Arizona as well as neighboring states like Utah, Nevada etc. 

An exciting way though is by road.

Lakshmi Soundararajan

Wildlife Enthusiast

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan
Las Vegas, Nevada to Grand Canyon West Rim, Arizona

Las Vegas, Nevada to Grand Canyon West Rim, Arizona

One Mile Deep!

Grand Canyon is a Mile Deep!!

Grand Canyon is a Mile Deep!! Let that register. From top to bottom, it is ONE MILE DEEP! Apart from this jaw dropping statistic, it is 277 miles long and 18 miles wide. The Grand Canyon is basically layered sedimentary rocks including limestone, sandstone and shale. 

Colorado River Carved Grand Canyon

The Colorado River has been carving the Grand Canyon  over millions of years. Temperature varies greatly within the canyon. 

Grand Canyon is made up of limestone, sandstone and shale rocks

Grand Canyon is basically layered sedimentary rocks although metamorphic and igneous rocks also form part of it. Sedimentary rocks include limestone, sandstone and shale Grand Canyon is home to fossils of ancient marine animals that date back 1.2 billion years.

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