As the elevation descends, the park transitions from pristine evergreen forest to stark desert landscapes with 1.8 billion years of geology. Native Americans have lived in and around the canyon ...

From Grand Canyon Village, visitors can head east along Desert View Drive for 23 miles to find six developed canyon viewpoints, four picnic areas and five pullouts. Perched along the canyon's rim ...

You can eyeball the Grand Canyon from numerous viewpoints along the South Rim in an afternoon, but what’s the fun in that?

Painted Canyon is home to a variety of animal and plant life like smoke trees, painted bats, bighorn sheep, and desert tortoises. The canyon is also a favorite of scientists hoping to understand ...

Located on the South Rim, the Desert View Watchtower is located about 23 miles east of Grand Canyon Village via Desert View Drive (close to the park's east entrance). Designed in 1932 by renowned ...

The canyon was once a village for Cahuilla tribal ancestors and currently neighbors the reservation for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. Along with a cohort of other Native American ...