Grand Canyon South Rim is most frequently chosen by first-time visitors to the area not only for its beautiful views, but for its abundance of visitor services and family-oriented activities. The South Rim is open year-round. Which is prettier the north or south rim of the Grand Canyon? The North Rim stays pleasantly cool, even […]

If you haven’t visited the village of Supai, there’s probably a good reason: The only town inside the Grand Canyon, it’s located deep inside a 3,000-foot-deep hole. Does anything live at the bottom of the Grand Canyon? The Havasupai Tribe is one of 11 Native American tribes that are traditionally affiliated with the Grand Canyon […]

Grand Canyon National Park spokesperson Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski said the horses’ owner was unidentified, and stressed that the horses were feral, not wild. “These aren’t wild horses, they belonged to someone,” she said. “As a national park, it’s our policy to find the animals’ owner and return them if possible.” What national parks have wild horses? […]

The Grand Canyon Is Not The Largest Canyon But It Is Impressive. While the Grand Canyon is not the largest on Earth, its formation and existence lend to the excitement of studying such formations. In fact, the Grand Canyon is listed as the eighth “greatest” ravine on the planet. Is there a canyon bigger than […]

García López de Cárdenas. The first Europeans to see Grand Canyon were soldiers led by García López de Cárdenas. In 1540, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and his Spanish army traveled northward from Mexico City in search of the Seven Cities of Cíbola. Who found Grand Canyon? Though Native Americans lived in the area as early […]

Trails that drop into the canyon are much steeper. At an average elevation of 8,000 feet, the North Rim is about 1,000 feet higher in elevation than the South Rim. How hard is hiking the Grand Canyon? It’s a strenuous hike and, with very few exceptions, one that requires a backcountry overnight. It’s not a […]

The Secret Waterfall Cave Just like all good secrets, no one can tell you ~exactly~ where to find this hidden cave, but there is a video online by a family that found it that shows it’s behind a waterfall that can only be accessed by rafting down the Colorado River (the biggest river in the […]

The canyon measures over 270 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, making it one of the biggest canyons in the world. This natural landmark formed about five to six million years as erosion from the Colorado River cut a deep channel through layers of rock. Is the Grand Canyon very […]

It is unlikely that the Ancient Chinese had any meaningful contact with North America in the periods in question. It almost certainly did not happen in the distant period in which the ‘visit’ to the Grand Canyon was said to have taken place, some 4250 years ago. Did China really buy the Grand Canyon? It […]