Tia Jones is a long time contributor for the Grand Canyon Visitor Center website. She is active outdoors and absolutely loves the Grand Canyon.
After its long winter closure, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is scheduled to reopen on May 15, with the return of all usual visitor services. On that day, the North Rim gate will be opened to the public at 7:30 AM. Other National Park Service business, including the visitor center, will begin operations […]
Millions of visitors enjoy the awesome natural sites at Grand Canyon National Park every year. However, they probably do not enjoy the long lines at the park’s entrance gates, which often stretch for a mile or more. To avoid these irritating waits, visitors can choose to get into the park via train or jeep tour. […]
Grand Canyon Stamp Honors NPS Centennial The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) on August 25, 2016, with a new stamp featuring a famous painting of the Grand Canyon by artist Thomas Moran Source: ExploretheCanyon.com Get the Full Story The Grand Canyon in Color: Stunning Photographs From […]
Grand Canyon National Park is holding a special public celebration on April 22, during National Park Week, to mark the 46th anniversary of Earth Day. The celebration will feature games, a sculpture made of recycled materials, information about local and national environmental actions, and removal of non-native, exotic plants. These activities, which are free for […]
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) on August 25, 2016, with a new stamp featuring a famous painting of the Grand Canyon by artist Thomas Moran. The painting, created in 1912, is titled The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road. A different painting of […]
Potential changes at Grand Canyon worry tour operators Some Flagstaff-area tour operators are concerned about parts of a plan to manage the Grand Canyon’s backcountry areas. Source: Trivalleycentral.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon entrance fees waived starting this weekend Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees from April 16-24 to celebrate National Park […]
Developers look to cash in on the Grand Canyon’s popularity The landmark stands at a crossroads, as tourism booms and more development seems inevitable. Traffic backed up at the south entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, where waits can be 30 minutes or more, and parking lots can fill up by 10 a.m. Source: www.hcn.org […]
Justin Bieber Takes Nude Pic At Grand Canyon Justin Bieber is a very busy pop idol these days—he’s touring all over and promoting Purpose. So its understandable he wants to get away from it all, like he is now—camping with friends at the Grand Canyon. Source: newnownext.com Get the Full Story Cindy Crawford and family […]
Another Record-Setting Year Projected for Grand Canyon Officials at Grand Canyon National Park expect 2016 to be another record setting year for attendance. Park officials at the South Rim say entrance stations have been backed up and parking lots have been at capacity the last two weeks with an influx of visitors. Source: Knau.org Get […]
Explore the Grand Canyon — by foot, water and air — in one weekend Get ready to experience the Grand Canyon in a whole new way. A new tour combines whitewater rafting, a helicopter ride and a walk on the glass Skywalk bridge — all in one weekend. Source: latimes.com Get the Full Story 9 […]
Spring is in the air, bringing lots opportunities for us to delve into the natural gift of our own back yard. For many, this means it’s the ideal time to visit a bonafide beauty – The Grand Canyon National Park. It’s the nation’s most active park, bringing millions of visitors each year. There’s a catalog […]
Injured Grand Canyon hiker owes his life to PTC man’s impulse buy Steve Hammer accidentally ran his cell phone through the washer and dryer a few weeks ago, as so many of us have done from time to time. That mishap may have saved Alan Hansen’s life. Source: www.thecitizen.com Get the Full Story Forest Deals […]
Happy Birthday, Grand Canyon National Park On this day nearly 100 years ago, in 1919, the Grand Canyon National Park was born. Source: Huffington Post Get the Full Story Federal Judge Orders Arizona to Clean Up Grand Canyon Air Pollution Environmentalists are celebrating an order from a federal court that the state of Arizona must […]
The National Park Service (NPS) is examining the possibility of adding more WiFi and cell phone connectivity throughout the U.S. national park system. Such connectivity is minimal or nonexistent in some of the nation’s 410 national parks. Other parks, such as Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, have relatively good WiFi and cell reception in […]
The period for submitting public comments on proposals to revise management of the Grand Canyon’s backcountry has been extended by the National Park Service. The extension runs to April 4. The revised management plan includes several proposals, including requiring hikers who walk more than 5 miles down popular trails to obtain a day-use permit and […]
Grand Canyon visitors will have the opportunity to jump out of an airplane with an experienced skydiver beginning in March, as tandem skydiving begins to be offered in the national park’s air space. The skydiving operation will be run by an Arizona-registered skydiving company called Paragon, which has developed similar partnerships with various “drop-zone” establishments […]
In early February, the National Park Service (NPS) announced about $48 million worth of Centennial Challenge projects, designed mostly to help national parks across the United States upgrade visitor services and improve outreach efforts to the public. The NPS especially hoped to attract more young people to visit the national parks. The Centennial Challenge program […]
The lengthy, severe drought affecting much of the Western United States has resulted in dangerously rough new rapids in parts of the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon. The whitewater rapids have been made especially treacherous during the past several years where part of Lake Mead has receded because of the drought. The gradually […]
A plan proposed by an Arizona congressman to add a protective buffer zone around Grand Canyon National Park, covering an area larger than the park itself, has stirred up heated controversy over the land and its resources. Representative Raul Grijalva (D., Ariz.) has proposed a Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument covering 1.7 million acres […]
Man vs. rapids: Kayaker sets record Grand Canyon river trip A Denver man has logged the fastest Grand Canyon river trip on record, battling blisters and rapids as he paddled his kayak down a 277-mile stretch of the Colorado River in 34 hours and two minutes. Source: Seattletimes.com Get the Full Story Lottery for 2017 […]
Members of the public can participate in a webinar on Monday, February 8, to voice their opinions on the National Park Service’s proposed revisions to the Grand Canyon’s Backcountry Management Plan (BMP). In addition, the public is invited to attend an in-person open house on this issue in Phoenix on Wednesday, February 10. The Grand […]
Experienced rafters aged 18 or older have until February 24 to participate in the extremely competitive lottery for self-guided rafting trips on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon during 2017. This annual lottery always gets thousands of applicants for a limited number of permits. For 2017, 472 permits will be available for trips with […]
Wildlife officials urge denial of Grand Canyon monument Current and former Arizona Game and Fish commissioners are urging President Barack Obama to deny monument status to a large swath north of the Grand Canyon. Source: Tuscon.com Get the Full Story See the Grand Canyon in Miniature in Hamburg, Germany Miniatur Wunderland—an extremely popular attraction inside […]
If you want to drink alcohol during your breath-taking, heart-pounding rafting excursions over the rapids of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, you will need to organize your trip with a commercial company or you’ll need to go on a private trip. On trips organized by the National Park Service—including those for sightseeing, education, […]
Miniatur Wunderland—an extremely popular attraction inside a large building in an historic region of Hamburg, Germany—is an amazingly detailed model railway with more than 50,000 feet of track spread over an area of about 14,000 square feet. Hundreds of model trains travel through miniature landscapes depicting scenery from all around the world, including the U.S. […]
2016 began with a big white wallop for the Grand Canyon as a series of heavy storms dumped about 18 inches of snow on the South Rim between January 4 and January 8. Flagstaff was hit with double that amount—a total of 36 inches of snow fell there. The period of heaviest snowfall in the […]
To commemorate both the birthday of the late great civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park is offering visitors free admission on Monday, January 18, the official national holiday in honor of King. This is one of 16 free-admission days established by […]
Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) marked the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) by participating in the 127th Rose Parade, in California, on January 1, 2016. The GCNP’s participation fit in well with the Rose Parade’s 2016 theme of “Find Your Adventure,” which mirrored the NPS’s “Find Your Park” public awareness campaign for […]
Grand Canyon National Park Participates in 127th Rose Parade Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) marked the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) by participating in the 127th Rose Parade, in California, on January 1, 2016 Source: Explorethecanyon.com Get the Full Story A snowy December for Grand Canyon Snow at Grand Canyon National Park […]
Grand Canyon facts: 5 things you probably didn’t know The Grand Canyon is Arizona’s top tourist attraction, drawing 5 million visitors every year. Watch the video above to learn five facts that will surprise you Source: ABC15.com Get the Full Story 2015 was a Record Year for Grand Canyon West Visitors A milestone was reached […]
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