Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States. It is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view. It is more than a pleasuring ground for those that explore the roads, hike the trails, or float the currents of the turbulent Colorado River.

It has been said that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a period of six million years, but research released in 2008 shows it as much as longer 17 million year time span. The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, and 4 to 18 miles wide (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1.6 km). The "canyon started from the west, then another formed from the east, and the two broke through and met as a single majestic rent in the earth some six million years ago.

The Grand Canyon is a gift that transcends what we experience. Its beauty and size humbles us. Its timelessness provokes a comparison to our short existence. In its vast spaces we may find solace from our hectic lives.

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Grand Canyon Events Calender
Event name : Arts for Our Park: The Face of Our World Grand Canyon School
Day : Wednesday, March 05, 2008 — Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Event Name : PRESCOTT - Rose Houk Where a Soul May Speak Aloud: Sharlot Hall and the Arizona Strip
Day : Sunday, March 16, 2008 Learn More
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Event Name : GLENDALE — Bruce AikenBruce Aiken's Grand Canyon: An Intimate Affair
Day : Thursday, March 20, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Presentation and Booksigning with Rascal The Tassel Eared Squirrel author Sylvester
Day : Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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Event Name : The Art of Rascal by Diane Iverson
Day : Tuesday, April 01, 2008 — Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie The Long Walk of the Navajo People, 1864-1868
Day : Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Booksigning with Rascal the Tassel Eared Squirrel author Sylvester "Syl" Allred
Day : Saturday, April 05, 2008
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Event Name : Paint the Parks
Day : Wednesday, April 09, 2008 — Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Event Name : GLENDALE - Paul Hirt 'Ain't It Purty': Tourist Impressions of the Grand Canyon
Day : Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Event Name : PRESCOTT - Nancy Muleady-Mecham Park Ranger: A Life in the National Park Service
Day : Sunday, April 20, 2008
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Event Name : PRESCOTT - Sylvester Allred
Day : Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Jack Dykinga Circling the Canyon's Rim: A Photographic Tour of Well-Known and Secret Canyon Viewpoints
Day : Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Event Name : GLENDALE - Jack Dykinga Circling the Canyon's Rim: A Photographic Tour of Well-Known and Secret Canyon Viewpoints
Date : Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Event Name : PRESCOTT - Jack Dykinga Circling the Canyon's Rim: A Photographic Tour of Well-Known and Secret Canyon Viewpoints
Day : Sunday, May 18, 2008
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Event Name : It Saved My Life: Civilian Conservation Corps at Grand Canyon, 1933-1942
Day : Friday, May 30, 2008 — Sunday, October 19, 2008
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Event Name : GLENDALE - Sally Underwood Thursday
Day : June 19, 2008
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Event Name : GLENDALE - Kathy Sullivan California Condors in Arizona!
Day : Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Booksigning with Gary Ladd Friday
Day : August 01, 2008
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Event Name : FLAGSTAFF - Booksigning with Stewart Aitchison
Day : Friday, October 03, 2008
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Event Name : PRESCOTT - Christa Sadler River of Time: Tales, Travels and Earth History on the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon
Day : Thursday, October 09, 2008
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Event Name : Mapping the Grand Canyon - USGS
Friday, November 07, 2008 — Sunday, February 15, 2009
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