| Since there are no bridges over the
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| | Canyon National Park). DEPTH: One mile.
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| Colorado River anywhere near the Grand
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| | The world's tallest skyscrapers would fit
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| Canyon, the shortest distance by road
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| | inside the inner gorge of the canyon.
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| between the South Rim and the North Rim
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| | WIDTH: Varies from 4 miles to 18 miles.
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| is 215 miles. The hike down one side of
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| | The Grand Canyon is so vast and so
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| the Grand Canyon and up the other takes
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| | complex that it is often difficult for
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| two days and a vast amount of effort. The
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| | the mind to comprehend what the eyes are
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| temperature on the rim is often in the
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| | seeing. Unless you are prepared to
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| 90's in mid summer and increases quite
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| | undertake an extremely strenuous hike or
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| considerably as you descend from the rim.
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| | take an expensive mule trip or plane ride
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| Therefore the two rims must be considered
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| | then your views will be limited to those
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| as effectively forming two separate
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| | from the rims, but these are magnificent
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| areas, although they are within sight of
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| | in their own right. At sunset or sunrise,
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| each other. The statistics of the Grand
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| | you can't tell where the heavens end and
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| Canyon are staggering: LENGTH: 217 miles
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| | the earth begins. Everyone should visit
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| (not all of which lies within the Grand
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| | the Grand Canyon National Park.
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