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