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