We continued our March 2018 visit to Grand Canyon National Park by walking the Rim Trail from Mather Point west to Yavapai Point. The views from the ¾ mile paved trail are almost unbelievable, but this is also one of the most crowded portions of the Rim Trail as it is adjacent to the visitor center.
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| Bright Angel Canyon |
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| Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch |
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| Mather Point |
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| O'Neill Butte at the end of Cedar Ridge below Yaqui Point |
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| Granite Gorge |
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| Trinity Creek between Horus Temple and Isis Temple |
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| Plateau Point Trail out to Plateau Point |
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| Bright Angel Trail along Pipe Creek near the Colorado River |
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| O'Neill Butte (6071') with Clear Creek and The Howlands Butte (5672') beyond |
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| Pipe Creek Canyon (lower left) and Bright Angel Canyon (center) |
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| Bright Angel Canyon |
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| Walhalla Plateau (~8000'), Wotans Throne (7668), and Vishnu Temple (7533') |
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| Another view across the canyon |
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| Granite Gorge |
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| Zoroaster Temple (7123') |
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| Wotans Throne, Vishnu Temple, and Palisades of the Desert |
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| Cheops Pyramid (5401') beyond Plateau Point |
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| Pipe Creek Canyon in the foreground with Bright Angel Canyon in the distance |
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| Bright Angel Campground and Black Bridge over the Colorado River |
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| Cedar Ridge |
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| View down the canyon |
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| Havasupai Point (6741') on left and Tower of Ra (6129') below Wheeler Point (6721') at center |
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| Brahma Temple (7551') and Zoroaster Temple (7123') |
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| Black Bridge over the Colorado River |
As of June 1, 2018, entrance to Grand Canyon National Park requires an entry fee of $35 per passenger vehicle for a 7-day pass. Any of the America the Beautiful passes may be used instead.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/grca.
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