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2023 Grand Canyon National Park Scenic Drive & and EPIC views South Rim Driving and Parking Info 4K
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00:00 Introduction to Grand Canyon National Park
00:20 Driving into the South Rim Entrance to Grand Canyon Village
00:41 Initial Epic View of the Grand Canyon from South Rim
01:55 Driving to the Visitor Center
02:12 Arriving at the Parking Lots
02:45 RV Travel Trailer Parking at Grand Canyon National Park
03:04 Yavapai Geology Museum
04:20 Entering the Museum
07:10 Epic Viewing area along the south rim trail
09:52 Driving to the Grand Canyon Village, El Tovar Hotel, Bright Angel Lodge, Bright Angel Trail
11:35 Grand Canyon Railway Arriving at Maswik Lodge

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the world's premier natural attractions, attracting about five million visitors per year. The South Rim is open all year round weather permitting. The North Rim is generally open mid-May to mid-October.
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Rafters in the Grand Canyon pass one of the rapids of the (mud-)"colored" Colorado River
Aside from casual sightseeing from the South Rim (averaging 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above sea level), rafting, hiking, running, and helicopter tours are popular. The Grand Canyon Ultra Marathon is a 78-mile (126 km) race over 24 hours. The floor of the valley is accessible by foot, muleback, or by boat or raft from upriver. Hiking down to the river and back up to the rim in one day is discouraged by park officials because of the distance, steep and rocky trails, change in elevation, and danger of heat exhaustion from the much higher temperatures at the bottom. Rescues are required annually of unsuccessful rim-to-river-to-rim travelers. Nevertheless, hundreds of fit and experienced hikers complete the trip every year.

Camping on the North and South rims is generally restricted to established campgrounds and reservations are highly recommended, especially at the busier South Rim. There is at large camping available along many parts of the North Rim managed by Kaibab National Forest. North Rim campsites are only open seasonally due to road closures from weather and winter snowpack. All overnight camping below the rim requires a backcountry permit from the Backcountry Office (BCO). Each year Grand Canyon National Park receives approximately 30,000 requests for backcountry permits. The park issues 13,000 permits, and close to 40,000 people camp overnight.The earliest a permit application is accepted is the first of the month, four months before the proposed start month..

In 2007, the Hualapai Tribe opened the glass-bottomed Grand Canyon Skywalk on their property, Grand Canyon West. The Skywalk is about 250 miles (400 km) by road from Grand Canyon Village at the South Rim. The skywalk has attracted "thousands of visitors a year, most from Las Vegas".

In 2016, skydiving at the Grand Canyon become possible with the first Grand Canyon Skydiving operation opening up at the Grand Canyon National Park Airport, on the South Rim.

In 2014, a developer announced plans to build a multimedia complex on the canyon's rim called the Grand Canyon Escalade. On 420 acres (170 ha) there would be shops, an IMAX theater, hotels and an RV park. A gondola would enable easy visits to the canyon floor where a "riverwalk" of "connected walkways, an eatery, a tramway station, a seating area and a wastewater package plant" would be situated. On October 31, 2017, the Navajo Nation Council voted against the project.

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