National & State Park Information
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Arizona
"it's generally dry and warm in this
deep canyon in the forty eighth state" quarter struck by
the mint on
September 6, 2010 |
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| The park quarter's face depicts granaries along
Marble Canyon above the Nankowea Delta of the Colorado River. This area marks the
beginning of the Grand Canyon park and is below Glen Canyon Dam. The
granaries were used to store food and seeds around 500 A.D. The Navajo Bridge, on US
Highway 89A, crossing the Colorado is a fine viewing spot of the canyon and its
features. |
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| Park or National Site: |
Grand Canyon National Park |
| Historical Date: |
February 20, 1893 |
| National Order: |
4 |
| Location in State: |
Northwest Area |
| Number of National Historic Sites: |
3 |
| Number of State Parks: |
31 |
| Most Popular Park or Site: |
Grand Canyon |
| Most Scenic Park or Site: |
Grand Canyon |
While visiting the Grand Canyon travel around the area.
Magnificant rock formations abound and you stand
rather awe struck when you consider that thousands of
years ago the terrain all started out flat and mother nature
did it's thing to create such beauty. |
Bits
of History
Update:
If you were to travel to
the deepest canyon in
America, in what state
you be?
Hualapai Indian's
Skywalk 4000 feet
above the Colorado
River on the west end
of the Grand Canyon.
A man made wonder
overlooking a natural
wonder. |
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National Park Sites in Arizona
Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Chiricahua National Monument,
Coronado National Memorial. Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park, Hohokam Pima National Monument, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail,
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Montezuma Castle National Monument,
Navajo National Monument, Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Parashant National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Pipe Spring National Monument, Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Tonto National Monument, Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Wupatki National Monument |
Park Name Origin:
Named by Explorer and Geologist John Wesley Powell,
who in 1869 was the first person to travel
down the canyon, "Its head at the confluence of the Little Colorado River, its
foot at the entrance of
Nonnow Valley; its length 238 miles." Dellenbaugh writes,
"Powell was responsible for most of the
names in the Canyon. He called it Grand Canyon on the first trip. Previously it was
the Big Canyon
or Great Canyon by the few who knew of it."
State and National Park Fun
Facts:
Arizona has 31 state parks and 3 national parks. The Grand Canyon National Park is up to 18
miles
wide and a mile deep. It is the 10th most visited park in the United States with over
4,300,000 visitors
per year. The most secnic state parks are located
around Sedona in the north central part of the state.
Slide Rock State Park is a unique water rock slide in the Oak Creek Canyon area.
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