Arizona

One the most visited natural wonders in North America is the Grand Canyon with over six million visitors a year. The Grand Canyon is a rugged, vast and remote place in northern Arizona. The spectacular natural beauty of the pinions and juniper woodlands at the Grand Canyon is home to a lot of wildlife including deer, bighorn sheep, bobcats, coyotes, and more. The best time to see or photograph the Grand Canyon is in the early morning or late afternoon on sunny days. Hiking and backpacking is rigorous because the 7,000 foot elevation, extreme temperatures and difficult trails. The inner canyon can become as hot as 120 degrees in the summertime. You should be in excellent physical condition if you plan to hike down into the canyon. All overnight camping below the rim requires a backcountry permit. The Colorado River flows along the bottom of the canyon and it is about one mile below the rim. Some visitors make arrangements with tour businesses to go whitewater rafting in the river. The Skywalk located on the west rim is a glass-bottom U-shaped walkway projecting 70 feet out over the edge. It allows visitors to look straight down, nearly 4,000 feet below to the bottom of the canyon. There is a fee to walk the Skywalk and to enter the Grand Canyon. No cameras are allowed on the Skywalk.

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