The
official site of Grand
Canyon National Park
National
Geographic Grand Canyon
web page
Websites
by other river trip passengers:
- Grand
Canyon River Runners Association:
the professionally outfitted river runners website
- Lower
Canyon rafting trip in May,
by David Shullman (2003 trip with Arizona Raft Adventures)
- Grand
Canyon rafting trip day 1 - 7 photos, by M. Palladino
(2002 trip with Arizona River Runners)
- Grand
Canyon Journey, photos by our website
designer and photographer, Catharine Cooper (2002 full canyon
trip with Canyon Explorations/Expeditions)
- Grand
Canyon Float, by Judy Lumb (2002 full canyon trip with
Canyon Explorations/Expeditions)
- Lower
Canyon in July, by Jeff Utecht (2002 lower canyon trip
with Canyon Explorations/Expeditions)
- Grand
Canyon paddling trip, by "Jon and Care" (2001
upper canyon with Canyon Explorations/Expeditions)
- Rafting
in the Grand Canyon May 2000, by Mike Chatwood (2000 full
canyon with Canyon Explorations/Expeditions)
- Trip
Report from Germany, by Ingrid Lange (1996 and 1998 full
canyon trips with Canyon Explorations in both English and
German)
- Canyon
Rick's Grand Canyon Page, by Richard L. Danley (1998 trip
with Wilderness River Adventures)
- Grand
Canyon Explorer, by Bob Ribokas (1997 full canyon trip
with O.A.R.S.)
Grand Canyon and surrounding area information:
Extend your trip and visit other nearby National Parks and Monuments:
- Official
NPS sites for Zion,
Cedar Breaks,
Bryce,
Arches,
Canyonlands,
Capitol
Reef, Dinosaur,
Natural
Bridges, Rainbow
Bridge, Glen
Canyon (Recreation Area), Canyon
de Chelly, and Petrified
Forest.
- The
Grand Circle, promoting travel to the "four corners"
area (UT, CO, AZ and NM) offering a large concentration of
National Parks and Monuments.
- Tourism
and other "unofficial" National Park and Monument
information from Area
Parks.
Travel information:
Weather and other environmental information:
- National
Weather Site offering a "clickable" map of Arizona
for weather
forecasts. Note: Most Grand Canyon weather information
is for the South Rim, which has an elevation of over 7000
feet. The elevations in the river corridor are in the 2000-3500
ft. range and are closer to Tucson or Phoenix, Arizona, elevations
and temperatures.
- Grand
Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) - studies
the effects of the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on downstream
resources.
Books, Newsletters, Film/Video and other Resources:
- A
bibliography
of the Grand Canyon and the lower Colorado River
- Five
Quail Books West - mail order web site of new, used and
rare books, papers, etc., relating to the Grand Canyon, Colorado
River and Colorado Plateau.
- Northern
Arizona University Cline Library: The NAU Special Collections
and Archives Department allows you to view some great old
photographs and documents.
- Grand
Canyon Women, by Betty J. Leavengood. Dedicated to the
heroines—explorers, explorers, architects, and others—whose
lives changed the landscape of the Grand Canyon.
- Images
of Glen Canyon, by Gregory Crampton's photographic exhibit
- The
Hidden Canyon: A River Journey, by John Blaustein, Edward
Abbey and Martin Litton
- Lost
in the Grand Canyon - a PBS film about John Wesley Powell's
epic journey down the Colorado River
- Powell
Expedition May 24 - August 29, 1869 - description of the
exploration of the Grand Canyon.
- Arizona
Highways Magazine
- Museum
of Northern Arizona
- Learn
about the Grand Canyon’s geology
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