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GRAND CANYON
Rules and Regulations 1920 |
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ALTITUDES AND DISTANCES.
| From Grand canyon village to— |
Miles distant from El Tovar and direction. |
By— | Altitude. | Attractions and remarks. |
| Feet. | ||||
| Hermit Rest | 7-1/2 W | Road | 6,610 | Interesting Harvey Rest House. Only 5 miles on foot or horseback through woods by cut-off roads and trails. |
| Natural Bridges | 9 W | Road trail | ----- | Natural bridges in limestone. |
| Hermit Basin | 9 W | do | 5,250 | Ranger cabin. Water. Pretty valley. |
| Dripping Springs | 12 W | do | 5,500 | Beautiful springs and fine trail. |
| Sta. Maria springs | 10 W | do | 5,250 | On Hermit Trail. |
| Hermit Camp | 15 W | do | 3,050 | Down Hermit Trail to Tonto Plateau. Fine accommodations and beautiful creek. Camp open all year. |
| Colorado River at foot of Hermit Trail | 16 W | do | 2,400 | Close view of rapids. |
| Grandview Point | 14 E | Road | 7,406 | Auto ride through forest. Magnificent view of Canyon, Painted Desert, and Navajo Mountain. |
| Desert View | 32 E | do | 7,450 | Auto ride through forest. View of Painted Desert, Grand Canyon, Cedar Mountain, and Palisades of the Desert. |
| Little Colorado | 65 E | Road trail | 2,750 | Auto ride through forest. View of Painted Desert. On trail to Hopi Land. |
| Painted Desert | 76 E | do | 4,800 | Desert extending from Grand Canyon to Petrified Forest, famed for its glowing colors. |
| Cataract Canyon | 45 W | do | 6,000 | Remarkable canyon and waterfalls near village of Havasupai Indians in primitive state. |
| Cable Crossing | 11 NE | Trail | 2,450 | Via Tonto Trail, east from Indian Gardens. Cable over Colorado River. |
| Tram Camp | 11-1/2 NE | do | 2,450 | Ranger camp at mouth of Bright Angel Creek, on north bank of Colorado River. |
| North Rim (at Bright Angel Point) | 28 N | do | 8,153 | Via Tram Camp and Kaibab Trail up Bright Angel Creek. |
| Kanab, Utah | 88 N | do | 4,750 | Kaibab Trail to North Rim and road through forest to Kanab. |
| Williams, Ariz | 66 S | R R and auto road | 6,762 | Nearest shopping town to Grand Canyon. |
| Flagstaff, Ariz | 86 SE | do | 6,896 | County seat, San Francisco Mountains, Lowell Observatory. Interesting center. |
| Los Angeles, Calif | 574 SW | do | 293 | |
| Phoenix, Ariz | 281 S | do | 1,090 | State capital. Gateway to Tonto and other National Monuments and Roosevelt Dam. |
| Pictograph Rock | 1/4 W | Trail | 6,800 | Ancient Indian paintings, fine view. Interesting foot trail. |
| Picnic Rock | 1/2 W | do | 7,000 | Walk through woods. Fine view of San Francisco Mountains, etc. |
| Bass's Place | 3/4 SW | Road | 6,850 | On Ash Fork Road, through woods. |
| Rowes Well | 4 SW | do | 6,681 | On Cataract Canyon Road. Ranger station in big pine woods. Good water. |
| Grandeur Point | 1-1/4 E | Road trail | 7,000 | Fine view of river. Good trail along rim of canyon. |
| Yavapai Point | 2 E | do | 7,100 | View of river. Good trail along rim of canyon. |
| Yaki Point | 5 E | Trail | 7,250 | Do. |
| Shoshone Point | 9 E | do | 7,250 | Sometimes called Inspiration Point. Fine view. |
| Maricopa Point | 2 W | Paved road | 6,950 | Powell Memorial and view. |
| Hopi Point | 2-1/4 W | do | 7,071 | View into canyon. Known also as Sunset Point. Favorite point for sunset views. |
| Mohave Point | 3 W | do | 7,000 | View of canyon. |
| Pima Point | 5 SW | do | 6,750 | View of canyon and river. Hermit Camp visible beneath. |
| Indian Garden | 3-1/2 N | Paved road | 3,876 | Down Bright Angel Trail. Fine creek of good water. |
| Lower Indian Garden | 5 N | do | 2,700 | Old Indian gardens and dwellings. |
| Plateau Point | 5 N | do | 3,750 | View into gorge. |
| Colorado River at foot of Bright Angel trail | 7 N | do | 2,436 | Good trail from Rim to the Colorado River. |
| Havasupai Point | 26 W | Road | 6,750 | Excellent view of canyon. |
| Bass's Camp | 24 W | do | 6,652 | Prospector's camp. |
| Bright Angel Point | 29 N | Trail | 8,153 | On the North Rim. "Wiley Way." Tourist camp. |
| Wiley Way Camp | 29 N | Trail or auto road from Salt Lake City and Marysvale. | 8,133 | On the North Rim. (See page 25.) |
| Point Sublime | ---- | Trail from Bright Angel Camp. | 7,464 | Westernmost point of Kaibab Plateau on North Rim opposite Grand Canyon Village. Commands view of 250°. |
| Cape Final | ---- | do | 7,919 | Easternmost point of Kaibab Plateau on North Rim opposite Grand Canyon Village. Commands view up Marble Canyon and down Grand Canyon; also of Painted Desert. |
HOW LONG TO STAY.
Time required.—While one ought to remain a week or two, a stopover of three or four days from the transcontinental trip will be quite satisfactory. The Hermit overnight camping trip requires two days and a night. One day should be devoted to an auto ride along the Hermit Rim Road, and by auto to Grandview. Another day go down Bright Angel Trail and back. A fourth day spent in short walks to nearby points, or on horseback, will enable visitors to get more intimate views. Hermit Loop three-day camping trip, down one trail and up another, is well worthwhile.
The several trips mentioned above are all well worthwhile, and the high plateau above the rim affords many delightful horseback or hiking trips. Visitors to the North Rim may well spend as much time as can be spared.
The National Park Service of the Department of the Interior recommends to the traveling public that stop-overs of as long duration as practicable be planned at points within the Parks; that Grand Canyon National Park be regarded not alone as a region which may be glimpsed on a hurried trip, but also as a vacation playground for rest and recreation.
WHAT TO WEAR.
If much tramping is done, stout, thick shoes should be provided. Ladies will find that short walking skirts are a convenience; riding trousers are preferable, but not essential, for the horseback journey down the zigzag trail. Traveling caps and (in summer) broad-brimmed straw hats are useful adjuncts. Otherwise ordinary clothing will suffice. Riding trousers, divided skirts, and straw hats may be rented at El Tovar Hotel.
ADMINISTRATION.
Grand Canyon National Park is under the jurisdiction of the Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. The Park Superintendent is located at Grand Canyon, Ariz., and information, maps, and pamphlets may be obtained at the office, where visitors are cordially welcomed. The temporary office of the superintendent is south across the railroad tracks 200 yards from the Grand Canyon Railway Depot and on the paved road that passes the El Tovar Garage.
The park is accessible throughout the year. The El Tovar Hotel, Bright Angel and Hermit Camps, are always open.
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