List of Cool Grand Canyon Facts
- The Grand Canyon began forming ten million years ago with the beginning erosion of the Colorado River.
- Grand Canyon National Park is 1,218,375 acres
- The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and 5000 feet deep.
- The Canyons Minimum width: 600 feet at Marble Canyon
- The Canyons Average width: 10 miles
- Minimum width of Colorado River: 76 feet
- Average width of Colorado River: 300 feet
- Maximum depth of the Colorado River: 85 feet
- Average depth of river: 40 feet
- Number of rapids in the Grand Canyon: 160
- The Grand Canyon is located in Northern Arizona
- Grand Canyon is located at Latitude 36, Longitude -112
- The Grand Canyon was established as a forest preserve in 1892
- The Canyon became a national monument in 1908
- The Grand Canyon was designated a national park in 1919
- The Grand Canyon has five of the seven life zones and three of the four desert types in North America.
- Over 1,500 plants, 287 bird, 89 mammalian, 47 reptile, 58 amphibian, and 17 fish species are found in the park.
- Grand Canyon is located at Latitude 36, Longitude -112
- Total miles of trails in the park: 400
- Number of miles of roads: 355
- Number of known archaeological sites within the park: 2,700
- Number of Indian reservations in the Grand Canyon: 3 (Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo)
- Endangered wildlife species: 3 (bald eagle, peregrine falcon, humpback chub)
- Endangered plant species: 2 (Brady pincushion cactus and sentry milkvetch)
