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Ranger Minute - Yavapai Museum (mov)

Ranger Minutes are short audiocasts or videocasts in which a park ranger shares interesting stories and information about Grand Canyon National Park.

 
Yavapai Observation Station, May 2007
Yavapai Observation Station

September 2007 - 3:10

The Yavapai Point Trailside Museum was created in 1928 for the observation and understanding of Grand Canyon geology. In this Ranger Minute, Ranger Paul Mayer takes us on a virtual tour of the museum's new exhibits and shows some of the interesting features that can been seen through the building's large picture windows.
 
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Geology Exhibits at Yavapai Observation Station.
 
View pictures and read more about the May 24, 2007 rededication of the historic Yavapai Observation Station.

Learn more about current Interpretive Ranger Programs being offered this season at Grand Canyon National Park.

Did You Know?

THE INNER GORGE OF THE GRAND CANYON, 1200 feet (366m)

Within the Grand Canyon, the rugged, V-shaped Inner Gorge rises darkly from the Colorado River. The broad shelf above it is the Tonto Platform, which spreads like a green blanket across both sides of the canyon. The Inner Gorge achieves a depth of over 1200 feet (366m)