Grand Canyon Archeology Virtual Tour NEW

Discover ancient places within the Grand Canyon where people lived long ago.

What did the archeologists find during the first major excavation to occur along the Colorado River corridor in nearly 40 years? Interactive 360° photos, show archeologists at work, along with their tools, such as shovels, trowels, screens and buckets.

http://www.nps.gov/features/grca/001/archeology/index.html

Learn more by watching a video of these  archeological excavations here.

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NPS VIEWS - Grand Canyon Discovery

The Grand Canyon truly is a special place. Life abounds within the canyon, in the Colorado River, and even along the rims.

Even humans have inhabited this area for at least the past couple thousand years. Learn more...

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NPS VIEWS - Grand Canyon Geology

Grand Canyon is the result of a distinct and ordered combination of geologic events. Through this virtual experience you will be able to travel into this great chasm and unfold the chapters in Grand Canyon’s geologic history. More...

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Virtual Raft Trip through the Grand Canyon

Travel with the USGS on a Geological Tour down the Grand Canyon starting at Lees Ferry (River Mile 0) and ending at the Lake Mead National Recreational Area. (River Mile 215)

Standard Photograph Version
3-D Anaglyphic Version (You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3-D visual effects)

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Grand Canyon Fly-through Animation

Is an exciting 7 minute video produced by NASA, the National Park Service Views Team and the USGS, takes viewers on a simulated flight across the entire 277 mile (433km) length of the Grand Canyon, where they explore its scenic wonders as their imaginary aircraft dives low over landslides and races through winding canyons.

Viewers experience roller-coaster twists and turns as they fly up above the Colorado River accompanied by a narrated introduction to Grand Canyon Geography. Watch the video...

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Virtual Tour Map of Grand Canyon National Park

The Grand Canyon covers 1.2 million acres, and no two destinations are alike. We invite you to take The Grand Canyon Field Institute's virtual tour and sample the many faces of the world’s most famous chasm!

Virtual Tour Map
2011 Field Institute Class Schedule

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Mapping the Grand Canyon 1923
In the summer of 1923, the USGS organized an expedition to make a new map of the Grand Canyon, which was the last stretch of the Colorado River that had not been accurately surveyed. Up until that time, only 27 men were known to have traversed the length of Marble and Grand canyons and of those, only two had any scientific knowledge (one of those two men was John Wesley Powell, the second director of the USGS, who led the first expedition down the river in 1869).

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Read the latest Canyon Sketches eMagazine

Your phone provides a fun way to learn more about the Park. Listen to park rangers give 2 minute audio tours at various points of interest on the South Rim, from Hermit Road to Yaki Point, and the North Rim. Learn more...