RECREATION & SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Grand Canyon Visitor Center S Entrance Rd Grand Canyon Village, AZ 86023 USA
928-638-7888
The Grand Canyon, carved by the mighty Colorado River, is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 1 mile (1.6 km) deep, and up to 15 miles (24 km) wide. Millions of years of erosion have exposed the multicolored layers of the Colorado Plateau in me... Read more >
RECREATION & SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Painted Desert Visitor Center 1 Park Rd Petrified Forest, AZ 86028 USA
928-524-6228
This portion of the Chinle Formation has a large concentration of 225-million-year-old petrified wood. The surrounding Painted Desert features eroded cliffs of red-hued volcanic rock called bentonite. Dinosaur fossils and over 350 Native A... Read more >
RECREATION & SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Red Hills Visitor Center 2700 N Kinney Rd Tucson, AZ 85743 USA
520-733-5158
Split into the separate Rincon Mountain and Tucson Mountaindistricts, this park is evidence that the dry Sonoran Desert is still home to a great variety of life spanning six biotic communities. Beyond the namesake giant saguaro cacti, ther... Read more >
