Grand Canyon

Yes, there is the North Rim and the South Rim.

IT depends on the size of the jelly bean!

I'm assuming that you mean the nickname "Grand Canyon State". I will answer from my own perspective. I live two hours from the Grand Canyon. When I go there, I feel like a minority. There are so many people from other countries that it is amazing. Here, the 5 million visitors per year, don't just learn about the Grand Canyon, they learn about Arizona. Frankly, the Grand Canyon puts us on the map. People from all over the world refer to Arizona as the state that has the Grand Canyon in it, so why not be known as The Grand Canyon State?

to find how old they are

and how many layers

When I went to the Grand Canyon I did allot of things, I even went to a 3D movie of the Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long and ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km). It also attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet), so it is very scary to look over the edge.

There are trips available to fly into the canyon by helicopter or plane and if you want your can hike or pack trail down into the canyon. It is also possible to raft through the canyon on an expedition but you need to book the years in advance.

The area round the canyon (the painted desert etc) is very beautiful and there are stores where you can purchase things.

I ended up buying a poster of the grand canyon and still have it. If your thinking of going you should, it is regarded as one the natural wonders of the world.

have you ever heard of the bible story noahs ark. if not noah was a man who loved the lord and god told noah to build a boat cuzhe was gonna make it rain for 40 day and 40 nites to destroy the world for all the wickness, in it noah took 2 animals of all types. this great amount of water in the short period of time formed the Grand Canyon. but the rainbow was Gods promise to nvr destroy the world by rain again.

Both James Hutton and Charles Lyell are considered the fathers of uniformitarianism geology. Hutton's view of uniformity of rate; mountain ranges or grand canyons are built by accumulation of near insensible changes added up through vast time. Some major events such as floods, earthquakes, and eruptions, do occur. But these catastrophes are strictly local.

It is 108 miles according to Google Maps

it was glorious outside!

the Colorado river.

No, the Grand Canyon is in northwestern Arizona.

The Grand Canyon is millions of years old. A mere 5000 years ago, it looked just as it does now, without the man-made improvements. In 5000 years, there would have been minimal further erosion of the river bed, but you would scarcely notice this in such an immense canyon.

El Paso, TX, to Grand Canyon National Park: The distance between the starting point and the destination is 867mi, (1,395km), and with reasonable traffic conditions it will take approximately 15 hours 50 minutes of driving time.

President Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation that changed it from a monument into a National Park in 1919. Theodore Roosevelt however is considered to be the founder, He named it a game preserve in the hope of protecting the natural environment and added National Forest lands to it in an effort to isolate it from human contact.

No, the Grand Canyon is not found in the Sonoran Desert

His expedition was the first to traverse the canyon floor and to map the canyon.

The driving distance is about 570 miles. Since there is sometimes more than one route, including back roads, this is an approximate but accurate distance. It is based on the most well-known routes between these two locations.

It is 108 miles according to Google Maps.

no it isn't you are protected by railings and do places that are more risky you can't go there. also people that work there show you where not to go.

Grand Canyon National Park is located in northwestern Arizona. The park covers 1,901.972 square miles of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties. Fredonia, Arizona is the closest town to the park's North Rim. Tusayan, Arizona is the closest town to the park's South Rim. Tusayan is approximately six miles from the entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park. The city of Flagstaff, AZ is 81 miles from the park's East Entrance.

John Wesley Powell

The Spanish explorer Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas was the first European to discover the Grand Canyon. He discovered the canyon in 1540 while being guided by Hopi Native American guides.

about 663 miles, but 763 if you want to stay as close to the grand canyon as you can.

the grand canyon affect the animals because they are losing there home because it is breaking down cause of the water that is around it

The city that is closest to the Grand Canyon is Tusayan. It is a Census Designated Place of 562 residents and at best, a tourist town which can provide only limited facilities and support.

Flagstaff Arizona has a substantial size, but both Las Vegas and Phoenix could readily be called large ciities.