Grand Canyon National Park
Image credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1890, CC0
Protected since
1919
Size · acres
1,217,403
State
Arizona
Nearest town
Tusayan, AZ
The wildlife this land supports
Not Just Made for You and Me
California Condor
Mule Deer
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Lion
Drawn here for generations
Art Inspired by this Land
Arizona
Tusayan, AZ
The Grand Canyon is one of those rare places that breaks your sense of scale entirely—where time feels visible in the rock and silence feels almost physical. Visitors have been drawn here for generations to stand at the rim and try to comprehend a landscape carved over millions of years by water, wind, and time itself. It remains one of the most overwhelming natural experiences in North America.
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Conditions on the ground
under threat
Why this land is at risk
Budget Cuts; Deferred Maintenance
Reduced operational funding could impact maintenance, visitor services, and trail management.
The Grand Canyon faces ongoing strain from visitor overcrowding, water resource limitations, and deferred maintenance across trails and visitor infrastructure. Increased tourism pressure also creates challenges for habitat protection and cultural site preservation.
More info: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/management/index.htm
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Public lands belong to all of us — and they stay protected only when people pay attention. Plan a visit, share this place, and add your voice to the people working to keep it wild.