January 11, 1908 (1908-01-11) as a national monument February 26, 1919 (1919-02-26) as a national park
Visitors
4,733,705 (in 2023)[4]
Governing body
National Park Service
Website
www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria
Natural: vii, viii, ix, x
Reference
75
Inscription
1979 (3rd Session)
Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Wonders of the World. The park, which covers 1,217,262 acres (1,901.972 sq mi; 4,926.08 km2) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties, received more than 4.7 million recreational visitors in 2023.[5] The Grand Canyon was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. The park celebrated its 100th anniversary on February 26, 2019.[6]
^Grand Canyon in United States of America Archived July 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. protectedplanet.net. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
^"Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
^"Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 7, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
^"Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2023". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^"Top 10 most visited national parks". Travel. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^"Grand Canyon Centennial History". Time. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
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