Grand Canyon #1: From Flagstaff via US 180 & SR 64 to Grand Canyon Village in South Rim 2016-06-01
An annotated drive on the scenic & quickest route from Flagstaff to the South Rim of Grand Canyon national park for a day's stroll on a paved footpath along the canyon rim.
For first-timers choosing between one of the three routes, this one, the most direct, goes past no other center of settlement, connects to no other distant places, so has the lightest traffic volume. Once 5 - 10 minutes north of the least-congested north side of downtown Flagstaff, it is clear sailing to the first stop-sign at Valle, a motorists' service center an hour away, at the junction of US 180 (this highway) and State Road 64, the road which also carries traffic to and from Interstate 40 and the town of Williams in the south (all of which will appear on another drive video in this series). A few miles before the toll gate of the park is the last service town, Tusayan, of hotels and eateries, all charging premium prices.
On busy summer days, single-day visitors are advised by the national park's website to park their vehicles here (in Tusayan town), and take the park's free shuttle for entry into the park.
Nearly all of this lightly used road between Flagstaff and Valle, US 180, is a two-lane road (one lane in each direction), with occasional additional passing lane for traffic in one direction or the other.
On the day that I drove it in early June, the traffic was never heavy enough to form a line of vehicles waiting impatiently to pass a slow vehicle ahead, so the drive was most enjoyable (for me as well as for anyone catching up to me from behind).
US 180 is mostly straight, with frequent gentle curves not requiring significant speed reductions, but enough to break the monotony of the all straight-road drive.
For those who just want to get from Flagstaff to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon as quickly as possible for the day, this is the recommend route there and back.
0:01 Downtown Flagstaff AZ: Elevation 6,910 ft / 2,106 m
5:21 Road sign: Grand Canyon National Park - 74 miles
5:26 Elevation - 7,000 ft
8:20 Jct SR 64 - 46 miles
21:39 [Flagstaff] Nordic Village sign
23:19 Elevation 8,046 ft
25:27 Kendrick Park
26:18 8% Downgrade warning sign
33:15 Caution Smoke Ahead sign
46:15 Jct SR 64-9 Miles; Grand Canyon-37 Miles
48:19 S Rim Ranch Road
55:15 Jct SR 64 & US 180, Valle (Elevation 5,994 feet / 1,827 m) Coconino County, Arizona
56:20 Leaving Valle, AZ
57:04 Grand Canyon Vehicle Fee $30
1:06:29 Kaibab National Forest
1:15:30 Grand Canyon Airport (Elevation: 6,609 ft / 2,014 m)
1:17:03 Entering Tusayan (Elevation: 6,612 ft / 2,015 m)
1:24:10 Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim) entrance
1:37:43 Parking Lot A, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
This whole day's trip to the Grand Canyon Village section of Grand Canyon's South Rim also accessible through this playlist:
2016-06-01 Grand Canyon South Rim (with Park Headquarters & Rim Trail hike) from Flagstaff via US180 & on AZ64 via Williams back to Flagstaff
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City of Tusayan Tour Near The Grand Canyon #Vanlife Plus Wild Elk
In episode 2 of the Vlog, I show you around the City of Tusayan - the town 2 miles from the Southern entrance to the Grand Canyon. I also come across a gang of Elk and get as close as 5-10 feet from one grazing near the McDonalds.
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Route 66 - 34 - Tusayan Grand Canyon, Arizona - Las Vegas, Nevada - Del 4
ROUTE 66 - 2016 - Day 11
Route 66 - 34 - Tusayan Grand Canyon, Arizona - Las Vegas, Nevada - Del 4
Dag 11. Lettskyet, 15˚C. - 445 km / Day 11. Cloudy, 59˚F. – 276 miles
Kjørte fra hotellet kl 8:15 og kom til Las Vegas kl 16:00 - 38 ˚C
Drove from the hotel at 8:15 and arrived at Las Vegas 4:00 p.m. – 100.5˚F
Byer og høydepunkt / Cities and highlight:
00:00 – Hoover Dam, Nevada
04:39 – Utsikt over Colorado River, Nevada - Views of the Colorado River, Nevada
18:31 – Las Vegas, Nevada
27:06 – Bilder / film fra Las Vegas - Pictures / movies from Las Vegas
Las Vegas er en by i Clark County i delstaten Nevada, USA. Byen er et av USAs største handels- og turistsenter, spesielt kjent for dets utallige kasinoer og for sine mange bryllupskapeller.
Hver dag gifter 150 mennesker seg i Las Vegas. Byen har også langt flere skilsmisse-domstoler enn de fleste andre amerikanske byer.
Las Vegas er den største byen i delstaten Nevada.
Las Vegas er også kjent for den berømte TV-serien CSI og en annen TV-serie med samme navn som byen.
Like syd for bygrensen ligger Las Vegas Strip, kjent for sine mange kopi-bygninger, som en mindre modell av Eiffeltårnet, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, en Pyramide og frihetsgudinnen samt mange flere.
Hotellet The Venetian er anlagt etter inspirasjon fra den italienske byen Venezia.
Las Vegas, officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 29th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.
The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert.
Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. It is the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.
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Grand Canyon National Park + Hoover Dam Tour
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Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, is home to much of the immense Grand Canyon, with its layered bands of red rock revealing millions of years of geological history. Viewpoints include Mather Point, Yavapai Observation Station and architect Mary Colter’s Lookout Studio and her Desert View Watchtower. Lipan Point, with wide views of the canyon and Colorado River, is a popular, especially at sunrise and sunset.
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, North America
Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in Arizona. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (492,608 ha) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties. Grand Canyon National Park was named as an official national park in 1919, but the landmark had been well known to Americans for over thirty years prior. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt visited the site and said: The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world... Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see. Despite Roosevelt's enthusiasm and his strong interest in preserving land for public use, the Grand Canyon was not immediately designated a national park. The first bill to create Grand Canyon National Park was introduced in 1882 by then-Senator Benjamin Harrison, which would have made Grand Canyon National Park the nation's second, after Yellowstone National Park. Harrison unsuccessfully reintroduced his bill in 1883 and 1886; after his election to the presidency, he established the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in 1893. Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon Game Preserve by proclamation in 1906 and Grand Canyon National Monument in 1908. Further Senate bills to establish the site as a national park were introduced and defeated in 1910 and 1911, before the Grand Canyon National Park Act was finally signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919. The National Park Service, established in 1916, assumed administration of the park. The creation of the park was an early success of the conservation movement. Its national park status may have helped thwart proposals to dam the Colorado River within its boundaries. (Later, the Glen Canyon Dam would be built upriver.) In 1975, the former Marble Canyon National Monument, which followed the Colorado River northeast from the Grand Canyon to Lee's Ferry, was made part of Grand Canyon National Park. In 1979, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site. In 2010, Grand Canyon National Park was honored with its own coin under the America the Beautiful Quarters program. The Grand Canyon, including its extensive system of tributary canyons, is valued for its combination of size, depth, and exposed layers of colorful rocks dating back to Precambrian times. The canyon itself was created by the incision of the Colorado River and its tributaries after the Colorado Plateau was uplifted, causing the Colorado River system to develop along its present path. The primary public areas of the park are the North and South Rims of the Grand Canyon itself. The rest of the park is extremely rugged and remote, although many places are accessible by pack trail and backcountry roads. Only the Navajo Bridge near Page connects the rims by road in Arizona; this journey can take around five hours by car. Otherwise, the two rims of the Canyon are connected via the Mike O'Callaghan Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and the Hoover Dam.
The park headquarters are at Grand Canyon Village, not far from the south entrance to the park, near one of the most popular viewpoints. Park accommodations are operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts. The South Rim is more accessible than the North Rim; most visitors to the park come to the South Rim, arriving on Arizona State Route 64. The highway enters the park through the South Entrance, near Tusayan, Arizona, and heads eastward, leaving the park through the East Entrance. Interstate 40 provides access to the area from the south. From the north, U.S. Route 89 connects Utah, Colorado, and the North Rim to the South Rim. Overall, some thirty miles of the South Rim are accessible by road. The Grand Canyon Village is located at the north end of U.S. Route 180, coming from Flagstaff. This is a full-service community, including lodging, fuel, food, souvenirs, a hospital, churches, and access to trails and guided walks and talks. A variety of activities at the South Rim cater to park visitors. The South Rim Drive (35 miles (56 km) is a driving tour split into two segments. The western drive to Hermit's Point is 8 miles (13 km) with several overlooks along the way, including Mohave Point, Hopi Point, and the Powell Memorial. From March to December, access to Hermit's Rest is restricted to the free shuttle provided by the Park Service.
Arriving at Grand Canyon south rim
Arizona Road Trip 2016 | Phoenix to the Grand Canyon
A travel guide to our one week drive through the jaw-droppingly unique US state of Arizona, including the cliché Ford Mustang!
Starting from Phoenix, up through Flagstaff to the Petrified Forest and across the Navajo Nation to the Grand Canyon, before circling back down to Scottsdale via Williams and Seligman.
Gallup to Flagstaff thru Monument Valley + Grand Canyon Ariz
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Grand Canyon Aerial Tour
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Best Ways to Visit Grand Canyon in 4 Hours or Less.
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