Grand Canyon North Rim
by Robert Bales
Title
Grand Canyon North Rim
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
An HDR look at some of the beautiful North Rim of the Grand Canyon with the San Framcisco Peak in the background.
The journey from the south rim to the north rim of the Grand Canyon takes about 5 hours but is very scenic, involving a 215 mile route that descends from the pine-covered Coconino Plateau near the canyon into the flat, empty but very colorful Painted Desert in the Navajo Indian Reservation, up US 89 past the Echo Cliffs, across the Colorado River near Lees Ferry, then south alongside the Vermilion Cliffs, before climbing steeply into the Kaibab National Forest and to the small community of Jacob Lake. Basic visitor services are available here - a gas station, lodge, campground, general store and restaurant. From the village, AZ 67 provides the only paved route to the north rim. As with US 180 approaching the south rim, the road passes through lush Alpine meadows and forests of fir and pine for 50 miles (part of the Kaibab Plateau), with only occasional signs of development. The road has recently been designated the Kaibab Plateau - North Rim Parkway, and the NPS has installed many informative notices at laybys along the route.
The north rim has two main viewpoints towards the east, reached by the side road. One is Point Imperial, the highest in the park at an elevation of 8,803 feet, which apart from the canyon, here relatively shallow and less branched, also overlooks large areas of the Painted Desert and the Navajo Reservation. The second is Cape Royal (7,865 feet), perhaps the best of the north rim sites. The cape is 20 miles from AZ 67, right at the end of the road which becomes rather narrow and twisting over the last couple of miles as it runs along a steep sided ridge. There is a large carpark and a short nature trail leading to the point, where the ground drops away steeply in most directions affording superb views east, south and west along the Grand Canyon. Nearby is the short path to Cliff Spring.
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November 2nd, 2015
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Comments (27)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks for the feature, Christopher, and the congrats, comments, invite, and promotion!
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful artwork is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Mike Breau
Spectacular capture Robert-You really show the beauty of the canyons-Kind of makes me miss them-They are so colorful and monumental/L/F/T
Robert Bales replied:
They sure are. It was my first visit and thanks for the visit, comments and LFT!!
Lucinda Walter
Congratulations! Your beautiful work is featured in the FAA group "Beauty of Arizona" l/f