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Grand Canyon NP--Cliff Spring Trail
Coordinates: 36.1250125, -111.9509186 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Cliff Spring Trail
There are two short, easy trails near the southernmost overlook on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (Cape Royal) - the level path to the actual viewpoint and the half mile route to Cliff Spring, where water continually drips from the ceiling of an alcove at the edge of a narrowish, forested side canyon, forming a few shallow pools and supporting an area of moss, ferns, and other green plants. The spring is not particularly special but the view down the canyon is quite nice, allowing a tantalizing glimpse of distant red cliffs towards the wider Grand Canyon, and the trail makes a good diversion of around 40 minutes, round trip. From Cliff Spring Trail webpage

Tips for birding Grand Canyon National Park
From Grand Canyon National Park website

About Grand Canyon National Park
Although first afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument, Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service. Today Grand Canyon National Park receives close to five million visitors each year - a far cry from the annual visitation of 44,173 which the park received in 1919.

The oldest human artifacts found are nearly 12,000 years old and date to the Paleo-Indian period. There has been continuous use and occupation of the park since that time.

The park has recorded over 4,300 archeological resources with an intensive survey of over 5% of the park area.

The park's 11 Traditionally Associated Tribes and historic ethnic groups view management of archeological resources as the preservation of their heritage.

Archeological remains from the following culture groups are found in Grand Canyon National Park: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Basketmaker, Ancestral Puebloan (Kayenta and Virgin branches), Cohonina, Cerbat, Pai, Southern Paiute, Zuni, Hopi, Navajo, and Euro-American. From Grand Canyon National Park website



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