Download The Grand Canyon National Park Profile 2008 (59kb PDF File)

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General Grand Canyon National Park Visitation Satistics

Annual Visitiation - 1915 to 2004 (85kb PDF File)

Monthly Visitation - 1980 to 2004 (47kb PDF File)

Yearly Visitation Counts by Gate and Mode of Travel - 1973 - 2004 (68kb PDF File)

South Rim Vehicle Count - 1935 to 2004 (72kb PDF File)

National Park Service Public Use Statistics
This site provides visitation data to units of the National Park Service.

Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Transportation System Statistics

Passenger Statistics by Route and Costs, 1974 to 2005 (22kb PDF File)

Passenger Statistics by Month, 1974 to 2005 (19kb PDF File)

Vehicle Information  Updated 2005 (28kb PDF File)

Grand Canyon National Park Law Enforcement Annual Reports

2007 Annual Report (105kb PDF File)

2006 Annual Report (142kb PDF File)

Geographic Statistics

The park is dominated by the spectacular Grand Canyon; a twisting, 1 mile/ 1.6km deep and 277 mile/ 433km long gorge, formed during some six million years of geological activity and erosion by the Colorado River on the upraised earth's crust. The river divides the park into the North Rim and South Rim which overlook the 10 mile/ 16km wide canyon. The buttes, spires, mesas and temples in the canyon are in fact mountains looked down upon from the rims. On-going erosion by the seasonal and permanent rivers produces impressive waterfalls and rapids of washed-down boulders along the length of the canyon and its tributaries. There are over 100 named rapids. Exposed horizontal geological strata in the canyon span some 2,000 million years of geological history, providing evidence of the four major geological eras; late Precambrian, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. (Hunt, 1969; Babcock et al., 1974; Newman, 1977)