Download The Grand Canyon National Park Profile 2009 (162kb PDF File)

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General Grand Canyon National Park Visitation Statistics

• Year to Date Reports
• Monthly Public Use Reports
• Annual Park Visitation (all years)
• Visitation by Month/ Year
• Park Fiscal Year Report
• How We Count
• Visitation Comments by Park Staff

Are available from the NPS Stats Website
(The right-hand column displays the Grand Canyon Reports)

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

2008 Annual Report (95kb PDF File)

2007 Annual Report (105kb PDF File)

2006 Annual Report (142kb PDF File)

Grand Canyon 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)