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Pima Point, Grand Canyon National Park


Arizona > Grand Canyon National Park > South Rim > Viewpoints > Pima Point
The Hermit Trail, between Cope Butte and Hermit Creek
Pima is the final point along the West Rim Drive, though the road continues 1.5 miles further, ending at Hermit's Rest which has a gift store, rest rooms and cafe, though here the views are rather limited - the canyon edge is quite densely wooded, and the overlook is at the end of a side canyon. But from Pima Point, at the northernmost corner of a wide promontory, there is nothing to block a vista of over 40 miles along the Grand Canyon, from Bright Angel Canyon in the east all the way west to Powell Plateau and the Great Scenic Divide.

The foreground on the west side is dominated by the deep, red canyon of Hermit Creek, on the far side of which the cliffs rise steeply up to the next two points (Yuma and Cocopa). The lower part of the creek has year round flowing water and a narrow corridor of bright green vegetation, in contrast to the otherwise arid cliffs and canyons further west. Various sections of the Hermit Trail are in view, zigzagging down Cope Butte, crossing Hermit Creek and winding around Travertine Canyon. The eastern panorama includes Monument Creek, the Granite Rapids and The Alligator, while directly opposite is a fine view down Ninetyfour Mile Creek.
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Ninetyfour Mile Creek
Ninetyfour Mile Creek

The view east from Pima Point
The view east

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