Views of Arizona: Desert View Watchtower

Desert View is the first lookout point one encounters along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park as one approaches from the east. The Watchtower, a modern construction meant to look like an ancient monument, was designed by Mary Colter.

Mary Colter's Desert View Watchtower (1932)

The steel frame

Interior

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