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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Views of Arizona: Morning in the Grand Canyon Village

Like any landscape, the Grand Canyon's appearance changes in different light, in different weather, and in different seasons, but the sheer magnitude of the vista is unlike any other. Here's what we saw on our last morning at the national monument, July 19, 2018.

Grand Canyon

Salt and pepper shakers
El Tovar

Mary Colter's Hopi House (1905)

Verkamp's

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