(As well as my third favorite spot in Hawaii.)
I guess I am on a roll to see every “Grand Canyon” there is!
I finally saw the true Grand Canyon two years ago. And I loved it. We went to the West Rim and were able to walk at above the Grand Canyon on the Skywalk, and also visited Eagle Point. These are located on the grounds of the Hualapai Tribe’s Reseravation, and are not part of the Grand Canyon National Park. But it is a wonderful experience. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long and as much as 18 miles wide. The deepest part is 6,093 feet. It is a very big canyon.
Last August I was in Yellowstone National Park, and visited the Yellowstone Canyon, where the Yellowstone River flows in to a valley forming a canyon. This is called the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. A beautiful site, we were able to view the magnificent waterfall that helps create the canyon. This canyon is 24 miles long, as much as ¾ of a mile wide and up to 1200 feet deep. Yellowstone Canyon is in Yellowstone National Park. It is where I finally got my senior park entrance card!
So, of course, when I knew we were going to go to Kauai, I knew we had to go to Waimea Canyon to see the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. This canyon is 14 miles long, one mile wide and up to 3600 feet deep. It is part of the Waimea Canyon State Park.
From the Waimea Canyon Lookout, you can see, off in the distance, some of the waterfalls that feed the river below and form the canyon. But it is much easier to seem them with binoculars.
The biggest difference between this canyon and the other canyons, is that these mountains and canyon is all volcanic material. So there is really no strata of stone like you see on the rocky canyons, like the Grand Canyon.
But it does not matter, all three of these canyons are magnificent in their own ways. I am so glad that I have had the experience to see them all. I will let the pictures explain.
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I’ve seen two out of three. Guess it’s time to go to Hawaii!
It must be!
I hope to see this next year when we are on our Hawaiian cruise. Did you drive there yourself, or did you go with a tour?
BTW, there is a Grand Canyon in Pennsylvania. I wouldn’t get on a plane to visit it, but if you happen to be driving through the Northern part of the state, it’s quite a nice area.
We went on a tour, but others we know did rent a car and drive there. I did not know about the one in Pennsylvania. I will look into it. Thanks for the information.
Pine Creek Gorge. Just looked it up. It is on my bucket list!
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