USA's Classic Trips by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760341183
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Published: 2015-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

NO BOTTLED WATER

As a conservation measure, Grand Canyon National Park no longer sells bottled water. Instead, fill your thermos at water filling stations along the rim or at Canyon View Marketplace. Water bottles had constituted 20% of the waste generated in the park.

8 Four Corners Monument

It’s seriously remote, but you can’t skip the Four Corners Monument (928-871-6647; www.navajonationparks.org; admission $5; 8am-8pm May-Sep, 8am-5pm Oct-Apr) in a road trips guide about the Southwest! Once you arrive, don’t be shy: put a foot into Arizona and plant the other in New Mexico. Slap a hand in Utah and place the other in Colorado. Smile for the camera. It makes a good photo, even if it’s not 100% accurate – an April 2009 news story had government surveyors admitting that the marker is almost 2000ft east of where it should be, but it remains a legally recognized border point. Half the fun is watching the acrobatics performed on the marker.

The Drive » Return to Hwy 160 and turn left. It’s a 50-mile drive across New Mexico and into Colorado.

Grand Canyon National Park

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