This itinerary takes you to less-visited corners of the park, both above and below the rim, where you can soak up the beauty at every location. While a week at Grand Canyon National Park might only scratch the surface in terms of experiencing the natural wonder, a seven-day visit at least offers enough time to explore the crown jewel from many different vantage points. “I can be in the middle of a trail anywhere in the Canyon, and it is my favorite place.” “I don’t have a single favorite place - all of the park resonates with me,” he says. He moved to the park in May 2020 and says he still can’t get enough of the Canyon. After some three decades of commuting to government jobs in Washington, D.C., he now walks to his South Rim office every day. “I had the random notion then that it would be amazing to live and work at the Canyon.” Keable finally got his wish last year, when he was appointed superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. “When I first walked out to the South Rim, I was overwhelmed not only by the beauty, but also by the sense of spirituality that the Canyon has,” he recalls.
Until then, he had believed Mount Everest was the most beautiful place on Earth, but the Canyon changed his mind. Back in 1994, Keable, a New York native, saw the Canyon for the first time. Park statistics show that the average visitor spends less than six hours at Grand Canyon National Park.
The problem is that most people don’t spend nearly enough time appreciating this 1.2 million-acre crown jewel. It is, after all, one of the world’s most famous natural wonders and the pride of the Grand Canyon State. There’s no wrong way to spend time at the Grand Canyon.
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