Grandview Point
Overlook with great views with a colorful history.
Plan Around Grandview Point
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Grandview Point Details
The vistas from this spot live up to their name: the U-shaped Horseshoe Mesa is the most prominent feature, bracketed by Grapevine and Cottonwood creeks. What you won't see are many traces of the colorful history of the Grandview Point area, which was home to a gold, copper and silver mine and the Grand Canyon's first tourist hotel in the 1890s. After the El Tovar was built at the Grand Canyon Village, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst bought the mine and hotel property and used it as a family retreat. The hotel is long gone, but some of the mining artifacts remain on Horseshoe Mesa. The trail once used to carry ore out of the canyon helped pave the way for the Grandview Trail, which has its trailhead at Grandview Point. You can follow this trail three miles to Horseshoe Mesa, or just walk a little ways down to enjoy less-obstructed views than you'll get from the official overlook.
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Grandview Point
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