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About Grand Wash Cliffs

The Grand Wash Cliffs extend south-southeast from the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwest Arizona west of the Shivwits Plateau south through the Grand Cliffs Wilderness and into the Lake Mead Recreation Area. The Grand Wash Cliffs cross the Grand Canyon where the Colorado River enters Lake Mead. To the south of the Grand Canyon the Grand Wash Cliffs continue past the east side of Grapevine Mesa and then southeast above and east of the Hualapai Valley.

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Grapevine Mesa

Grapevine Mesa

8.75km from Grand Wash Cliffs

The Grapevine Mesa Joshua Trees forest was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1967. 3,206 acres owned by the Federal government, the forest contains the best existing display of Joshua trees in the United States. This site is also a superb example Mojave Desert ecology.

Grand Canyon Skywalk

Grand Canyon Skywalk

14.44km from Grand Wash Cliffs

Grand Canyon Skywalk is an observation deck, free cantilever girder bridge and steel bridge that was completed in 2007.The deck of the Skywalk has been made with four layers of Saint-Gobain Diamant low iron glass with DuPont SentryGlas interlayer. Deck width is 10 feet 2 inches. It is immediately north of Grand Canyon West Airport and about 120-mile east of Las Vegas, NV. The skywalk is east of Meadview, AZ. Kingman, AZ is the closest city with more than 10,000 population.

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

44.82km from Grand Wash Cliffs

Parashant National Monument is a rugged and wild land. The vast, wild landscape of desert cactus, sheer canyon walls, soaring raptors, tall ponderosa pines, isolated cattle corrals and line shacks, lone cowboys, and rugged rock formations set against endless blue skies inspire those who seek it out. There are a number of ruins of former Mormon settlements in the area, such as the Oak Grove Dairy.

Gold Butte National Monument

Gold Butte National Monument

47.32km from Grand Wash Cliffs

Gold Butte National Monument is a stunning natural area located in northeastern Clark County. It covers over 300,000 acres of land and features a range of diverse landscapes, including rugged mountains, colorful sandstone formations, and broad desert basins.The monument is also home to a wide array of wildlife, including desert bighorn sheep, pronghorns, and threatened species like the Mojave desert tortoise and the southwestern willow flycatcher.

Black Mesa

Black Mesa

48.96km from Grand Wash Cliffs

The Black Mesa of northwestern Arizona is the extreme southern section of the Black Mountains. It is a notable mountain section, since the entire Warm Springs Wilderness comprises the entire mesa; it is separated to the north from the Black Hills range by a canyon and road; the north side of the canyon is the southern border of the adjacent Mount Nutt Wilderness, thus comprising a two-sectioned wilderness region.

Mount Tipton Wilderness

Mount Tipton Wilderness

53.37km from Grand Wash Cliffs

The 30,760-acre Mount Tipton Wilderness is located in Mohave County, 25 miles north of Kingman, Arizona. The nearest access point to the wilderness is the Dolan Springs community located on the northwest flank of the Cerbat Mountains and directly west of the wilderness area. Five access routes are described for the wilderness.Besides hiking trails during seasonally good weather, attractions of the wilderness are wild mustang horses.

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Mohave County

Mohave County

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Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It contains parts of Grand Canyon National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area and all of the Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument. The Kaibab, Fort Mojave and Hualapai Indian Reservations also lie within the county.

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For more information about Grand Wash Cliffs, visit: https://www.nps.gov/para/planyourvisit/grand-wash-cliffs-wilderness-area.htm