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GeographicWest Road Dispatch Number 8

Grand Canyon Walking Tour Sample
April 2012

NORTHWEST ARIZONA – Spring is here and for those of you are contemplating a vacation-of-a-lifetime to the Grand Canyon, one of the 5 million people who do so every year, now is the time to start your preparations. That is why we at GeographicWest have developed this invaluable tool for your upcoming visit. This digital data, description and photos smartphone App of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon will be at the palm of your hands in your iPhone or iPad or Android phone. Easy to navigate, this tool will allow you to quickly locate the spots you want to visit with pictures and information that will help you understand what it is you are about to see.

What we done with this new GeographicWest Road Dispatch is give you a taste of how handy this App will be in your planning and actual visit to the Grand Canyon. Below you will see one of the site points available on the “Grand Canyon Walking Tour” App. So, check it out and if you like what you see just jump back up to the “Grand Canyon Walking Tour” description above, click on the appropriate links to download your copy of the “Grand Canyon Walking Tour.” Enjoy…

Mather Point and Amphitheater

Mather Point
Several hundred feet away from the parking lot and Visitor Center is the Mather Point Lookout. The view is down into the depths of the Grand Canyon and across to the North Rim, location of The Grand Canyon Lodge. It is undeniably the first view that most visitors experience of The Grand Canyon. It is a great location to view both Sunset and Sunrise. It is a definitely a must see stop on your visit to The Grand Canyon.

Mather Amphitheater
A short distance east on The Rim Trail is the newly constructed Mather Point Amphitheater. It seats approximately 50-80 people and it is made out of blocks of native limestone. Ranger lectures are often centered at this location that once again has fantastic views of the canyon beyond and below the Amphitheater. It is a wonderful spot just to sit and look out at the fantastic views. The top row of the Amphitheater is also a wonderful photo spot with views almost 180 degrees. It is also a very peaceful and contemplative spot to view sunrises and sunsets.

Mather Point Viewing Deck

Mather Point, The View

Mather Point, The View, as if suspended in air

2:00 pm

Ranger Talk at the Mather Amphitheater

The smartphone App "Grand Canyon Walking Tour" is now available on all platforms; Android, Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. Go to your smartphone App Store and type in the "Grand Canyon Walking Tour" title in the Search box or go to www.Android.com or your iTunes App Store, www.apple.com/itunes, to download. This App is an invaluable Grand Canyon navigation tool in the palm of your hand if you are one of the 5 million visitors per year who visit the Grand Canyon South Rim. For armchair visitors, viewing this App is like being there. Try it out. Thanks.

Grab it from the iTunes App Store or Android Market today!