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The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument contains portions of geologic faults, including the Dellenbaugh fault, which cuts basalt flows dated 6 to 7 million years old, the Toroweap fault, which has been active within the last 30,000 years, the Hurricane fault, which forms the Hurricane Cliffs and extends over 150 miles across northern.
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About. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, established in 2000, consists of 42,000 hectares of land on the "Arizona Strip," the portion of Arizona lying north of the Colorado River. The monument is bounded to the south by the Grand Canyon and on the west by the Arizona-Nevada border. At the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Mojave.
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Introduction. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is located in Arizona in the northwest corner of the Grand Canyon. With over a million acres of land to explore, the size is nearly equal to Grand Canyon National Park, though this monument is little-known. The national monument was established in 2000 by Presidential Proclamation.
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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona, on the Arizona Strip. The monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000. [2] Side canyon in the National Monument Description
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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, located on the Colorado Plateau in northwestern Arizona, is jointly managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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National Monument Arizona Info Alerts Maps Calendar Fees A Journey Into The Wild Take a lonely and rocky two-track road in a 4x4 to the edge of the Grand Wash Cliffs. Find a stunning solitary vista deep into the Grand Canyon. Relax in the shade of ponderosas at Mount Trumbull.
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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, a land area larger than the state of Rhode Island, epitomizes much of the "Wild West"โa vast, wild landscape of desert cactus and sheer canyon walls, soaring raptors and tall ponderosa pines, isolated cattle corrals and line shacks, lone cowboys, and rugged rock formations set against endless blue skies.
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Free Travel Guide Parashant National Monument is a geological and natural paradise. A million plus acres of land stretch across sprawling landscapes, with a significant portion located along the northern edge of the Grand Canyon.
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At Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management cooperatively protect undeveloped, wild, and remote northwestern Arizona landscapes and their resources, while providing opportunities for solitude, primitive recreation, scientific research, and historic and traditional uses.
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The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, a largely understudied region in the North American Southwest, represents part of the northern periphery of the prehistoric Southwest, affiliated with the Virgin Branch Puebloan culture.
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The Parashant National Monument: Ride to the Rim By Andy Palmer - Over the years somehow we seem to have missed overlanding the Parashant National Monument, so I was stoked to be asked to join a recent Four Wheel Campers Owners offroad Tour through this area.
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On January 11, 2000, President Bill Clinton established the 1.1-million-acre Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. The move, as Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt put it at the dedication ceremony, "writes the full and final chapter in the history of preserving the canyon.". Encompassing spectacular viewing points from the north.
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The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is under joint management of the BLM and the National Park Service. Covering more than 1 million acres of remote and unspoiled public lands, this monument is a scientific treasure, containing many of the same values that have long been protected in Grand Canyon National Park.
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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, large natural area in northwestern Arizona, U.S., north of the Grand Canyon. Covering an area of 1,584 square miles (4,103 square km) of the Colorado Plateau, the monument was created in 2000 to protect the watershed north of the Colorado River. It is
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Tucked in the northwest corner of the Arizona Strip, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is a remote landscape filled with colorful vistas, deep canyons, and stately mountains. It encompasses four wilderness areas and part of the Shivwits Plateau near the lower end of the Grand Canyon.
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Parashant, along with Agua Fria National Monument north of Phoenix, was part of a wave of new monuments that resulted. Joined by Babbitt and other dignitaries, Clinton issued the proclamations creating both monuments during a visit to the remote Toroweap area of the Grand Canyon's North Rim.