NORCROSS, GA – Get a new perspective on time at the world’s largest geoscience interpretative exhibit. The new Trail of Time is a walking timeline trail along the heavily visited South Rim of the Grand Canyon, AZ – between the Yavapai Observation Station, housing a recently remodeled geology museum, and Grand Canyon Village. This 1,800 meter (about 1.2 miles) paved trail is scaled so that one meter = one million years of earth history. From the trail, visitors enjoy the spectacular vistas and features of the young Grand Canyon carved by the Colorado River only 6 million years ago – that’s very recent in geological terms. However, the real “rock” stars are the 2 billion year old rocks that had been buried for millions and millions of years and are now exposed. How to get there: Shuttle buses go to either end of the Trail of Time, at Yavapai Observation Station or the Verkamps building. Looking for travel ideas for a variety of tastes and interests? TRIPinfo.com gets you there in three mouse-clicks!

Follow the bronze markers along the Trail of Time - where one meter = one million years! Photo Copyright Arizona Board of Regents

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