Grand Canyon Skywalk

Grand Canyon Skywalk
Skywalk from Outside Ledge
Coordinates	36°0′44″N 113°48′40″W / 36.01222°N 113.81111°W / 36.01222; -113.81111
Carries	Pedestrian
Locale	Grand Canyon West, Arizona, US
Official name	Grand Canyon Skywalk
Owner	Hualapai Tribe
Characteristics
Design	Curved pedestrian cantilever bridge
Material	Steel, glass
Total length	70 feet (21 m)
Width	10 feet 2 inches (3.10 m)
History
Architect	Mark Ross Johnson
Opened	March 28, 2007
Location

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway at Eagle Point in Arizona near the Colorado River, on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon.^[1] It opened as a tourist attraction in 2007, located outside the boundaries of the Grand Canyon National Park.

USGS topographic maps indicate the Skywalk's elevation as 4,770 ft (1,450 m) above sea level. The elevation of the Colorado River at the base of the canyon below is 1,160 ft (350 m). The vertical drop directly below the skywalk is 500 to 800 feet (150 to 240 m).^[2] The attraction is immediately north of Grand Canyon West Airport and about 75 miles (121 km) east of Las Vegas, Nevada, although nearly 130 miles (210 km) by car. The nearest city with a population greater than 10,000 people is Kingman, Arizona, about 50 miles (80 km) south.

Commissioned and owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe, the skywalk was unveiled March 20, 2007, and opened to the general public on March 28, 2007. The attraction's operators have reported over one million visitors per year several times, first occurring in 2015.^[3]