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Western Canyon/ Tuweep

Nearly two-thirds of the canyon lies west of Hermit's Rest-the westernmost point on Hermit Road. Many park visitors reach Hermit's Rest; a few travel as far west as Supai, a village on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in the central canyon; very few venture west of that, where the rims are low, rocky, and fault-riddled, and where only a few roads go. The most common destination in the western canyon is Tuweep, a remote, primitive campground on the canyon's North Rim. In addition to offering spectacular canyon views, there's a challenging route to the river. On the South Rim, intrepid drivers sometimes take the steep road to Diamond Creek, a primitive campground on the Hualapai Indian Reservation and the only place where people can drive to the Colorado River inside Grand Canyon. The canyon ends where the Colorado River exits from between the Grand Wash cliffs.


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