View from Navajo Point
I came across yet another named view point along Desert View Drive which is the main road out of the South Rim. I know there are still numerous other view points here that didn’t get their own street signs. I am a bit relieved to know that not all of them can be visited by car else I would be here the whole afternoon. Navajo Point seems to be one of the more poplar spots that I have seen. You can tell because there are more people here. I would later find out that this is one of the places to go to for sunsets. I can only imagine how beautiful it would look like when the light turns orange and red.
Amazing View from Navajo Point
I’m not sure what the Navajo name has anything to do with this spot. I do know that this area is very near Navajo Land so perhaps this point was a nod to that Native American tribe. I admit to not knowing much about the tribe but some of the literature here at the Grand Canyon helped to give me a little more insight. By this time in the afternoon, it wasn’t as hot anymore. I know that the South Rim is at a higher elevation so it is much cooler. I dread to know how much warmer it would be when I descend down from the plateau.
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