Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona paperweight

3 1/4 inch diameter
Cast in fine pewter
Felt backing
With soft fleece pouch
In clear-vinyl covered box

PLACE NAME: Hopi Point
COORDINATES: N36º 04' 34" W112º 09' 17"
LOCATION: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
MARKERSLEUTH PHOTO CONTRIBUTOR: Betty Risser, 2001

Tens of thousands of visitors have enjoyed a Grand Canyon sunset from Hopi Point on the canyon's south rim. In the early 1970's Bradford Washburn of the Boston Museum of Science collaborated with the National Geographic Society to undertake a modern mapping project of the canyon. He was assisted with field surveying by Barbara Washburn. The canyon was mapped using photogrametry and the emerging GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.