Powell Point — Attraction in Four Corners States

Powell Point is one of the viewpoints along the Rim Trail and Hermit Rest Drive, located a few miles outside of the Grand Canyon Village. This is one of the best viewpoints, situated on narrow plateau that extends out of the South Rim, providing 270 degree canyon views.

There are fantastic views of the North Rim as well as eastern and western sections of the Grand Canyon here. With such a wide span of views you can also position yourself somewhere at Powell Point where the sun is at your back, meaning that you always have optimal views and photographs no matter what time of day you visit.

Interestingly, at this viewpoint there is also a elevated granite monument to John Wesley Powell that you can see. Powell is recognised for his his explorations of the Colorado river during the mid 19th century.

There is a small car park area and shuttle bus pick-up/drop off point at Powell Point. You can also reach this viewpoint by way of the Rim Trail if you are planning hiking from the Grand Canyon Village. Plan on 10-15 minutes here if you are visiting several of the viewpoint stops in route to...

Really great vantage point at the end by the memorial. There's no railings, just a short rock wall, so be careful. It makes for some outstanding photos of just you with the Grand Canyon in the background. I went here for the sunset and the sky turned rainbow colored after the sun went down.

The memorial is nice and elevated so gives you some good vantage points. And there is also a view of the projected hotel that was supposed to be built in the sixties, but they scrapped that idea.

There is not very much room to park. park. There's two big spots where it's for buses only so get here early to take in the...

Rainbows possess an unparalleled beauty just about anywhere they show up, but above the Grand Canyon makes for an extra illustrious scene. I almost left my perch at Powell Point as a threatening thunderstorm approached. I waited a few extra minutes, however, curious to see at least the beginning of this meeting between canyon and storm. As depicted in the accompanying photo below, I was rewarded for my wait, as a rainbow came to form out over the...