Grand Canyon Skywalk

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.

From I40 go North on Stockton Hill Rd to Pierce Ferry Rd. Take Pierce Ferry Rd north to Diamond Bar Rd. Go east on Diamond Bar Rd. **Diamond Bar Rd will end at the only entrance to Grand Canyon West, which is the Grand Canyon West Airport. Take the park and ride shuttle to Grand Canyon West and the Skywalk.

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

The overall Skywalk width is 65 feet (20 m). The Skywalk length extending out from the post supports closest to the canyon wall is 70 feet (21 m). The outer and inner 32-inch-wide (810 mm) by 72-inch-deep (1,800 mm) bridge box beams are supported by eight 32-by-32-inch (810 mm × 810 mm) box posts having four posts on each side of the visitor’s center, once completed. The eight posts are anchored in pairs into four large concrete footings that are in turn anchored to the bedrock by ninety-six 2+1⁄2-inch-diameter (64 mm) high strength steel threaded rod rock anchors grouted 46 feet (14 m) deep into the rock.

The admission starts at $68 and it’s advisable to go during the week as weekend crowds can mean standing in long lines for everything.. Cameras and cell phones are not allowed on the skywalk but they do provide free lockers for all your personal belongings. It would be a good idea to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy before or after the experience as the food, like most attractions, is spendy and not special. It’s a unique experience for people who don’t have height issues.