# Sunset at Grand Canyon Desert View Point and Watchtower (15088531916)

Recorded on Wednesday, August 27, 2014.

The Desert View Watchtower, one of the most prominent architectural features on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, underwent major renovations during 2010. The 70-foot tower contains a gift store and its upper floors serve as observation decks where visitors from around the world enjoy magnificent views of the canyon and the Painted Desert. Stairs open 8:00 a.m. 30 minutes before sunset. (summer hours)

Recognized as a National Historic Landmark, the tower was constructed in 1932. Architect Mary Colter's design takes its influences from the architecture of the ancestral Puebloan people of the Colorado Plateau.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Grand Canyon NPS
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_at_Grand_Canyon_Desert_View_Point_and_Watchtower_(15088531916).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Grand Canyon NPS
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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