how big is grand canyon

The Grand Canyon is about 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide at its widest point, and reaches a depth of over a mile, approximately 6,093 feet (1,857 meters) deep. The entire Grand Canyon National Park covers around 1,904 square miles (4,931 square kilometers) or about 1,218,375 acres. The average width from rim to rim is around 10 miles. The elevation at the rims ranges roughly from 6,800 feet to 8,000 feet, with the canyon floor being about 2,200 feet above sea level on average.