<p>Cape Royal, the southernmost viewpoint on the <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/article/grand-canyon-national-park" target="_blank">Grand Canyon</a>'s North Rim, has the great gorge's widest panorama: about 270° of the horizon.</p>

Cape Royal, the southernmost viewpoint on the Grand Canyon's North Rim, has the great gorge's widest panorama: about 270° of the horizon.

Photograph by Oleksandr Mokrohuz, National Geographic Yourshot

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