Millions of years ago, a massive system of underground caves and passageways began to form in limestone. The result was a natural wonder which today is known as Grand Canyon Caverns, located on Route 66 between Seligman and Kingman. The first foreign explorer to find the caverns was a wood cutter named Walter Peck in 1927. Peck, who was known as an industrious person, began the first tours lowering people one by one by rope 150 feet into the caverns for 25 cents. Today, visitors are lowered 210 feet into the caverns in a modern elevator.
Visitors then walk on well-lighted paved paths to view the illuminated caverns.
Tours of the caverns take about 45 minutes. The Grand Canyon Caverns is open year-round except Christmas Day. There is no gas station, however. P.O. Box 180, Historic Route 66, Peach Springs, AZ 86434. No framing, reproduction, distribution or copying of the website, its contents or graphics is allowed.