Grand Canyon National Park anniversary Feb 26, 2026

Grand Canyon National Park anniversary

Every day at Grand Canyon National Park tells a story, but February 26 is a special one. It marks the Grand Canyon"s designation as a national park in 1919, a milestone that helped protect one of the most iconic natural wonders in the United States. At the heart of it all flows the Colorado River, winding for hundreds of miles through layered stone, quietly shaping the canyon one season at a time.

© Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Feb 26, 2018A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
Feb 26, 2019Snow on the temple
Feb 26, 2020 The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
Feb 26, 2021Lighting the way to new beginnings
Feb 26, 2022Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Feb 26, 2023Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Feb 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
Feb 26, 2025Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 6, 2024Castle Day in Japan
Mar 12, 2025Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
Sep 28, 2021The snows of Fuji
Jan 14, 2023Feast of the Donkey
Jan 1, 2025Happy New Year!
May 18, 2019A ‘city’ within Valencia
Oct 30, 2021Central Highlands of Vietnam
Dec 20, 2025Christmas star lanterns, Germany
Feb 21, 2021Overlooking the Douro
Mar 7, 2022Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Jan 11, 2022Porcupine
Mar 27, 2021Blink and you ll miss it
Jan 7, 2020Jupiter and the Galilean moons
Apr 30, 2021The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
Jun 16, 2020In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
Mar 17, 2018Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Mar 25, 2025Tolkien Reading Day
Jan 2, 2026Aerial view of Venice, Italy
Sep 18, 2022World Bamboo Day
May 28, 2022Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
Mar 22, 2026World Water Day
Nov 7, 2021Mack Arch Rock
Apr 25, 2022World Penguin Day
Aug 21, 2025A wheatear in Peak District National Park, England
Sep 16, 2024Wallabies at sunrise, Australia
Dec 5, 2019A growing business
Mar 24, 2021A whale of a picture
Jun 19, 2019Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
Mar 6, 2023Icelandic horses, Iceland
Sep 22, 2025Autumn equinox