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Over one million hikers visit Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area per year. \u00a0ArcGIS will be used to educate the general public about the relative difficulties of the park\u2019s trails in a web app on kiosk computers in the visitor\u2019s center. Trails are symbolized on the map by difficulty and users can click on trails to see pop-ups with additional information. Users can also create an elevation profile for any trail they select. 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