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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon, Arizona Trip Planner Table of Contents Welcome ...................................... 2 General Information .................... 3 Getting to Grand Canyon ........... 4 Weather ....................................... 5 South Rim...................................... 6–7 North Rim ..................................... 8–9 Tours and Trips ............................ 10–11 Hiking Map .................................. 12 Day Hiking ................................... 13 Hiking Tips ................................... 14 Backpacking ................................. 15–16 Get Involved ................................ 17 Outside the National Park .......... 18 Park Partners ................................ 19 Navigating Trip Planner This document uses links to ease navigation. A box around a word or website indicates a link. http://go.nps.gov/15gd82 Welcome to Grand Canyon Hello, and welcome to Grand Canyon National Park! As you explore the park, I hope you find something As you Find Your Park and discover what that catches your eye, inspires wonder, provokes a these places mean to you, whether it is at question, makes a lasting impression, or leaves you Grand Canyon National Park, Navajo National wanting more. This remarkable canyon inspired Monument, Hubbell Trading Post National earlier visitors to protect it in perpetuity and today Historic Site, or the city park back home, take creates untold memories for millions of visitors the time to share what makes that piece of each year. public land so special. Share a story of your experiences and invite others to find their A visit to Grand Canyon can begin a lifetime park and create their own stories. The Na- of experiences exploring your national park tional Park Service Centennial is the perfect system or culminate a life-long journey. In opportunity for all of us to create a new 2016, the National Park Service will celebrate relationship or rekindle an old one with the its 100th birthday. As we engage the next wonders of national parks and public lands. generation of park stewards, we invite you to So get going! Explore Grand Canyon, explore Find Your Park. Arizona, explore the country. With 407 na- tional park units in all 50 states get out there You found Grand Canyon, but did you know and Find Your Park! the Grand Canyon state boasts 22 other na- tional park sites? Each of these places shares Thank you, a unique story, preserves a part of our collec- tive history, or offers an opportunity to view unparalleled beauty. David V. Uberuaga, Superintendent Table of contents Grand Canyon National Park Trip Planner 2 General Information The Park is Open Park Entrance Fees National Park Service The Village and Desert View on the South Fees collected support projects in the park. U.S. Department of the Interior Rim remain open all year. North Rim Admission to the park is $30 per private facilities open in mid-May and close in mid- vehicle; $25 per motorcycle; and $15 per October. Park entrances remain open 24 person entering the park via Grand Canyon hours a day. Although the park never closes, Railway, the park shuttle bus, private Located entirely in northern Arizona, the park encompasses 277 miles of the Colorado River and hours for visitor centers and rafting trip, by walking, or riding a bicycle. adjacent uplands. One of the most spectacular businesses vary throughout the year. The pass can be used for seven days and examples of erosion anywhere in the world, includes both rims. Pay fees at park entrance Grand Canyon is unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. Grand Park Information stations or at some businesses outside the Canyon National Park is a World Heritage Site. For park ranger programs, services, hours of park. Every year the National Park Service operation, special events, and current offers entrance fee free days. For complete Grand Canyon National Park information, see Grand Canyon National fee information, including Annual, Active Superintendent David V. Uberuaga PO Box 129 Park’s seasonal newspaper The Guide. The Military, Senior, and Access passes visit Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 USA park publishes an edition for both the North http://go.nps.gov/y5uu6f and South rims. It is available in French, Park Headquarters German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Sustainability 928-638-7888 and Chinese. An Accessibility Guide is also Grand Canyon National Park incorporates Website available. Obtain newspapers at entrance sustainability into all aspects of its www.nps.gov/grca/ stations, visitor centers, or online. operations. Due to environmental impacts, http://go.nps.gov/136ojl bottled water is not for sale in the park; however, the park provides refillable water Accessibility bottle stations. Please recycle—recycling For information about accessibility in Grand receptacles are conveniently located and as Canyon National Park, see common as trash receptacles. Discover what http://go.nps.gov/1rtxl2 else you can do to protect the environment while traveling here and beyond at Pets http://go.nps.gov/1b2rzt Pets must be leashed at all times and may not be taken below the rim, inside buildings, or on shuttle buses. Persons wishing to take service animals below the rim must check in at the Backcountry Information Center. A kennel on the South Rim provides animal boarding. http://go.nps.gov/loxbia The National Park Service cares for the special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ Table of contents Grand Canyon National Park Trip Planner 3 To Salt Lake City To Bryce Canyon N.P. 17 Getting To Grand18 Canyon 0 50 Kilometers St. George 9 9 Airport AH 59 89 L. Powell 0 50 Miles UT Kanab UTAH Airlines serve Phoenix, Arizona, and North KAIBAB INDIAN Fredonia ARIZONA Las Vegas, Nevada. Limited flights go to RESERVATION Page 389 89 Flagstaff, Arizona. Rent a car at any of these 168 15 Jacob Lake ARIZONA ALT airports to continue to Grand Canyon 93 ADA 89 r 169 e v 89T National Park or reserve a shuttle to the GRAND CANYON i NEV R NAVAJO NATIONAL PARK o park from Phoenix or Flagstaff. 169 d a NATION r o 67 l o Las C 95 The Gap Vegas Lake Tuweep North GRAND CANYON AIRLINES Mead r ive Rim Pearce Ferry R Fly from Boulder City, Nevada, near Las do ra Desert 160 Grand Canyon o ol View Skywalk C South Rim Vegas, to the Grand Canyon Airport in Grand Canyon 64 Boulder Village Tusayan Tusayan, Arizona. Ride a shuttle or taxi from City HAVASUPAI Cameron 95 64 the airport to the South Rim; rental cars not INDIAN 89 HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION available at Grand Canyon Airport. Lake RESERVATION Mohave Valle 866-235-9422 180 CALIFORNIANEV Peach 64 www.grandcanyonairlines.com ADA 93 Springs 66 Seligman Williams 40 Train 163 68 AMTRAK R Ash Fork Flagstaff Kingman o d Stops at Williams and Flagstaff, Arizona. a 89 ALT r 40 o 89 l o Shuttle service runs from Flagstaff to the C 66 Sedona South Rim. To Los Angeles 179 To Phoenix 800-872-7245 C o 89A 260 l o 93 www.amtrak.com r a Private Vehicled ShuttlePrescott Service 95 o 69 17 R SOUTH RIM i ARIZONA SHUTT89 LE ve GRAND CANYON RAILWAY r From the south—exit I-40 at Williams, Service between Flagstaff and Grand The train leaves Williams Depot at 9:30 am Arizona, and proceed north on Arizona Canyon twice daily; also serves Phoenix,Payson and arrives to Grand Canyon Depot at 11:45 Highway 64 or exit on US 180 in Flagstaff, Tucson, and other locations in Arizona. am. The train departs Grand Canyon at 3:30 71 Arizona, and follow it to the intersection 877-226-8060Wickenburg or 928-226-8060 pm, arriving in Williams at 5:45 pm. www.arizonashuttle.com with Highway 64; turn north and follow60 to 800-THE-TRAIN 87 To Los Angeles the South Entrance of the park. 60 www.thetrain.com Blythe TRANSCANYON SHUTTLE 10 Provides daily trips each way between the From the north—take US Highway 89 or Bus 95 North and South rims Phoenixfrom mid-May to 160 to Highway 64 in Cameron, Arizona. 10 GREYHOUND BUS LINES mid-October. Proceed west on 64 to the East Entrance of Serves Flagstaff and Williams. 928-638-2820 the park. 800-231-2222 www.trans-canyonshuttle.com www.greyhound.com NORTH RIM FLAGSTAFF SHUTTLE AND CHARTER Take Highway 89A to Jacob Lake, Arizona, Tusayan Route Shuttle Bus Year-round custom service for individuals and turn south onto Arizona Highway 67 to PARK AND RIDE: WE’ll BE YOUR GUIDE and groups from Flagstaff, Sedona, and the North Entrance of the park. Why wait in lines and drive in circles looking Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada to for parking? During the busy summer season, Coordinates* the South and North rims. long entrance station lines and difficult to 928-814-8341 GRAND CANYON VISITOR CENTER find parking can take the enjoyment out of Latitude, Longitude: 36° 03’32”N 112° 06’33”W www.flagshuttle.com your trip. Park in the gateway community of UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 400093 East, 3991074 Tusayan and ride a shuttle bus into the park. North The Tusayan Route operates from late May to late September. After making four stops DESERT VIEW WATCHTOWER in Tusayan, the shuttle bus heads straight to Latitude, Longitude: 36° 2’38”N 111° 49’33”W the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, where you UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 425584 East, 3989159 can begin your Grand Canyon experience. North No lines, no hassles, no fuss! http://go.nps. gov/1nw8ff NORTH RIM VISITOR CENTER Latitude, Longitude: 36° 11’51”N 112° 03’09”W UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 405379 East, 4006465 *GPS may be unreliable in the area.