National Park Service Grand Canyon U.S. Department of the Interior Access Your Park
Welcome This brochure outlines accessible services, Contents facilities, and activities. Grand Canyon National Welcome 1 Park strives for full and equal participation of Accessible Facilities ...... 2 all visitors and continually upgrades facilities to Services ...... 2 make them more accessible. Use this publication South Rim Activities: Grand Canyon Village 4 for information about hearing, sight, and mobility concerns in the park. South Rim Activities: Hermit Road . . . . 6 Access Pass South Rim Activities: Desert View Drive . . 7 • Free, lifetime, non-transferable pass for For Your Health ...... 8 US citizens or permanent residents with permanent disabilities. Service Animals • Admits owner and passengers in the same • Allowed in all facilities and on all shuttle private vehicle to federal recreation sites that buses and rim trails charge entrance fees. Visit recreation.gov for information about federal recreation sites. • Must always be leashed • Provides discounts on camping, swimming, • Can only be taken into the canyon after boat launching, and guided tours. checking in at the Backcountry Information Center • Requires documentation of permanent disability and residency or citizenship. For • Are not emotional support animals, comfort information about types of documentation animals, or therapy dogs according to Title II accepted and to download an application, and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities visit go.nps.gov/passes. Act (ADA). Unlike service animals, these categories of animals are not allowed on • Obtain in person at entrance stations and shuttle buses, in buildings, or below the rim. Park Headquarters or by downloading an Persons wishing to take a service animal application and submitting it through the into the canyon must first check-in at the mail. Backcountry Information Center. • Does not cover or reduce special recreation permit fees or fees charged by concessioners.
Scout, a service dog visiting Grand Canyon.
Accessible Facilities Getting Around ATMs Scenic Drive Accessibility Permit • South Rim: Chase Bank and Maswik Lodge • Allows visitors with mobility issues to drive have ATMs equipped with Braille and their personal vehicles on Hermit Road and headphone jacks. Yaki Point Road, two scenic roads closed to • North Rim: Roughrider Saloon and North Rim public traffic Country Store have partially accessible ATMs. • Available at entrance stations and visitor centers Bookstores, Gift Shops • Must be displayed on vehicle dashboard All bookstores and gift shops are wheelchair • Does not qualify vehicles to park in accessible except for South Rim’s Kolb designated handicap parking spaces; a Studio and the upper floors of Desert View government-issued handicap parking pass is Watchtower. still required Food All food service facilities are wheelchair Shuttle Buses accessible. • Free and accessible • Provide wheelchair ramps and low entrance/ Lodging, Campgrounds exit steps close to ground • All hotels offer wheelchair-accessible rooms. • Offered on South Rim only; not available Visit http://go.nps.gov/gc-lodging. • on South Rim’s Desert View Drive or on North • Mather and North Rim campgrounds offer Rim wheelchair-accessible sites but do not provide hookups. Trailer Village offers hookups but • Accommodates wheelchairs 30 inches (76 cm) no wheelchair-accessible sites. Visit http:// wide by 48 inches (121 cm) long; larger chairs go.nps.gov/fcdle0. do not fit on buses • Cannot accommodate motorized scooters TTY Phones • Check visitor centers or go.nps.gov/gc_shuttle Available at Bright Angel Lodge, El Tovar Hotel, for bus routes and times. and Yavapai Lodge Services Services ASL Interpreters • Contact the park at least three weeks ahead of time to request an ASL interpreter for a free park ranger program: 928-638-7888 or [email protected]. • Check visitor centers or visit go.nps.gov/ gc_programs for information on park ranger programs. Medical Facilities • Emergency: Dial 911 or 9-911 from park hotel rooms. Shuttle bus wheel chair ramp • South Rim: Call the North Country Clinic at 928-638-2551. Wheelchairs, Bicycles • North Rim: Call 911 for emergency medical • South Rim: Wheelchairs and tandem bicycles technicians. available for rent at Bright Angel Bicycles next to Grand Canyon Visitor Center; 928-814- 8704 or bikegrandcanyon.com. • North Rim: A limited number of free wheelchairs are available for loan from the North Rim Visitor Center. North Rim Activities Open May 15 through Mid-October To North Entrance Station and acob Lake Point Imperial
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North 0 2 ilometers Walhalla Overlook Approximate scale 0 2 Miles foreground area only Cape Royal
North Rim Visitor Center Legend • Open 8 am–6 pm (9 am–3 pm Oct 16–31) Non-wheelchair-accessible trailtrail duedue toto • Displays exhibits about geology, ecology, and steep grade and/orand/or unpavedunpaved surfacesurface human history Park roads • Park rangers available to answer questions Wheelchair-accessible scenicscenic viewview and describe exhibits Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Windshield views Park Ranger Programs Windshield views • Topics may include ecology, geology, history, condors, hiking, fossils, astronomy, prehistory • Program locations, dates, and times available at visitor center or visit go.nps.gov/gc_ programs Scenic Drives • Point Imperial: 11 miles (18 km) one way • from the visitor center; Point Imperial is highest point on either rim at 8,803 feet (2,742 m); spectacular views of Mt. Hayden and Marble Canyon • Cape Royal: 32.5 miles (52 km) one way from
entrance station; scenic viewpoints along the North Rim Visitor Center accessible by ramp on left. drive • Maximum vehicle length: 30 feet (9 m) Windshield Views • Views as noted on the map are available without leaving your vehicle.
Windshield view from Point Imperial on North Rim. South Rim Activities: Grand Canyon Village
Shuttle Routes and Stops Roads, Trails, and Services
except December to February. to December except : shuttle buses only, buses shuttle : Hermit Road Hermit Village Route Wheelchair-accessible trail Village bus stop Non-wheelchair-accessible trail North 0. ilometer 0 due to steep grade 0. Mile Kaibab/Rim Route Yavapai Geology Museum Kaibab/Rim bus stop Shuttle bus gate Hermits Rest Route Park roads Hermits Rest bus stop Wheelchair-accessible scenic view Handicap and regular parking Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Mather Point Windshield views Trailview Overlook Grand Canyon Visitor Center Yaki Point
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Pipe Creek Vista Clinic
Center Road Yaki Point Road: shuttle buses only. South Entrance Road Desert View 64 2 miles/ 0 km
64 Tusayan Market Plaza Road 7 miles/ 11 km
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Park Ranger Programs • Park Rangers available for questions • Topics may include: ecology, geology,South history,Entrance Station • Science on the Sphere: Video display with condors, fossils, astronomy, prehistory touchable exhibits accompanied by Braille • Program locations, dates, and times available labels and open captioning • at visitor center or go.nps.gov/gc_programs Mather Point Trail of Time • Wheelchair-accessible views of Grand Canyon • Wheelchair-accessible 1.3-mile (2.1 km) and Phantom Ranch trail between Verkamp’s Visitor Center and Yavapai Geology Museum Park Movie • Touchable samples of Grand Canyon’s rocks • Located in Grand Canyon Visitor Center • Open captioning is used in all showings • Assistive listening devices available upon request South Rim Activities: Grand Canyon Village
Shuttle Routes and Stops Roads, Trails, and Services
except December to February. to December except : shuttle buses only, buses shuttle : ermit Road ermit Village Route Wheelchair-accessible trail Village bus stop Non-wheelchair-accessible trail North . ilometer due to steep grade . Mile Kaibab/Rim Route Yavapai Geology Museum Kaibab/Rim bus stop Shuttle bus gate Hermits Rest Route Park roads Hermits Rest bus stop Wheelchair-accessible scenic view Handicap and regular parking Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Mather Point Windshield views Trailvie verlook Grand Canyon Visitor Center Yaki Point
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Grand Canyon Visitor Center Park Ranger Programs Yavapai Geology Museum • Park Rangers available for questions • Topics may include: ecology, geology,South history, ntrance Station • Tactile Grand Canyon relief map • Science on the Sphere: Video display with condors, fossils, astronomy, prehistory • Indoor views of Grand Canyon touchable exhibits accompanied by Braille • Program locations, dates, and times available labels and open captioning • at visitor center or go.nps.gov/gc_programs Mather Point Trail of Time • Wheelchair-accessible views of Grand Canyon • Wheelchair-accessible 1.3-mile (2.1 km) and Phantom Ranch trail between Verkamp’s Visitor Center and Yavapai Geology Museum Park Movie • Touchable samples of Grand Canyon’s rocks • Located in Grand Canyon Visitor Center • Open captioning is used in all showings • Assistive listening devices available upon request Visitors using the tactile relief map at Yavapai Geology Museum. Trail of Time touchable rock samples. South Rim Activities: Hermit Road
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Village/Hermits Rest Route Transfer
Windshield Views Legend • Views as noted on the map are available Wheelchair-accessible trailtrail without leaving your vehicle. Non-wheelchair-accessible trailtrail duedue toto steep gradegrade and/orand/or unpavedunpaved surfacesurface Hermits Rest Shuttle bus gate • Designed by Mary Colter and opened in 1914 Shuttle bus gate • Wheelchair-accessible restrooms, snackbar, Hermit Road: Shuttle busesbuses only,only, exceptexcept December through February. Scenic DriveDrive and gift shop Accessibility Permit available at visitor Accessibilitycenters. Permit available at visitor Hermit Road Viewpoints centers. Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Trailview Overlook Wheelchair-accessible restrooms • View of Grand Canyon Village and Bright Windshield views Windshield views Angel Trail Hermits Rest Route shuttle bus stop • Maricopa and Powell points Hermits Rest Route shuttle bus stop • View the Orphan Mine site • Learn about uranium mining history Powell Point • Memorial to John Wesley Powell and crews’ river expeditions Hopi Point • Highest point on Hermit Road • Provides most expansive east to west view, including Colorado River Mohave Point • Views of Colorado River’s exhilarating rapids Windshield view around Mohave Point. • The Abyss • 3,000-foot (914 m) sheer drop into canyon Monument Creek Vista • Start of wheelchair-accessible part of Rim Trail to Hermits Rest Pima Point • See expansive river view • Hear rapids roaring a mile (1.6 km) below
Windshield view of the Village from Trailview Overlook. North Rim (see enlargement above) KAIBAB PLATEAU Point Imperial KAIBAB PLATEAU 8803ft Grama Point 2683 m Dragon Head North Rim Bright Angel Vista Encantada 7770 ft Tiyo Point Visitor Center Point 8480ft Confucius Temple 2368m 2585 m 7766 ft Grand Canyon Lodge 7081 ft Shiva Temple 2367 m Obi Point Chuar Butte Buddha Temple 6394ft olorado River 2159 m 7570 ft 7928 ft Cape Solitude Little C 2308m 7204 ft 2417 m Francois Matthes Point WALHALLA PLATEAU 1949m HINDU 2196 m 8020 ft 6144ft 2445 m 1873m AMPHITHEATER N Cape Final Temple of Osiris YO Temple of Ra Isis Temple N 7916ft From 6637 ft CA Temple Butte 6078 ft 7014 ft L 2413 m Lake 1853 m 2023 m 2138 m Hillers Butte GE Walhalla Overlook 5308ft Powell T N Brahma Temple 1618m ri 5885 ft A 7998ft ni T 7851ft Thor Temple ty 1794 m H 2438 m IG 2302 m 6741 ft C R Cape Royal PALISADES OF r B Zoroaster Temple 2055m e k e e 7865 ft Venus Temple THE DESERT To Tower of Set k re 7129 ft C 2398 m 6257ft Lake 6026 ft Cheops Pyramid P l 2173 m ha ge Freya Castle 1907 m Espejo Butte Mead 1837m 5399 ft nto n m A 7299 ft 1646m t Cree h Sumner Butte Wotans Throne 2225m Apollo Temple k rig OTTOMAN B 5156 ft 7633 ft 1572 m AMPHITHEATER 2327 m
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To Williams, Flagstaff, and 40 To Arizona Trail Tusayan Museum and Ruin Desert View Desert View Desert View • Learn about Traditionally Associated Tribes Watchtower Point North • Tour ancestral Puebloan village on 0 300 Feet Trading Post wheelchair-accessible trail Snack Bar 0 60 Meters • Visit wheelchair-accessible bookstore and 0.25mi (0.4km) museum Market Windshield Views • Views as noted on the map are available without leaving your vehicle
Desert View Drive Viewpoints RV Parking Grandview Point • Panoramic views of Grand Canyon To Desert View • Mining history exhibit Campground
Moran Point To Grand Canyon Village Gas • View Cape Royal on the North Rim, eight 25mi (40km) Station miles (13 km) across canyon • Views of Colorado River
Lipan and Navajo points To Cameron • View tilted Grand Canyon Supergroup rocks 30mi (48km) • Views of Colorado River Desert View Point Legend • Expansive view of the inner canyon, North Paved road Rim, Colorado River, Navajo Nation, Vermilion Handicap and regular parking Cliffs, Echo Cliffs, and Navajo Mountain Wheelchair-accessible restrooms Desert View Watchtower Windshield views • Designed by Mary Colter opened in 1933 • Upper floors not wheelchair-accessible; requires climbing a five-story building • Views of the canyon and Painted Desert from the top
Windshield view of Duck on a Rock, west of Grandview Point. Elevation For Your Health • South Rim: 7,000 feet (2,134 m) Weather • North Rim: 8,000–9,000 feet (2,438–2,743 m) Summer • Phantom Ranch: 2,550 feet (777 m) • Daytime average temperatures: North and South rims: 70–80s (21–32° C); Inner Canyon: High-altitude sickness and other issues caused 100s (38–43° C) by elevation have the following symptoms: • Nighttime average temperatures: North and • Shortness of breath South rims: 40–50s (4–15° C); Inner Canyon: • Light-headedness 70s (21–27° C) • Nausea and vomiting • Weather: Monsoon rain from July to early • Headaches September with dangerous lightning Winter • Daytime average temperatures: North and South rims: 30–40s (-1–10° C); Inner Canyon: National Park Service 50–60s (10–21° C) U.S. Department of the Interior • Nighttime average temperatures: North and Address: Grand Canyon National Park South rims: 10s (-12– -7° C); Inner Canyon: PO Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 high 30s (2–4° C) E-mail: [email protected] • Weather: snow and ice Fax: 928-638-7797 Smoke and Fire Phone: 928-638-7888 • Fire is natural and important for maintaining Website: www.nps.gov/grca healthy forests. • Smoky skies are possible spring through fall. 0718