Grand Canyon National Park

HOW TO GET TO Grand Canyon National Park

BY AUTOMOBILE National Monument, and Zion National Park. To South Rim.-State Route 64 leads from U S 66, main east and west highway through BY BUS northern Arizona, to park headquarters To SouthRim.- Transcontinental buses of at Grand Canyon Village. The Navahopi the Pacific Greyhound Lines and the Santa Road, from Desert View, east entrance to Fe Trails System go to both Flagstaff and the park, connects with U S 89 a mile and Williams, Ariz. The Navahopi Tours oper- a half south of Cameron, Ariz. U S 66 and ates between Flagstaff and the south en- 89 connect Cameron and Flagstaff, Ariz. trance to the park. The Fred Harvey Line These roads are open all year. has service between Williams and the park. To North Rim.-From Cedar City, Utah, To North Rim.-The Burlington Trans- U S 91 leads to Zion National Park. From portation Co. and the Interstate Transit Zion a new road extends via Pine Creek to Lines serve Cedar City from Salt Lake Mount Carmel, passing through a mile of City and Los Angeles. In addition, the tunnels in Zion Canyon and connecting at Santa Fe Trails System delivers passengers Mount Carmel with U S 89, extending from Salt Lake 'City at Jacob Lake, Ariz., northward toward Bryce Canyon National where transportation to the park is available. Park and southward via Kanab, Utah, and The Utah Parks Co. provides bus service Fredonia, Ariz., to Grand Canyon. Another from Cedar City to the park. good road from Cedar City leads over Cedar Mountain, via Cedar Breaks, to Cedar BY AIRPLANE Junction and the Grand Canyon rim. Roads To SouthRim.- Trans World Airline to the North Rim are closed from October 15 (TW A) serves Grand Canyon through the to May 15. Valle Airport (30 miles south), and limou- BY RAILROAD sine service is available to the park. TW A, To SouthRim.-A branch line of the Atchi- United Air Lines, and Western Air Lines son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway runs deliver passengers at Las Vegas, Nev., and from Williams, Ariz., direct to the park. On TW A and American Airlines at Phoenix, certain trains through Pullmans are operated Ariz. From both of these points one may directly to Grand Canyon. For other trains continue on via TW A, or change to TW A, regular and frequent motor-stage service is for the park. Grand Canyon Airlines main- maintained between Williams and Grand tains an airport about 18 miles from the Canyon. South Rim, with hangar space 'and service . To North Rim.-Travelers by rail may for visiting planes . reach the park over the Union Pacific Rail- To North Rim.-TheNorth Rim landing road to Cedar City, Utah, the gateway to field at De Motte Park (VT) is 18 miles Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon from Grand Canyon Lodge. Trans-Canyon National Parks and Cedar Breaks National service is maintained in the summer by Monument. Buses of the Utah Parks Co. Grand Canyon Airlines. Western Air Lines operate to the canyon's North Rim. Visitors provides twice-daily service to Cedar City, to the North Rim may conveniently include where connections are made with Utah Parks Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks Co. motor-stages to the the North Rim.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Any travel bureau, railroad, bus line, airline ticket office, or local automobile club can furnish information concerning transportation and routes to Grand Canyon National Park. Detailed information regarding the park may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Ariz. 2 Grand Canyon NATIONAL PARK

SOUTH RIM OPEN ALL YEAR Arizpna NORTH RIM OPEN SUMMER SEASON ONLY

The world's most wonderful spectacle, ever-changing, alive with a

million moods-that is the Grand Canyon.-JoHN BURROUGHS.

~-"",,""-l HE GRAND CANYON denly outlined in golden light, against NATIONAL PARK is which their shapes loom in hazy blues. part of that priceless Down in the gorge, here and there, heritage of the United stretches of the Colorado River reflect States preserved "for the sunlight. the benefit and enjoy- An hour later all is changed. The ment of the people" in the National dark capes are brilliant-hued and well- Park System. That System constitutes defined. Scores of new temples have less than three-fourths of one percent emerged from the purple gloom. of the total area of the country and is At midday the opposite walls have retained inviolate from commercial flattened and the capes and temples exploitation on the theory that thus have lost their definite shadows. But preserved it serves its highest purpose. as the afternoon wears on the spec- The canyon is a titanic gorge, 4 to 18 tacles of the morning creep back, now miles wide, 217 miles long, cut by the reversed and strangely altered in out- mighty Colorado River as it has line. rushed to the sea. Rising from its Just after sunset, the reds deepen to depths are whole ranges of mountains, reaching a mile toward the sky. Over dim purples and the grays and yellows the rock temples and into the depths of and greens change to magical blues. the chasm spreads a veil of ever-chang- Then night falls, and in the dark the ing colors. canyon suggests unimaginable mys- Watching from the South Rim in the teries. But should there be a moon, the morning, when the light slants length- outlines of the great abyss revive in wise from the Painted Desert, one sees silver light, a thousand spectral forms the great capes of the opposite rim sud- projected from inscrutable gloom.

Cover: Looking across the Canyon from the North Rim. Union Pacific R. R. photo. 3 The most picturesque section of the rated by the cutting of branch canyons Grand Canyon is within the bounda- and stand as solitary pinnacles capped ries of Grand Canyon National Park. by remnants of a hard bed of rock. The area of the park is 1,008 square These remnants are the buttes and miles. Beyond its eastern boundary temples. The great height of the pla- lies the Painted Desert. Its western teau gives rapid fall to the streams that boundary includes Havasu Canyon, are tributary to the Colorado River, in whose depths live the Havasupai enabling them to cut deeply and to Indians. West of the park is Grand carve rock forms that are fashioned on Canyon National Monument, which a gigantic scale. The erosion accom- includes Toroweap Point, affording plished by these streams, though spas- a remarkable view of the Colorado modic because the streams are fed River locked in sheer depths of over mainly by intermittent rainstorms in 2,900 feet. an arid climate, is nonetheless effec- tive. The desert plants grow sparsely, Geology of the Canyon so the slopes are partly bare of vegetation. The concentrated energy of a The Grand Canyon has been formed single torrential shower, therefore, by the work of running water as the re- may wreak more havoc than would be gion has been slowly elevated. As the caused by a season's rainfall on a plant- formations of the upper canyon walls covered slope in a humid region. It is lie in orderly horizontal layers like this prevailing aridity that, by retard- beds of masonry, they have been ing the growth of vegetation and the carved into definite architectural formation of soil, keeps sharp and forms which are everywhere compa- fresh profiles that in a moist region rable in profile though varied and ir- would soon be dulled or obscured. regular in plan. As they vary in their Exposed in the canyon is one of the resistance to erosion, some being hard most complete sections of rocks known, and some soft, every part of the canyon Forming the wall of a narrow inner walls, every pinnacle and butte, is gorge in the lower part of the canyon characterized by its own steplike alter- are some of the oldest rocks (Archean) nation of step, slope, and shelf. Each known to geologists. Originally largely resistant bed stands forth as a cliff, and sedimentary, they have been so altered each weak bed is marked by a slope. by the great heat and pressure of Each shelf, or platform, is made by the mountain-making movements that the wasting back of a weak stratum that original character has been entirely lies upon a resistant, cliff-making lost. No traces oflife have survived the stratum, and the greater the thickness great metamorphism of the rocks of of the weak stratum, the broader the this first era. shelf. The plateaus that border the Here and there in the lower part of canyon are themselves simply great the Grand Canyon may be seen groups terraces developed on a resistant for- of tilted rock layers of the second geo- mation, a thick limestone, from which logic era (Algonkian), remnants of a overlying beds have been eroded away. second series of mountains that existed As erosion goes on, parts of the can- in this region. These rocks are the old- . yon wall, or plateau, become sepa- est to retain their original character,

4 for in them may be recognized peb- ians. During the growing season both bles, sand grains, mud, and lime, as rims and the canyon slopes are covered well as the oldest definite traces of life. with a great variety of wild flowers. The horizontal rock strata that form Among the larger mammals are the the upper canyon walls, and which lie mule deer, mountain sheep, antelope, on the erosion-truncated edges of the cougar, coyote, and bobcat. The older rocks in the canyon bottom, were smaller mammals include two species formed as deposits of sand, mud, and of squirrels, the Abert on the South limy ooze in the waters of ancient seas Rim and the white-tailed Kaibab or as sediments on land. which is found nowhere else in the world except on the North Rim and The Colorado River the Kaibab Plateau north of that section of the park. The Colorado, which empties into In the Grand Canyon four distinct the Gulf of California in Mexico, is the climatic and plant life zones have been second longest river in the United produced by the extreme variations in States, about 2,000 miles long, and it .altitude from the canyon bottom to cuts 19 major canyons along its course. the North Rim. At the gaging station in Grand Can- yon, the river averages about 300 feet Indians in width, varies from 12 to 45 feet in depth, and flows at a speed of 2}~to 10 About 500 ruins of ancient Indian miles per hour. It carries past any pueblos have been discovered in the given point an average of nearly 1 canyon and on the rims. Cliff dwell- ings made by these Indians are found million tons of sand and silt every 24 along the lower walls of the canyon in hours. This river has two main sources, many places, especially noteworthy one in southwestern Wyoming, the ones being at Clear Creek. other in northern Colorado. Many The Indians of the Grand Canyon large tributaries add to its volume region today represent four distinct as it flows some 2,000 miles to its nations. The nomadic Navajo and the delta at the upper end of the Gulf of pueblo-dwelling Hopi live just to the California. east on their respective reservations. Hoover Dam is 260 miles down- The Havasupai, an agricultural peo- stream from the Kaibab Suspension ple numbering about 200, live in Bridge, on which the Kaibab Trail Havasu Canyon within the park. The crosses the river. The dam does not Paiutes are found to the north. affect the section of the river in the park; the waters of Lake Mead back The Views From the Rims up only to within 60 miles of the western boundary. The Grand Canyon should be seen from the many spectacular observa- Animal and Plant Life tion points on its two rims. Excellent motor roads, footpaths, and bridle Animal life in the park includes paths present view after view of the about 180 species of birds, 60 species of canyon's varied and ever-changing mammals, 25 reptiles, and 5 amphib- panorama. To be appreciated fully,

5 the Grand Canyon should be seen from Powell, Hopi, Mohave, and Pima both top and bottom, as well as in rela- Points, each offering its own superb tion to the colorful region surrounding view, and finally Hermit Rest, where it.. Only in this way can one get a true a unique rest house built of canyon picture of this vast wonderland. boulders is an attraction in itself.

SOUTH RIM NORTH RIM

It is suggested that visitors to the On the North Rim a paved high- South Rim go to Yavapai Point for way extends from Grand Canyon their first view of the canyon, since at Lodge eastward to Point Imperial, that place may be obtained one of the Farview, Vista Encantada, and Cape most extensive and striking panoramas Royal. The route, winding through a to be witnessed anywhere along the magnificent forest, emerges from time rim. From there may be seen, some to time on the rim for striking views 4,500 feet below, the rushing waters of of the canyon and the Painted Desert. the Colorado River as they flow Another interesting trip, and one of swiftly westward into Lake Mead and the most beautiful in the park, is the on to the Gulf of California. There also woodland drive to Point Sublime. the alternating cliffs and slopesthat characterize the canyon profile and the towering temples and buttes are Exploring the Inner Trails particularly well exemplified. A Government observation station, Exploring the Grand Canyon by de- to which no admission is charged, is scending the trails to its innermost fastness is a memorable experience. located on Yavapai Point. The story The trip is usually made by muleback of the Grand Canyon is told by means in parties led by experienced guides. of telescopes focused on features of in- Hikers should make inquiry at the terest and importance below, and by park office before attempting the can- specimens, relief models, and diagrams. yon trips. The trip to the Colorado A naturalist is in attendance to assist River and return is very strenuous visitors to a better understanding and and one's ability should not be over- appreciation of the canyon. estimated. Food and water should Yavapai Point is the first viewpoint be carried. on the East Rim Drive. Eastward the There are two splendid trails from route leads to Yaki, Grandview, the South Rim to the Colorado Moran, and Lipan Points and Way- River, and in the bottom of the can- side Museum of Archeology. At the yon another trail along the river con- end of the drive is the Desert View ob- nects the two trails. The Bright Angel servation tower. Built of native stone Trail trip is the one most frequently on the brink of the canyon, the tower taken. Every turn in this famous, commands an outstanding view of well-built trail opens up new vistas, Grand Canyon and a startling pano- each seemingly more spectacular than rama of the Painted Desert. the one before. About half-way down Westward from Grand Canyon Vil- a stop is made at Indian Gardens, after lage the West Rim Drive includes which the trail stretches out upon the

6 Tonto Plateau and presently heads Administration, Services, downward through the Granite Gorge and Accommodations to the rocky banks of the turbulent Colorado. After a stop for luncheon, Park Headquarters.-Grand Can- the return journey is made and the ar- yon National Park is under the admin- rival at the rim is in the late afternoon. istration of the National Park Service, The 2-day Phantom Ranch mule- United States Department of the Inte- back trip follows the same route down rior. The park is in immediate charge the Bright Angel Trail to Indian of the superintendent, with headquar- Gardens and on to the Colorado ters on the South Rim at Grand Can- River. The party then continues up yon Village. Visitors are welcomed at the Inner Gorge, beside the river, park headquarters and are invited to crosses the Kaibab Suspension Bridge use the information bureau. to Phantom Ranch for dinner and an Living Expenses.- The cost of a overnight stop. While at Phantom Grand Canyon outing depends on the Ranch visitors may enjoy a dip in the visitor's taste and the size of his vaca- cool water of the swimming pool lo- tion budget, for a complete range in cated near the ranch headquarters. living facilities is offered-free public The return trip is made via the Kaibab camp; inexpensive housekeeping cab- Trail the following day to Yaki Point ins; low, moderate, and higher-priced on the South Rim. accommodations in lodges and hotels. From the North Rim, the trans can- Rates for accommodations and all yon Kaibab Trail starts from Bright other services in the park are regulated Angel Point, descending into the can- by the National Park Service. The yon through quaking aspen, fir, pine, Arizona State sales tax is applicable to and oak brush to the Redwall lime- all purchases. stone section. At the mouth of Man- For purposes of clarity, details re- zanita Creek, the trail enters Bright garding facilities are given sepa- Angel Canyon. From this section may rately for the South Rim and the be seen one of the most beautiful North Rim. sights on the entire trip-the spectacular springs which gush forth with a roaring sound from beneath the Red- South Rim

wall limestone, cascading down an oak- (OPEN ALL THE YEAR) covered mountainside to the gorge 40 feet below. Farther down the pic- Hotels, lodges, camps, and trans- turesque box canyon of Bright Angel portation services are under Fred Creek, and 5 miles above Phantom Harvey management. Ranch, is Ribbon Falls. Because of changing economic con- The trip from the North Rim to ditions, no rates are included in this Phantom Ranch and back, with an booklet. However they may be ob- overnight stop at the ranch, takes 2 tained by addressing Fred Harvey, days, as does the trip from rim to rim Grand Canyon, Ariz., for facilities on either way. A popular l-day trip is the South Rim. made to Roaring Springs from the El Tovar Hotel.-Situated on the North Rim. very brink of the chasm, El Tovar is

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KAIBA GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK ARIZONA one of the most famous resort hotels with difficulty in this region, visitors in the Southwest. It is a long, low are requested to conserve it. No pro- structure of native pine logs with visions are made for water or electrical more than 80 guest rooms. connections to trailers. Bright Angel Lodge.-Modern accommodations, at a wide price range, MOTOR, SADDLE, AND AIRPLANE TRIPS are provided in the Bright Angel Motor Tours.- There are certain Lodge, on the canyon's rim near the trips that every Grand Canyon visitor head of Bright Angel Trail. Lounge should make if he has the time. The and entertainment facilities, as well as Grand Canyon rim drives to Hermit various shops and services, are avail- Rest, 8 miles to the west, and Desert able. View, 25 miles to the east, are . A large coffee shop provides regular especially popular for those without meals and a la carte service. In addi- their own transportation. Another tion to the Bucky O'Neil 17-room popular tour is to the Navajo and lodge and the Powell 25-room lodge, Hopi Indian Reservations, east of the there are comfortable cabins. park, by way of Cameron and through Auto-camp Cabins.-In Grand Can- part of the Painted Desert. yon Village a motor court, consisting Trail Trips.- There are very few of a lodge, with meal service, soda days of the year when one cannot fountain, and other facilities, provides make the Bright Angel Trail trip on a number of furnished housekeeping muleback, a distance of 7.8 miles, and sleeping cabins. Public bath, from the South Rim to the Colorado toilet, and laundry facilities are avail- River. The 2-day trip to Phantom able. Plate meals may be obtained Ranch, via the Bright Angel Trail, is at the lodge. another spectacular trail trip. A 3- Phantom Ranch.-Picturesquely lo- day outing, spending .2 nights at cated at the bottom of the canyon, Phantom Ranch and visiting Ribbon Phantom Ranch consists of a group of Falls and Roaring Springs, is also rustic cabins surrounding a central scheduled. It is possible for the visitor lodge, providing modern conveniences to cross the Grand Canyon from one for a brief or extended stay in the rim to the other in 2 days. depths of the chasm. Phantom Ranch Pack Trips.- There are many op- is operated on the American plan. portunities for interesting pack trips Reservations should be made at Bright into the canyon and surrounding Angel Lodge or El Tovar Hotel before country, for which special arrange- leaving the rim. ments may be made with the Santa Fe Public Campgrounds.-These camp- Transportation Co. grounds are maintained by the Saddle Horses.-A popular 1-day National Park Service in Grand Can- horseback trip is to Dripping Springs, yon Village and at Desert View. Mo- which is reached via a forested bridle torists bringing their own equipment path along the West Rim Drive and may make free use of these grounds, Hermit Basin. Horses may be rented which are equipped with cooking fire- by the hour for regularly scheduled places, tables, benches, water, and san- trips accompanied by a guide, and for itary facilities. As water is obtained half day or full day. 10 EL TOVAR HOTEL ON THE SOUTH RIM

Emergency Trail Service.-Visitors· 1923, is given each morning at 11 :30 who walk down the trails from either and each evening at 8:30, illustrated the South or North Rim may have with motion pictures and slides. saddle mules sent to meet them. The NATURALIST SERVICES charge for such service is necessarily It is suggested that visitors obtain greater than the regular scheduled from the park information office details muleback trips into the canyon, since on the naturalist services offered by it involves special guide service. the National Park Service without All-Expense Tours.-Well-planned charge. Grand Canyon visits, including drives, Yavapai Observation Station.- The trail trips, and hotel accommodations, story of Grand Canyon told with tele- are available at substantial savings. scopes and exhibits. Open daily Airplane Trips.-The Grand Can- throughout the year at Yavapai Point, yon Airlines operates daily scemc 1~~ miles east of Grand Canyon flights, weather permitting, over Village. Grand Canyon and to various points of interest in tqe vicinity of the park. Wayside Museum oj Archeology.- The story of early man in the South- Arrangements may be made at the west and his place in earth history told hotels or lodges on either rim. with exhibits. Excavated pueblo ruin Hopi House and Indian Dances.- nearby. Open during summer-20 At 5:30 p. m. daily the Hopi Indians perform parts of their picturesque na- miles east of Village on the East Rim tive dances in front of the Hopi Drive. House. No admission is charged. CampfirePrograms.-C 0 n d u c t e d Kolb's River Exploration Lecture.- each evening during the summer sea- At Kolb Brothers Studio, located on son at the campfire site in the public the rim just west of Bright Angel campgrounds, the programs feature Lodge, an interesting lecture describ- talks on the natural history and ing two boat trips through the can- geology of the Grand Canyon region, yons of the Green and Colorado together with such entertainment as Rivers made by Emery and Ellsworth may be furnished by campers under Kolb, one in 1911 and the other with the guidance of the naturalist in the United States Geological Survey in charge of the program.

11 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES and periodicals may be purchased at Postal and Telegraph.-The post the hotel and lodge newsstands. office is located directly opposite the Photograph Finishing.-Kolb Broth- park administration building; ad- ers and Fred Harvey furnish the serv- dress, Grand Canyon, Ariz. Western vices of first-class photographers for Union maintains an office in Grand developing and finishing kodak films Canyon Village .. and prints. Telephone.-Complete local and long-distance telephone service to all North Rim points is available through the com- (OPEN SUMMER SEASON ONLY) mercial exchange of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., From the North Rim, which is ap- located near the park administra- proximately 1,200 feet higher than the tion building. There is telephone South Rim, one looks down upon the connection between the North and vast temples which form the back- South Rims. ground of the panorama from the op- Medical.-A modern hospital is posite rim. While the long series of maintained near the administration buttes limit the view from Bright building, with a physician and nurse Angel Point to the east and west, the available. The doctor's office is visitor to the North Rim experiences a ·in the hospital, phone 14; residence, closeness to the canyon that does not phone 35. exist elsewhere. Across to the south Automobile Supplies.-A t G ran d one sees the South Rim rise like a Canyon Village there is a garage great banded wall, and beyond that, under the management of Fred Har- miles away, the dim blue San Fran- vey, offering storage and repair service. cisco Peaks, some 6,000 feet above the Gasoline, oil, and lubrication serv- level tableland. ice may be secured at the service A trip to Cape Royal, 23 miles east station. of Bright Angel Point, is recommended Groceries and Supplies.-The Bab- for a sight of the qolorado River. bitt Brothers Trading Co. operates a From there also may be obtained an general store at Grand Canyon, carry- extensive view of the canyon itself and ing fresh fruits, groceries, meats, and surrounding country. vegetables, hardware, dry goods, wear- The North Rim includes a part of ing apparel, and other travelers' one of America's most beautiful for- necessities. ests, the Kaibab, with dense virgin Photographs and Souvenirs.-Photo- stands of pine, fir, spruce, and quaking graphs, post cards, view books, etc., aspen. Wildlife abounds and adds are on sale at newsstands in EI Tovar, much to the interest of the area. Bright Angel Lodge, Auto Camp Because of the heavy winter snows, Lodge, the Lookout, Kolb's, and Ver- hotel accommodations on the North kamp's. Blankets, baskets, pottery, Rim are available only from May 30 jewelry, and other Indian handicraft to September 25. This section is open may be purchased at the Hopi House, to travel, however, until about Octo- the. Indian Shop in Bright Angel ber 15, when the road is blocked by Lodge, and Verkamp's. Souvenirs snow. After September 25, and as 12 long as weather permits, the cafeteria lights. Bath, toilet, and laundry facil- and housekeeping cabins are open. ities are available. Lodges, camps, and transportation Public Campgrounds.- Visitors hav- service are under the management of ing their own camping equipment may the Utah Parks Co., except the trips make free use of the campgrounds by muleback into the canyon and the maintained by the National Park saddle-horse trips which are operated Service at Bright Angel Point and Neil by Fred Harvey. Springs. As prices change from season to season, rates are not included in this MOTOR, SADDLE, AND AIRPLANE TRIPS booklet. Information concerning rates Motor Tours.-Regularly scheduled for accommodations on the North Rim motorbus trips are made from Grand may be obtained by writing to the Canyon Lodge over a paved road to Utah Parks Co., Cedar City, Utah. Point Imperial and Cape Royal, with Grand Canyon Lodge.-Located on stops at other points of interest along Bright Angel Point, a long arm extend- the canyon rim. Trips also are avail- ing out into the Grand Canyon, be- able to Point Sublime. Special trips tween two side canyons, known as the may be arranged to the surrounding Bright Angel Canyon and the Tran- .Indian country, or elsewhere, as de- sept, this main North Rim hotel unit sired. Automobiles may be chartered. commands superb scenic views. The S~ddle-horse and Muleback Trips.- lodge is composed of a rustic stone On the North Rim, horseback riding is and log building, situated on the brim particularly enjoyable. One-day es- of the canyon. It contains the dining corted trips are made to Point Imperial room, office, curio store, recreation and Widforss Point. Shorter trips are room, barber shop, beauty parlor, made to Uncle Jim Point, and special and post office. Comfortable sleeping trips may be arranged as desired. cabins are grouped among the trees Trail trips into the canyon include a adjacent to the main building. Stand- popular 'l-clay outing down the Kaibab ard cabins have rooms with and with- Trail to Roaring Springs and Bright out bath. The de luxe type cabins Angel Creek and overnight trips to are equipped with bath, fireplace, Phantom Ranch or the South Rim. and porch. Airplane Trips.-Arrangements Auto Camp and Cafeteria.-One may be made at the lodge for flights mile north of the main lodge there is an over the canyon, to the South Rim, auto camp, consisting of a main build- where connections are made with ing in which combination club meals through air lines, via Las Vegas, are served at reasonable rates. A Nev., and Phoenix, Ariz. limited supply of groceries, fresh milk, and campers' supplies is stocked. NATURALIST SERVICES Standard log sleeping cabins, with During the summer season trained twin beds and running water, are park rangers and naturalists are on provided. In addition, there are a duty to inform visitors concerning var- number of housekeeping cabins, which ious points of interest. Local inquiry may be rented at moderate rates, should be made regarding the com- including water, fuel, and electric plete program. 13 GRAND CANYON LODGE, ON BRIGHT ANGEL POI! T, COMMANDS SUPERB VIEWS OF GRAND CANYON

Nature Walk.-Each morning a telegraphic address is North Rim, naturalist-guided walk is conducted Grand Canyon, Ariz. along one of the trails to Bright Angel Telephone.-There are telephone Point. Although not strenuous, it is connections between Grand Canyon sufficiently long to permit many of the Lodge and various points throughout interesting features of the area to be the park, as well as long-distance seen and discussed. It starts from the service. parking area near the lodge at 9 a. m. Medical.-A nurse is on duty at the Campfire Talk.-Talks on the geol- lodge throughout the season. ogy and natural history of the region Automobile Supplies.-A mod ern are given free every evening at the service station is located near the cafe- campfire site in the public camp- teria, and car repairs and towing are ground by naturalists of the National available at the Utah Parks Co. Park Service. garage. General Supplies.-At the cafeteria MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES building in the campground, grocer- Evening Entertainment.- Every ies, milk, eggs, meats, and general evening at 8:30 in the Grand Canyon campers' supplies in limited quanti- Lodge, a program, consisting of musi- ties are for sale. Curios, post cards, . cal numbers, skits, etc., is given by the Navajo rugs, and jewelry also may be employees of the hotel. During the obtained. program a short informational talk is Photographs and Soltvenirs.-Adja- presented by a member of the park cent to the recreation room and office naturalist staff on the general features in the main lodge there is a curio store of the park. Afterward, dancing is en- with a full line of Navajo rugs, bas- joyed every evening, except Sunday, kets, pottery, and jewelry, as well as with music by an orchestra composed travelers' needs, films, photographs, of college boys. post cards, magazines, etc. Soda foun- Postal and Telegraph.-A post of- tain service also is available. fice is maintained from June 1 to Photograph Finishing.-Films are October 1; address, North Rim Post developed and finished promptly. Office, Arizona. A Western Union Orders may be left with the attendant office is open during the season; the in the curio shop. 14

"Let no one say, and say it to your physical restrictive control at all times. shame, Such animals may be excluded from That all was beauty here until you designated areas. came." Automobiles.-Park drives are wide National parks are established "to and smoothly surfaced. It should al- conserve the scenery and the natural ways be remembered that each driver's and historic objects and the wildlife own carefulness and responsibility to therein and to provide for the enjoy- others are the greatest safety fact~rs. ment of the same in such manner and Automobile permit fee, $1; trailer fee, by such means as will leave them un- $1 additional; motorcycle fee, $1. impaired for the enjoyment of future Extreme Caution should be taken while driving along the park roads. generations." Please cooperate with Squirrels are tame and their existence us in maintaining and protecting this is imperiled by fast driving. Many park. The following observations are deer range the forest and sometimes made for your guidance: the highways, and care should be Preservation of Natural Features.- taken not to hit them. Trees, flowers, and other vegetation, Trail Travel.-Hikers and riders rocks and all wildlife may not be dis- shall not make short cuts, but shall con- turbed, injured, or destroyed, and fine themselves to the trails at all fossils and Indian remains, such as times. Saddle animals have the right- arrowheads, may not be removed from of-way over pedestrians. The latter the park. will take the outer side of the trail Camps.-Camp or lunch only in des- whenever possible and shall stand ignated areas. All rubbish that will quietly until animals have passed. burn should be disposed of in camp- Hunting.-Hunting within park fires. Garbage cans are provided for boundaries is not permitted. Unless noninflammable refuse. Wood and adequately sealed, cased, broken water are provided in all designated down, or otherwise packed to prevent campgrounds. their use while in the park, firearms are Fires.-Fires are absolutely pro- prohibited, except upon written per- hibited except in designated spots. mission from the superintendent. Do not go out of sight of your camp, Fishing.-FromJune 1 to September even for a few minutes, without mak- 30, inclusive, fishing is allowed in cer- ing sure that your fire is either out en- tain park streams. A State of Arizona tirely or being watched. license is required. Dogs and Cats.- These domestic Park Rangers.-Park rangers are animals are prohibited on Govern- here to answer your questions and ment lands within the park unless on otherwise help you in every possible r leash, crated, or otherwise under way. United States Department of the Interior

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Secretary National Park Service

NEWTON B. DRURY, Director Revised 1951

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