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! Visiting places like Grand Canyon offers us Equally important to a great Grand Canyon experiences and exposure to environments experience is understanding how to enjoy the park completely different from those of our everyday safely. The weather varies greatly with the seasons. lives. However, having a safe and fulfilling Dress in layers and be prepared for hot, cold, sun, experience when we are out of our element can rain, and even snow. In addition, keep in mind that pose challenges. the park’s animals are wild. Do not feed wildlife and keep a safe distance from them. Be sure to use your At Grand Canyon National Park, The Guide zoom lens when trying to get a close up photo. seasonal newspaper is a great way to get started. In it, you will find information about the services and I have found living and working at Grand Canyon ranger programs available in the park, as well as to be an adventure, a challenge, and an a map and information about how to use the free unforgettable experience. It is my sincere hope shuttle buses. that these tools will help make your Grand Canyon adventure equally unforgettable. The park’s visitor centers are a terrific next step. They offer opportunities to talk to park rangers and Thank you, ask questions. On the South Rim, get an overview of Grand Canyon and how best to see it at Grand Canyon Visitor Center and theater; learn about its geologic history at Yavapai Geology Museum; and explore its extensive human history at Verkamp’s David V. Uberuaga, Superintendent Visitor Center or Tusayan Museum. The North Rim Visitor Center offers easy access to your first canyon view. Table of contents Grand Canyon National Park Trip Planner 2 General Information The Park is Open Park Entrance Fees National Park Service Grand Canyon Village and Desert View on Fees collected support projects in the park. U.S. Department of the Interior the South Rim remain open all year. North Admission to the park is $25 per private Rim facilities open in mid-May and close in vehicle; $12 per pedestrian, motorcyclist, mid-October. Park entrances remain open and bicyclist. The pass can be used for seven 24 hours a day. Although the park never days and includes both rims. Pay fees at Located entirely in northern Arizona, the park encompasses 277 miles of the Colorado River and closes, hours for visitor centers and park entrance stations or at some businesses adjacent uplands. One of the most spectacular businesses vary throughout the year. For outside the park. Every year the National examples of erosion anywhere in the world, current park projects and closures see Park Service offers entrance fee free days. Grand Canyon is unmatched in the incomparable http://go.nps.gov/k6rtna vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. Grand For complete fee information see Canyon National Park is a World Heritage Site. http://go.nps.gov/4i30mc Park Information Grand Canyon National Park For park ranger programs, services, hours of For information on Annual, Active Military, Superintendent David V. Uberuaga operation, special events, and current PO Box 129 Senior, and Access passes visit Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 information, see Grand Canyon National http://go.nps.gov/1unwl7 Park’s seasonal newspaper The Guide. The Park Headquarters park publishes an edition for both the North Pets 928-638-7888 and South rims. It is available in French, Pets must be leashed at all times and may Website German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, not be taken below the rim, inside buildings, www.nps.gov/grca/ and Chinese. An Accessibility Guide is also or on shuttle buses. Persons wishing to take available. Obtain newspapers at entrance service animals below the rim must check stations, visitor centers, or online. in at the Backcountry Information Center. http://go.nps.gov/136ojl A kennel on the South Rim provides animal boarding. http://go.nps.gov/loxbia The National Park Service cares for the Accessibility special places saved by the American people so For information about accessibility in Grand Sustainability that all may experience our heritage. Canyon National Park, see Grand Canyon National Park provides http://go.nps.gov/1rtxl2 water bottle filling stations and recycling EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ receptacles so park visitors can participate in its sustainability efforts. 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 59 89 L. Powell 0 50 Miles UTAH 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 89 r 169 e v National Park or reserve a shuttle to the GRAND CANYON i NEVADA R NATIONAL PARK o park from Phoenix or Flagstaff. 169 d a r o 67 l o NAVAJO Las C 95 NATION 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 CALIFORNIANEVADA Peach 64 www.grandcanyonairlines.com 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 www.amtrak.com o 93 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 one daily trip each way between From the north—take US Highway 89 or Bus 95 the North and South rimsPhoenix from 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 800-231-2222 the park. www.trans-canyonshuttle.com www.greyhound.com NORTH RIM FLAGSTAFF SHUTTLE AND CHARTER Take Highway 89A to Jacob Lake, Arizona, Year-round custom service for individuals and turn south onto Arizona Highway 67 to and groups from Flagstaff, Sedona, and the North Entrance of the park. Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada to Tusayan, Arizona Coordinates the South and North rims. Parking lots, located in the town of GRAND CANYON VISITOR CENTER 928-814-8341 Tusayan, allow visitors to utilize the free Latitude, Longitude: 36° 03’32”N 112° 06’33”W www.flagshuttle.com shuttle bus system between the town UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 400093 East, 3991074 and Grand Canyon Visitor Center. This North shuttle bus route operates late-May to early-September. A 6.6 mile (10.6 km) DESERT VIEW WATCHTOWER Greenway Trail into the park allows Latitude, Longitude: 36° 2’38”N 111° 49’33”W entrance for bicyclists and pedestrians. UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 425584 East, 3989159 North NORTH RIM VISITOR CENTER Latitude, Longitude: 36° 11’51”N 112° 03’09”W UTM Zone 12, NAD 83: 405379 East, 4006465 Note: GPS may be unreliable in the area. North Be prepared with a map or atlas. Table of contents Grand Canyon National Park Trip Planner 4 Weather Current and Year-Round Weather and Road Conditions http://go.nps.gov/grca_wr SUMMER SPRING AND FALL WINTER June through August on the rims April, May, September, and October on the November through March on the rims May to September in the canyon rims. March, April, October, and early December to February in the canyon November in the canyon Beautiful weather shines on the rims, while Come prepared for a variety of conditions While the South Rim remains open year- brutal heat tortures the inner canyon.