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Around North Rim

Includes  Why Go? The North Rim sits on the southern edge of the spectacular (North Rim). . . . . 152 1010-sq-mile North , refreshingly cool and Fredonia...... 155 green at 8000ft and surrounded below by red-rock scenery, Kanab...... 155 miles of trails and vast expanses of desert wilderness. You Page & Glen Canyon can easily spend a week exploring the dramatic diversity of National Recreation the region, boating on Lake Powell one day, hiking a slot Area ...... 161 canyon the next and cycling through the aspen and mead- Vermilion Cliffs & ows of the Kaibab another. Combine a visit to the North Rim Marble Canyon. . . .166 with Zion and Bryce National Parks (see Lonely Planet’s Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks), both within a few hours’ drive north of the park.

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Dirt roads veer off Hwy 67 in both di Dirt off roads veer On the 30 miles between Jacob Lake and Jacob On the 30 miles between Jacob Lake Jacob 928 / E / 928 Kaibab National Forest to the canyon stops here, piling out of dustyto the canyon shop air, in the mountain to breathe vehicles a cookie or an grab souvenirs, for canyon comprised of classic canyonland formations comprised of classic canyonland cut by Kanab Creek, lies in the southwestern corner of the Kaibab and abuts the western you’ll Here of the Kaibab Plateau. edge find desert for experiencedmany trails hikers; the 21.5-mile throughout the Kaibab. The Jacob Lake Inn Lake Inn throughout the Kaibab. The Jacob the 44-mile but is open year-round, road LakeLodge Rim North the to Jacob from mid-Octoberfrom closed is through (which and there are no plowed is not mid-May) Lake. services north of Jacob trails rections to overlooks on the edge of therections on the edge to overlooks particularly Theplateau. are lovely, drives in the fall when the aspens turn or in late and tall grass summer when wildflowers

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1 The 107-sq-mile ties for hiking, cycling, snowmobiling and cross-countryskiing. While most folk simply to the rim, thepass through on their way its own right in Kaibab is an idyllic setting and a worthwhile stop for a couple of days. the park entrance, dirt entrance, park the forest-service roads offer on either side lure curious travelers, canopies in the fall, wildflowersing yellow of opportuniin the summer and miles tional Forest on their way to the North Rim. to on their way tional Forest extra-thick milkshake – the inn is famousextra-thick milkshake for both. They south on Hwy then continue rolling hills, aspen67 through the meadows, of the Kaibab Na and ponderosa pine trees mains of a 2001 forest fire, to the outpost forest fire, 2001 mains of a of Hwy 89A (also known as Alt 89) winds known as Alt 89) Hwy 89A (also 5000ft of the up from the burning canyons Wilderness, Cliffs Canyon-Vermilion Paria boundary Forest past National the Kaibab re black-timbered eerie the through and (North Rim) %

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