Category: news
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Where is Navajo Bridge (and what does it have to do with the Grand Canyon?)
Navajo Bridge is actually located on Navajo Tribal Lands at the northeast portion of the Grand Canyon that we generally recognize as the East Rim. The Colorado River, flowing through Marble Canyon, flows under Navajo Bridge. Marble Canyon is considered by many to be the beginning of the Grand Canyon and Lee’s Ferry, not far from the Bridge,…
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What is Monsoon Season at the Grand Canyon?
Description of Arizona’s Monsoon Season Generally when people speak of monsoons it brings a mental image of the horrendous torrential rains that plague Southeastern Asia. In Arizona we speak of monsoon rains when we have thunderstorms that produce two or three inches of rain in an hour or a day because generally Arizona gets less than 10…
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What Makes Sunset and Sunrise So Special at the Grand Canyon?
Grand Canyon Sunsets and Sunrises are central to your visit. Standing on the edge of the mighty Grand Canyon has been described as awe-inspiring, breathtaking, astonishing and even overwhelming. The sheer magnitude of its size is only outdone by its age as it watches millennium after millennium come and go. It has taken about 5…
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Tuweep Campground reservations near Toroweap Overlook
Grand Canyon National Park requires a Backcountry Permit for all campers who wish to stay at the Tuweep Campground. The Tuweep Campground is the only campground located at the North Rim’s most remote viewpoint: Toroweap Overlook. The campground has ten campsites: Nine family campsites that each accommodate two vehicles and six people, and One large…
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Driving from Phoenix with Just One Day to See the Canyon
So you just drove up from Phoenix and it has taken you about 3 ½ hours to get to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Stopping at the National Park check-point, you pay your $25 vehicle fee and wind around the small road till you get to Bright Angel Lodge and look-out. Park, climb…
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Insider Tips on How to Avoid the Traffic from Phoenix to Grand Canyon
An Insider-Tip from GrandCanyon.com Lean in closer…we have a great insider tip for you! Do you want to skip the long line of cars, RVs, buses and motorcycles lined to see the National Park during the summertime tourist season? You can avoid these tedious lines by doing one of the three options: East Side Entrance:…
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Wheelchair Accessibility at the Grand Canyon
There are many ways to see and experience the wonder of the Grand Canyon if you use a wheelchair or walker and in each region – South, North, East and West, there are tours, hotels, trails and viewing areas that assist those in a wheelchair or the slower visitors. As you begin your planning, we…
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Need suggestions on 1 day tour that includes hiking and kayaking
Karlyn: There are really only 2 places for a 1 day Hiking & Kayaking experience can take place near the Grand Canyon. #1 – is Glen Canyon below Glen Canyon Dam…which I did this last Friday…it was awesome! Here at Glen Canyon you can go directly to Kayak The Colorado now and they…
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Hoover Dam
Left in its natural state, the American West would have been very different from what it is now. Instead of fertile farmland, barren desert would dominate the landscape; prosperous cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas would not exist. Breaking up the long dry spells would be the occasional and often disastrous flood,…
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79th Annual Easter Sunrise Service
The 79th Annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held at Mather Point at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon this Sunday April 20th. Easter Sunrise Service on the South Rim has been a tradition since 1935. Millions of Americans experienced the Grand Canyon Easter Sunrise Service through their radios in the past. It is…
