Visitor Information -- You can get advance information on the Grand Canyon by contacting Grand Canyon National Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 (tel. 928/638-7888; www.nps.gov/grca).
When you arrive at the park, stop by the Canyon View Visitor Center, at Canyon View Information Plaza, 6 miles from the south entrance. Here you'll find exhibits, an information desk, and a shop selling maps, books, and videos. The center is open daily 8am to 5pm. Unfortunately, the information plaza, which is well designed for handling large crowds, has no adjacent parking, so you'll have to park where you can and then walk or take a free shuttle bus. The nearest places to park are at Mather Point, Market Plaza, park headquarters, and Yavapai Observation Station. If you're parked anywhere in Grand Canyon Village, you'll want to catch the Village Route bus. If you park at Yaki Point, you can take the Kaibab Trail Route bus. The Guide, a small newspaper full of useful information about the park, is available at both South Rim park entrances.
Orientation -- Grand Canyon Village is built on the South Rim of the canyon and divided roughly into two sections. At the east end of the village are the Canyon View Information Plaza, Yavapai Lodge, Trailer Village, and Mather Campground. At the west end are El Tovar Hotel and Bright Angel, Kachina, Thunderbird, and Maswik lodges, as well as several restaurants, the train depot, and the trail head for the Bright Angel Trail.
Grand Canyon South Rim Travel Experiences
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Portal, AZ
We've already written a lot about Portal and Rodeo, so not much new to add. I do need to retract what I've said previously about Silve... Continue reading »
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Starting out in Phoenix
This purpose of this trip was mainly to work on some details for our upcoming move and house building in Portal. Because of some weird... Continue reading »
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National Park Overload, Part IV
The South Rim is my most recent National Park. This means it was the last of my overload. When my parents arrived in Utah, I had communic... Continue reading »
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Day One (12/2)
Seeing as how we spent over 12 hours in airports or on airplanes, it wasn't the most thrilling of days. We got quite bored with th... Continue reading »
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Magic..
We hired a car/jeep thing & hit the open road through the desert, over the Hoover Dam, to the Grand Canyon from Vegas.... Continue reading »
