Grand Canyon National Park

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PO Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023

Entirely within the state of Arizona, the park encompasses 278 miles (447 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. Located on the ancestral homelands of 11 present day Tribal Communities, Grand Canyon is one of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in the world—a mile deep canyon unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offers visitors from both north and south rims.

Directions

South Rim: Open all year, is located 60 miles north of Williams, Arizona (via route 64 from Interstate 40) and 80 miles northwest of Flagstaff (via route 180). Grand Canyon lies entirely within the state of Arizona. ---- North Rim: Select areas are open to public access between Oct 1 and Nov 14. View the park's news releases for details. The North Rim entrance station is located 30 miles south of Jacob Lake, AZ, on Highway 67; the actual rim of the canyon is an additional 14 miles south.

Reviews

Grand Canyon National Park's campgrounds, particularly Mather Campground, offer beautiful, spacious, and well-maintained sites with clean facilities and friendly, helpful staff. Visitors appreciate the proximity to the canyon rim, shuttle services, hiking trails, and amenities such as restrooms, showers (often paid and with limited hours), laundry, and general stores. The campgrounds provide a peaceful and scenic setting with abundant wildlife sightings including elk and deer. Challenges include occasional noise from generators or neighbors, limited shower and laundry availability especially during off-seasons or due to COVID-19 restrictions, some sites with rocky or uneven terrain, and close site spacing reducing privacy in areas. Other noted issues include water and fire restrictions affecting amenities, limited hookups for RVs, and occasional reservation or maintenance problems. Overall, the campgrounds offer a memorable outdoor experience suitable for families, hikers, and nature enthusiasts with some caveats regarding amenities and noise.

Beautiful, spacious, and well-maintained campsites

Clean restrooms and showers with some heated facilities

Friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff and rangers

Convenient access to shuttle services, trails, and park amenities

Quiet environment with abundant wildlife sightings

Showers often require payment and have limited or early hours

Noise from generators, neighbors, or trash collection

Some campsites close together limiting privacy

Rocky or uneven terrain in spots challenging for tent setup

Water and fire restrictions impacting amenities and campfires

8,857 reviews

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1,723

3 stars

508

2 stars

209

1 stars

121

Kyle D

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Aspen Loop (Sites 1-59)

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Reviewed 8 days ago

Turn our say the campground was closed due to a water situation, not their fault, but services could have been better considering we’re all paying to camp there. The staff I encountered we’re a little rude and made me feel bad for not knowing everything about the park. Hard to give him a true review because the bathrooms and showers and restaurants and all water services were shut down

Sid b

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Pine Loop (Sites 265-319)

Site:

Reviewed 8 days ago

Even with water restrictions, portapoties were available and clean. Trash dumpsters were Clean and well maintained. potable water tanks were easy to access. Overall the campground was clean and quiet. Deer were present (Nice) as well as the annoying Ravens. I would camp here again

Sandra S

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Aspen Loop (Sites 1-59)

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Reviewed 8 days ago

Lots of room in the group camp. the port-o-potties were a necessity since no water available. However, the port-o-potties needed to be cleaned, there was no hand sanitizer or paper towels at the hand wash station. Had a propane fire ring and someone reported we had a wood fire causing a LEO to stop by. Wish that person would have just come up to speak with us. The LEO Ranger was very polite and friendly. Just wasted a precious resource on a false report. Could have been handled in a better fashion instead of wasting the time of a Ranger. I know having spent over 50 years working in various capacities in law enforcement at federal, state, county and city levels. PS I was a seasonal Ranger in Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, law enforcement division, so I so know about false reports.

David T

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Pine Loop (Sites 265-319)

Site:

Reviewed 8 days ago

Mather Campground was strangely quiet when I camped there last Sunday and Monday nights. It's true that you have to bring your own water, and to use portable toilets instead of rest rooms with plumbing, but it's still an experience that people should not pass up. Walking by the rim hotels, nearly alone at sunrise and in the hours before larger numbers of people arrive, is awe inspiring.

Charles Q

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Aspen Loop

Site:

Reviewed 9 days ago

Nice clean campground. Even with the water restrictions, the experience was great. We even had a cow elk browse her way through our first morning in camp.

Cynthia K

Campground:Mather Campground

Loop:Juniper Loop (Sites 107-184)

Site:

Reviewed 9 days ago

Very clean, spacious sites

Keep your options open

Watch for a matching campsite across monitored campgrounds in Grand Canyon National Park.

Popularity: Very quiet

Busiest in November, when about 5% of guest capacity is reserved. Based on 3 years of reservations.