Hotels in Grand Canyon North Rim
Outside the Park
Five miles north of the park on Ariz. 67, the Kaibab Lodge (kaibablodge.com; tel. 928/638-2389) offers rustic cabins and a dining room and gift shop, at rates from $100 to $200. You’ll also find lots of budget accommodations in Kanab, Utah, 37 miles northwest of Jacob Lake via U.S. 89A.
En Route to the Park
If you don't have a reservation at the North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge, you should call the places recommended here to see if you can get a reservation. If so, you can continue on to the North Rim the next morning. Lodges anywhere near the canyon fill up early in the day if they aren't already fully booked with reservations made months in advance.
Campgrounds
Just north of Grand Canyon Lodge, the North Rim Campground (tel. 928/638-7888 or 928/638-7814), with 90 sites and no hookups for RVs, is the only campground at the North Rim. It's open mid-May to mid-October. Reservations can be made up to 6 months in advance by calling the National Recreation Reservation Service (www.recreation.gov; tel. 877/444-6777 or 518/885-3639). Campsites cost $18 to $25 per night.
There are two nearby campgrounds outside the park in the Kaibab National Forest. The DeMotte Campground (May 15-Nov 1) is the closest to the park entrance, has 38 sites, and charges $20. Jacob Lake Campground (May 15-Oct 1) is 30 miles north of the park entrance, has 51 sites, and also charges $20 per night. Neither campground takes reservations. You can also camp anywhere in the Kaibab National Forest as long as you're more than 200 feet from a main roadway or a quarter-mile from a water source. So if you can't find a site in a campground, simply pull off the highway in the national forest and park your RV or pitch your tent. Contact the North Kaibab Ranger District, 430 S. Main St., Fredonia (www.fs.fed.us/r3/kai; tel. 928/643-7395), for information.
The Kaibab Camper Village (www.kaibabcampervillage.com; tel. 800/525-0924, 928/643-7804 May 14-Oct 15, or 928/526-0924 other months) is a privately owned campground in the crossroads of Jacob Lake, 30 miles north of the park entrance. It's open from mid-May to mid-October and has around 100 sites. Rates are $20 for tent sites, $40–$45 for RV sites with full hookups. Make reservations well in advance.
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Cliff Dwellers Lodge
Affiliated with Lees Ferry Anglers, this motel is the area’s de facto fly anglers’ headquarters and tends to stay filled up with people who are here to fish for the Colorado’s huge rainbow trout. Its newer, more expensive rooms are standard motel units with combination tub/showers;…$En Route to the Park
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Grand Canyon Lodge
Perched right on the canyon rim, this classic mountain lodge is as impressive a lodge as any you’ll find in a national park; it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The stone-and-log main building has a soaring ceiling and a viewing room set up with chairs facing a…$$Inside the Park - Hotel
Jacob Lake Inn
About 30 miles north of the North Rim park entrance, this lodge at the crossroads of Jacob Lake is always a busy spot in summer. While most of the units here are old cabins that tend to be cramped and old-fashioned, there are also two dozen modern motel-style rooms in a contemporary…$$Outside the Park - Hotel
Lees Ferry Lodge at Vermilion Cliffs
Located at the foot of the Vermilion Cliffs, 4 miles west of the Colorado River, Lees Ferry Lodge, built in 1929 of native stone and rough-hewn timber beams, is a small place with simple, rustic accommodations. However, the lodge’s restaurant serves as a sort of de facto community…$En Route to the Park - Hotel
Marble Canyon Lodge
The Marble Canyon Lodge, built in the 1920s just west of the Navajo Bridge, is the closest lodge to the put-in spot for people rafting the Grand Canyon, and consequently this lodge is popular primarily with rafters. Accommodations are mostly in aging motel-style rooms that lack the…$En Route to the Park
