The Insider’s Guide to the Grand Canyon
Where Do I Stay?
Grand Canyon hotels are typically booked 8 months to a year in advance for summer. All hotels inside the park at both the North and South Rim are administered by the concessionaire, Xanterra Parks & Resorts (888/297-2757; www.grandcanyonlodges.com). If your trip is less than 3 months away, you are unlikely to be able to secure lodging inside the park. Your best bet will be to look at the park’s “gateway communities” (cities and towns located nearby) for your Grand Canyon lodging.
South Rim Gateway Communities
Tusayan is located an easy 7 miles (10 minutes) from Grand Canyon South Rim. Here is where you’ll find our preferred hotel property, the Best Western Grand Canyon Squire Inn. This Grand Canyon hotel offers the most for families, like an on-site play center with a 6-lane bowling alley, video arcade, and billiard tables. The Squire offers both fine dining and family style restaurants, as well as a cocktail lounge, gift shop, outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, workout room, salon, gift shop, even a cowboy museum.
North Rim Gateway Communities
If you’re going to Grand Canyon North Rim, a variety of lodging choices are available in several neighboring towns:
- Jacob Lake, Arizona, 60 miles North of the park
- Kanab, Utah, 100 miles Northwest of the park
- Page/Lake Powell, Arizona 150 miles Northeast of the North AND South Rim
- St. George, Utah, 180 miles Northwest
- Springdale, Utah, 180 miles Northwest, at the Western entrance of Zion National Park
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