The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Desert Southwest

Stop 9 · Days 375–378

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

The one that needs no introduction — a mile deep, up to 18 miles across, and utterly humbling. Give it real time on the rim and in the canyon.

Where to stay

  • El Tovar or a South Rim lodge

    Sleeping on the rim is worth booking far ahead.

    Open in Maps

You gotta eat this

  • Dinner at El Tovar

    The historic 1905 lodge dining room on the rim.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 375Day 375 — The South RimFull day · 4h planned
  2. 376Day 376 — Into the CanyonFull day · 5h planned
  3. 377Day 377 — Free DayFree day
  4. 378Day 378 — South to FlagstaffDrive day · 1h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Guided Tours