When most people think of Arizona, they automatically think of the Grand Canyon
and camping at the Grand Canyon, how can you go wrong with that?
How's it going welcome to the Campendium YouTube channel where it's our hope and
our goal to provide you with the resources and the information to get out
there and camp and today we're talking about camping at the Grand Canyon in
Arizona, I mean it's one of those places that's just a must-see if you're going
to Arizona and you're going through this area you have to go check out one of the
natural wonders of the world, especially when there's camping nearby and you can
spend more than the typical 17 minutes at the canyon's edge with the five million
people that go there in a year. If you're camping there and you have your
RV there, you can spend a little bit more time and enjoy more of the canyon.
So let's look at some of the options that you have, camping at the South Rim is
very popular, gets a lot of traffic because it's easier to get to it has a
lot of resources and amenities so it's a great option for people that are wanting
to go to the canyon. You can access the South Park entrance through Williams
Arizona which if you know if you've seen our family channel you know we love
Williams it's on route 66, but if you want to get into the park proper and
have full hookups then the trailer village might be what you're looking for.
A review from Following Your Detour sums it up well saying "being within walking
distance or a quick shuttle ride away from the Grand Canyon makes this RV park
a must. While the sites are small and the
facilities aren't anything fancy, the location simply can't be beat. We rode
our bikes to the Grand Canyon for sunrise and sunset and were there in
less than five minutes. The park was also filled with elk which was fun. There's
definitely not a shortage of hikes and other activities to do in this area."
But if you'd rather trade full hookups for a little bit more space than you could
check out Mather campground. Zemi Adventure says "We'd loved staying at
Mather for four days to visit the Grand Canyon. The surrounding forest was filled
with deer, elk and birds yet had enough breaks in the tree cover to allow for
decent solar power generation for our portable panel during the day. We felt
like we were in the isolated forest even though we were in the middle of the
biggest of the busiest National Parks." If you don't want to be camping
inside the busiest National Park, then you can look just outside the park and
you have options like Forest Road 302. It's only 20 minutes from the entrance
of the park it's set in the woods, but it's still very close to town with
helicopter tours flying overhead. The good part is the evenings are nice and
quiet so you can enjoy that evening campfire. If you're looking for other
options in the area, you can stay at the campground 10x and only cost you $10
that's in the National Forest. A review from Slimer says "What an amazing
campground this is, and if we can give it more stars we would. The campground is
very well maintained, clean well priced and sites are very large in size. It's
located extremely close to the entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park as
well as the little town before it, but yeah it doesn't feel crowded at all. If
you're looking to be in the forest, but you don't want to pay the ten bucks, you
can look at Forest Road 688, where Larissa Colin says "688 is easy to find
and pretty easy to navigate down, we took our motorcycle to the park so needless
to say the road is pretty easy to get down. We have a 37-foot toy hauler and a
Dodge 2500. We had no problem. We went in about a mile down the road for our site.
And sticking with the National Forest theme, there's also Forest Road 306 where
Jazzer North says "We pulled our 38 foot fifth wheel and parked it easily we
found a nice lovely spot to park. It was quiet and dark and perfect for a
peaceful boondocking experience. Now if you don't mind putting in the extra time
and effort to drive to the North Rim I don't think you'll be disappointed. So
let me give you three options of places that you can take your RV and if you
don't mind rough roads this first one might be the option that you're looking
for and it's Point Sublime. And if you keep your eyes peeled that you might
actually even see a bison in the area. Or you could go to the North Rim Campground
where one review says "This was an incredible site and an incredible
campground. Our site number 14 and the sites on either side, bordered the trail
that goes along the rim of the Grand Canyon. Amazing. It was a pull-through
site with no hookups. We got a decent amount of sunlight every day for the
solar panels. And last but not least for the North Rim
is Forest Road 611 East Rim. Living in a Stream said "Unreal
experience right on the edge of the North Rim. The review said "easy albeit
slow, drive up a well-maintained hard packed gravel road in our 32 foot
Winnebago to find several spots right on the rim. Never had a view from a campsite
like this so quiet and peaceful too. Weather was incredible highs in the 70s,
lows in the 50s, perfect for a cool break from the summer
heat. Only wish we could have stayed longer." As usual I hope that this list
kind of whet your appetite to want to see more of it so I'm gonna put a link
down in the description to the full article about camping near the Grand
Canyon, also check out each of those sites that if you wanted to get more
information on those campsites there'll be a link down in the description to
each one of those that we talked about. So that's gonna do it for today so if
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