Rent a bike, go cruisin’, get high on the spectacular views. Bright Angel Bicycle Rentals, located at the South Rim Canyon Visitor Information Plaza next to the Grand Canyon Coffee Shop, has 7-speeds, adult tricycles, child trailers, helmet, and gear. They offer guided tours and will shuttle you to selected points. The road to Hermit’s Rest is most popular with...
Once hikers on the Canyon Rim Trail on the South Rim reach Monument Creek Vista, the last 2.8 miles to Hermits Rest now becomes an improved, paved Greenway Trail. Bikers can leave the narrow Hermit Road and use the trail. The multi-use, accessible hike/bike Greenway trails also follow the South Rim from South Kaibab Trailhead to the Village, Market Plaza,...
Can’t mountain bike on national park hiking trails? No worries, the Kaibab National Forest offers challenges aplenty. On the North Rim, try the 18-mile, single-track Rainbow Rim Trail follows along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and connects five major viewpoints that overlook the heart of the canyon. Download a PDF map. Besides forest service roads, the Arizona Trail...
Since biking on hiking trails is prohibited in the national park, for a serious bike adventure head for the Kaibab National Forest. The Forest Service has built an 18-mile, easy to intermediate bike route on the North Rim that connects 5 spectacular viewpoints. The trail passes through a forest of old growth ponderosa pine and drops into a number of...
With towering, 3,000-foot cliffs, Toroweap is one of the most remote and spectacular viewpoints in the park. The three 60-mile, primitive roads to Tuweep/Toroweap Overlook and free campground (9 sites, 1 group site, no water or facilities) require high clearance and good tires. Allow 2-3 hours of rugged driving over sharp rocks and washboard ruts. Breakdown and a tow truck...
Mountain bikers asked for it and the USFS gave it to them. No bikes are allowed on the national park trails so the Forest Service turned old logging roads and single-track trails around Tusayan into hiking/biking/equestrian trails. Three loops of 3 miles, 8 miles, and 9 miles meander through scenic ponderosa forest. A 16-mile, one-way trail branches off and connects...
Beginning in the Kaibab National Forest in Tusayan adjacent to the IMAX Theater, the 6.5-mile (500-foot elevation gain) paved and gravel, multi-use trail connects with the Bright Angel Bike Rental shop at the National Park Visitor Center at Mather Point. A 2–3-foot wide equestrian runs beside the 8-foot-wide hike/bike trail. Bikers only pay $15 park admission instead of the standard...