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Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon Guide Book

by Ron Adkison (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon

96pp/maps
ISBN: 0762736585

The Grand Canyon has several hundred miles of hiking Trails. But if you're going to be there for a day or two, only have enough time for one or two short hikes, and need something that is not physically demanding, which trail do you choose? This guide helps you make that decision with short descriptions and maps of easy day hikes that will take you to some of the most scenic sections of the fabulous Grand Canyon National Park.

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Trails from the "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon" Guide Book
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... Preview: An easy, short hike to a remote North Rim viewpoint overlooking the central Grand Canyon. This trip combines a satisfying scenic drive through the rich conifer forests of the Kaibab Plateau with a sho ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.6 miles
... Preview: A short walk leading to a dramatic vista point on the North Rim. Grand Canyon Lodge, at road’s end on the North Rim, is the focal point for the majority of visitors to this remote part of Grand Canyon ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.8 miles
... Preview: A very scenic half-day hike below the South Rim along the Grand Canyon’s most popular trail. The Bright Angel Trail is the most popular trail in the park, and one of the most beautiful. Splendid vista ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: A short but rewarding plateau-top day hike on the North Rim. This trail offers the greatest rewards for the smallest investment of time and effort of any of the North Rim’s plateau-top trails. The rou ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: A short, easy walk to one of the North Rim’s finest vista points. The promontory of Cape Royal, jutting southward into the Grand Canyon away from the North Rim, is a prominent landmark seen from many ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.8 miles
... Preview: A short but fascinating walk below the rim of Walhalla Plateau. This trail is a fine, albeit brief, introduction to the plateau and rim environments of the North Rim. Distant views, a well-preserved A ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: A rewarding day hike below the South Rim, leading to an aptly named spring. The hike to Dripping Spring via the Hermit Trail is one of the best day trips on the South Rim. The trail offers a good intr ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 6.6 miles
... Preview: A rewarding day hike below the western reaches of the South Rim. This fine trip follows a trail constructed by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1912 and leads to the shady resthouse at Santa Maria Spring, per ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.6 miles
... Preview: A half-day, round-trip day hike along the east rim of the Kaibab Plateau. The Ken Patrick Trail stretches 10 miles across the Kaibab Plateau from Point Imperial to the North Kaibab trailhead, surveyin ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 6 miles
... Preview: A half-day hike from a remote North Rim trailhead to a historic cabin below the rim. Historic Muav Cabin rests in a pine grove just north of Muav Saddle, a prominent notch separating the North Rim fro ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: A half-day hike below the rim, on the North Rim’s only maintained inner canyon trail. The North Kaibab Trail is the North Rim’s only maintained trail, lying within the frequently patrolled Corridor Zo ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.6 miles
... Preview: The best easy hike on the South Rim, offering a continuum of dramatic canyon views. The scenic Rim Trail is arguably Grand Canyon National Park’s finest easy day hike. Nowhere else in the park do Gran ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 9.7 miles
... Preview: An easy day hike to a glorious South Rim viewpoint. If time and energy allow you to hike only a few short trails on the South Rim, the trip to Shoshone Point, combining a walk through cool pine forest ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: A view-packed half-day hike below the South Rim, following one of the most popular trails in the Grand Canyon. Much like the Bright Angel Trail, the South Kaibab Trail is a must-do for Grand Canyon vi ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Tusayan, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.8 miles
... Preview: A pleasant walk through the forest along the North Rim. This trail is most frequently used by campground guests as a connection to Grand Canyon Lodge. Yet day hikers can still use the trail. The Trans ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.4 miles
... Preview: A plateau-top loop hike to a viewpoint on the North Rim. Much like the longer Widforss Trail, the mildly undulating Uncle Jim Trail traverses cool Kaibab Plateau forests en route to a splendid Grand C ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.9 miles
... Preview: A plateau-top half-day hike along a self-guided nature trail on the North Rim. The Widforss Trail is arguably the finest plateau-top trail in Grand Canyon National Park. The route hugs the rim of The ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Canyon"
Fredonia, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.2 miles
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