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Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

Things to see in Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau

10 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A dirt section of the Bright Angel Trail descending between rock walls and desert scrub below the South Rim

Grand Canyon Village · National Parks

Bright Angel Trail

The South Rim's most-used trail into the canyon, open to River Resthouse as of November 2026 but with its water stations off
Deep side canyons and layered red cliffs of the Grand Canyon seen from Cape Royal

Jacob Lake · National Parks

Cape Royal

The southernmost North Rim viewpoint you can drive to, with a 270-degree view and the arch of Angels Window
A black steam locomotive and passenger train at the platform of the Williams Depot

Williams · Historic Sites

Grand Canyon Railway

The privately run 1901 branch line from Williams to the South Rim depot, a 2-hour-15-minute ride each way
AI-generated illustration of Havasu Falls

Supai · Natural Wonders

Havasu Falls

A 90-to-100-foot blue-green waterfall on Havasu Creek, on Havasupai land and reached only with a tribal permit
The round stone Desert View Watchtower rising above pinyon and juniper on the South Rim

Grand Canyon Village · Architectural Landmarks

Desert View Watchtower

Mary Colter's 1932 stone tower at the east end of the South Rim, looking down on the Colorado River where Marble Canyon opens out
The two-story sandstone fort called Winsor Castle at Pipe Spring National Monument

Jacob Lake · Historic Sites

Pipe Spring National Monument

A desert spring, a sandstone fort built by Latter-day Saint ranchers, and the story of the Kaibab Paiute, open all year
Layered buttes of the Grand Canyon with clouds over the North Rim, seen from Hopi Point on Hermit Road

Grand Canyon Village · National Parks

Hermit Road

Seven miles of South Rim road west to Mary Colter's Hermits Rest, shuttle-only most of the year and open to cars only in winter
Buttes and cliffs of the Grand Canyon under low cloud, seen from Mather Point on the South Rim

Grand Canyon Village · National Parks

Mather Point

The South Rim overlook a five-minute walk from the visitor center, with views 30 miles east and 60 miles west
Red cliffs and a forested ridge of the eastern Grand Canyon seen from Point Imperial on the North Rim

Jacob Lake · National Parks

Point Imperial

At 8,803 feet, the highest point on the Grand Canyon's rim, looking east to the Painted Desert
Historic one- and two-story brick and stucco storefronts along Route 66 in downtown Williams

Williams · Historic Sites

Williams Historic Business District

Six blocks of Route 66 and railroad-era buildings in the last town bypassed by Interstate 40