Tonight and tomorrow nights, I will be camping at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s roughly a six-hour drive from Moab to the South Rim. Headed south on highway 191 until I reached Bluff, Utah where I picked up highway 163 which goes southwest towards Arizona. Just before reaching Arizona is Monument Pass.
Highway 163 continues southeast into Arizona until you get to the town of Kayenta where you continue southeast on highway 160. I followed 160 until just past Tuba City and turned south on 89. After a short distance, highway 64 west took me to the southeast entrance of Grand Canyon National Park. My first stop was Desert View Watchtower.
It’s not possible to overstate how spectacular the Grand Canyon is, so I won’t try. I had a site at Mather Campground reserved for the next two nights.
The South Rim is at an elevation of 7000 feet. It was around 85 both days I was there but one night, it dipped below 30 degrees. I could post hundreds of photos of the Grand Canyon but will only post two, one from mid-day and one from sunset.
