Best Campground at Grand Canyon?

Yes, definitely.

Do they allow pets at Trailer Village?

Bottom line - South Rim and Trailer Village if you want to SEE the Grand Canyon and not just say you have been there. Really nothing else to consider if you want to be near the rim for sunrises and sunsets. Make reservations as soon as you can; they fill solid.

Roadglider09 wrote:
Great! Thanks for all the advice. One more question - what's the best time of year to go regarding weather? We are thinking about late September or October.

We were there October 2011. Absolutely beautiful weather which was very cool at night but in the high 70's during the day. There were not very many people but the campground was open and the rangers were still on duty and provided some very good information about the canyon and the wildlife. I was also fortunate to watch a ranger track a Condor that had a radio collar.

If I were to go again it would be late September or early October.

The south rim is almost 7000 ft in elevation. That will fool a lot of people thinking of the desert weather in Arizona. Now if you go to the bottom of the canyon (about 2400 ft) then it is a different story.

Roadglider09 wrote:
Great! Thanks for all the advice. One more question - what's the best time of year to go regarding weather? We are thinking about late September or October.

I've been there in mid September and it is really nice. Not sure how cold it gets in October. We've got reservations at the Trailer Village for 13 - 17 September next year for our 30th anniversary. First really long trip with the trailer. Took the train to Tuscon once and drove it the last time.

Great! Thanks for all the advice. One more question - what's the best time of year to go regarding weather? We are thinking about late September or October.

The whole area is full of neat thing to see and do. We always stay in the Flagstaff area more long term which allows us to visit the Verde Valley, Red rocks of Sedona, Old time Cowboy bars at Prescott, Ghost town at Jerome, Indian ruins, volcano ashe, and painted desert At Flagstaff, meteorcrater and petrified rocks East of Flagstaff, strange things at Tuba City, and Grand Canyon.

Too many thing to see and do around these parts in just a couple of days... Making a base camp and staying a couple of weeks was always best solution for us. Don't you dare get this close to the RED ROCK Canyons and mountains outside Sedona and not go see them...

You also need to get a picture of you and your camper along the infamous ROUTE 66 in this area...

Roy Ken

2gypsies wrote:
If this is your first visit to the Canyon we would recommend the South Rim. We love the North Rim because of less tourists but then we've gone to the Canyon many times. Another vote for Trailer Village at the South Rim. It's near the Canyon rim, the free shuttle stops at the entrance and so convenient for everything.

We wouldn't recommend staying in Williams and taking the tourist train to the Canyon although some folks like it. It's across flat land - not scenic - and you would only have a few hours for visiting the Canyon and you'd have to return to Williams.

We've done the train from Williams, but you can book an overnight stay and then you'll have quite a bit of time to look around.

We stayed at the Grand Canyon Railroad RV Resort in Williams. It's a huge parking lot type "campground" with full h'ups but NO shade. It's almost right downtown so you can walk to the grocery and restaurants. The train to the canyon leaves right from the park and you can get tickets on their website for a site and train tickets. We used it as a base to drive up to Utah and over to Las Vegas. It's a great place and has a nice golf course north of town as well.

If this is your first visit to the Canyon we would recommend the South Rim. We love the North Rim because of less tourists but then we've gone to the Canyon many times. Another vote for Trailer Village at the South Rim. It's near the Canyon rim, the free shuttle stops at the entrance and so convenient for everything.

We wouldn't recommend staying in Williams and taking the tourist train to the Canyon although some folks like it. It's across flat land - not scenic - and you would only have a few hours for visiting the Canyon and you'd have to return to Williams.