North Rim (actual East Rim) Grand canyon FR-611

Here is map of Desert View. It has been improved since we were there.
Desert View

enblethen wrote:
Here is map of Desert View. It has been improved since we were there.
Desert View

I think (?) Desert View is on the East side of the South Rim. I am talking about the North Rim.

There is a USFS office in Jacob Lake, that's where you want to check.

You are not going to find much east of Jacob Lake.

The Campendium reviews of FR611 seem mixed, but seem to lean towards bad road in, and if you go far enough, eventually a difficult/impossible turn around, but there were one or two that said it could be done. However, they weren't all large vehicles or actually pulling something from the sounds of it. A 32' motorhome and 2 Airstream trailers made it in, and I assume, out.
It looks like, once you're past the 2 access points to "Dog Canyon Apron" (zoom in on google maps to find it), it's a one way road, from google maps.
If it were me, and if you didn't find a spot you liked on the way in, I'd drop the trailer near there, and scout it to the end with the truck, before continuing towards what looks like a dead end.
Sounds like once you settle in, it's a great place to stay.

611 off Hwy 67 (the paved road to the North Rim) is good for a few miles then it becomes rougher.

We always stayed on the FR22 on the opposite side of Hwy 67. It comes in right after DeMotte National Forest campground. It's flat and you don't have to travel far to find a good spot for a big rig. DeMotte is also nice but not sure of opening date.

2gypsies wrote:
611 off Hwy 67 (the paved road to the North Rim) is good for a few miles then it becomes rougher.

We always stayed on the FR22 on the opposite side of Hwy 67. It comes in right after DeMotte National Forest campground. It's flat and you don't have to travel far to find a good spot for a big rig. DeMotte is also nice but not sure of opening date.

FR-22 was my first plan, but camping on the rim of the canyon of FR-611 sounds like a much better view than the flat stop on FR-22.

We have stayed on FSR-611 several time in our class "C" Bengal Tiger. the road is not paved (it's all dirt/gravel) and it dead ends with not much space to turn around for a 5th wheel RV.

The only thing east of Jacob Lake is Vermilion Cliffs. But there are a lot of NF roads coming off Alt 89. We've been down some of them and you can end up right on the rim of one of the canyons.

Look at that image and the ones following it in the folder. I thought this was House Rock road but it apparently is not, that goes north into Vermilion Cliffs. So I'm not sure what the road name is just look for the sign in the first photo about off Alt 89. We went about far south as you can then took a left turn and ended up on the canyon rim. There were boondockers so I think that area is open to camping. What the road/weather conditions will be is anyone's guess.

You can see the Vermillion Cliffs in the truck mirror on that image on the other side of Alt 89. I cannot blow that image up enough to read a road name if there is one on the map.

I got on Google Maps, the Road is Buffalo Ranch Road. I'm not sure if this will work but you can see the sign off Alt 89. Thats also FR 220 follow it down to FR 8910 and that around to the Buck Farm spur which is right on the canyon rim. Right here

Those gravel roads were in pretty good condition when we went thru, and there is no doubt that we could have pulled our 5ver down that road at the time. But I'd always make a trip thru w/o the camper first to scope out the conditions. It would be a spectacular place to camp and we plan to do just that next summer. I believe it is quite a bit lower than the north rim area so there might not be a lot of snow.

I found part of the Trip in my AZ Backroads and 4WD book and they say the altitude runs from 5500 to 8000 ft. They don't follow the path I show above and you can come in the back way since 8910 intersects Alt 89 about 12-15 miles after Bucks Farms

enblethen wrote:
You are not going to find much east of Jacob Lake.

I am looking off (east) of UT-67 The road from Jacob Lake to the North Rim NP