Bright Angel Trail

Rank in Arizona: #70of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 53.8 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Natural Landmark

The Bright Angel Trail is a hiking trail in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The park's most popular trail, it starts near the Bright Angel Lodge and descends the canyon wall through a long series of switchbacks before levelling out around the oasis of Indian Gardens.

Where it is

Bright Angel Trail is a natural landmark near Grand Canyon, in Coconino County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Bright Angel Trail, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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