0.2 miles away
Poozeum
A museum in Williams devoted to coprolites, holding 8,000 specimens including the largest yet found from a carnivore.
Grand Canyon Railway
A heritage railroad running 64 miles from Williams to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, completed in 1901 and revived in 1989.
- Rank in Arizona
- #125of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 49.7 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Landmark
The Grand Canyon Railway is a heritage railroad carrying passengers between Williams, Arizona, and the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The 64-mile line was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and completed on 17 September 1901. The arrival of trains increased tourism to the area, and the railway company was instrumental in the creation of Grand Canyon Village to serve guests. Declining ridership, as use of the automobile increased, led the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe to cease passenger service in July 1968, and freight service on the line ended in 1974. Private investors purchased the line in 1988, restored the facilities and resumed passenger trains on 17 September 1989. The railway now operates year-round, carrying hundreds of passengers to and from the canyon every day; the journey takes about two and a quarter hours in each direction, with the train leaving Williams at 9.30am and returning from the South Rim at 3.30pm. The entire railway has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Where it is
Grand Canyon Railway is a landmark near Williams, in Coconino County. It is one of the 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 Grand Canyon Railway, 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
- Official site: http://www.thetrain.com/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Williams
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 49.7 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 49.4
- Significance score
- 50.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- thetrain.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 35.2520, -112.1915
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12