6.6 miles away
South Kaibab Trail
A Grand Canyon trail from Yaki Point following a ridgeline to the Colorado River, steeper and less shaded than the Bright Angel.
Grandview Trail
An 1893 miners' trail on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, descending from Grandview Point to Horseshoe Mesa past surviving mining relics.
- Rank in Arizona
- #473of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 32.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Grandview Trail is a hiking trail on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, built in 1893 by miners and noted for its cobblestone paving and cribbing. Steep and only marginally maintained, it descends from Grandview Point to Horseshoe Mesa and Cottonwood Creek without reaching the Colorado River, passing mining relics including ore crushers and cabins still standing on Horseshoe Mesa.
Where it is
Grandview 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 Grandview 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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6.9 miles away
Vishnu Temple
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Wotans Throne
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8.1 miles away
Mather Point
A South Rim viewpoint at 7,119 feet, named after Stephen Tyng Mather and looking north across Granite Gorge up Bright Angel Canyon.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Grand Canyon
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 32.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 1.8
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 35.9982, -111.9870
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12